Dr Andus
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Dr Andus wrote:
>I would be more likely to trust a service that is a labour of love and
>run by two guys from their garage, than a hip start-up with huge VC
>support from the Valley... The former migh...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>But in the mid- and long-term, how many users that have been
>disillusioned by such business behaviour are likely to invest their time
>and entrust their valuable data on ...
graphical scenario outliner
10/26/2013
As Franz suggested, the main question with these kinds of tools is what is the nature of the task to be solved.
These tools could be ranked within a matrix where one axis has speed of use at one end,...
Text expander and clipboard enhancer tools
10/25/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
I'm still working up to my PhraseExpander review but I just wanted to
>point out that the latest version (3.9.6) released today has a new
>algorithm which optimises its "SmartComplete"...
graphical scenario outliner
10/25/2013
Franz Grieser wrote:
>Or a mapping tool like VUE (http://vue.tufts.edu/).
>Something like Storylines (www.writerscafe.co.uk/) or a software that
>used index cards you can colour and place as need (e.g...
graphical scenario outliner
10/25/2013
Luis M wrote:
>but I am looking for a tool that will help represent
>graphically different scenarios.
This thread might be relevant:
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3805/0/fast-3d-modell...
Gingko
10/23/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I also need to comment on the cost of $9 per month if you want more than
>>three trees. That's a lot of money each year.
>
>Yes, that's true, especially for a ser...
Gingko
10/23/2013
A writing prof's take on Gingko (on the ProfHacker blog at The Chronicle of Higher Education), with a screenshot pinched from yours truly ;)
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/write-in-a-new-way-w...
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>. Anything in Google
>Drive can live on your computer if you have downloaded the Google Drive
>software. Google Drive syncs well with its web-based version.
Oh, thanks, I didn't...
It's an interesting development to be able to do all your academic writing and referencing in a browser using web applications. I did check out Google Docs recently for writing and I was pleasantly su...
one idea, one fact - taking note blog post
10/22/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>Interesting topic. Doesn't WorkFlowy does this already? It's a single
>giant outline with inline note capability.
Also, isn't Piggydb built around the one note = one item idea? Altho...
one idea, one fact - taking note blog post
10/21/2013
But when it comes to writing, I definitely agree with the one idea = one note = one paragraph. That's exactly how I've been using O4D for reverse outlining: write one paragraph in one outline item, th...
one idea, one fact - taking note blog post
10/21/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>But my point is, if you have a good search engine, you don't need to
>waste your time breaking things up and annotating things, when you find
>anything every time anyway...
Well, I'm...
one idea, one fact - taking note blog post
10/21/2013
jimspoon wrote:
>This is why I don't want to put my notes into some RTF pane, I want my
>notes to be "in the tree". Stated otherwise, the tree shouldn't hold
>just titles, but the notes themselves. ...
Text expander and clipboard enhancer tools
10/21/2013
jimspoon wrote:
>just looked at the webpage, $55.95 is pretty steep!
Then you're in for a surprise, because the SmartComplete feature I was talking about is only available in the PRO version, which i...
Text expander and clipboard enhancer tools
10/21/2013
I'm still working up to my PhraseExpander review but I just wanted to point out that the latest version (3.9.6) released today has a new algorithm which optimises its "SmartComplete" feature (drop-dow...
jimspoon wrote:
>This is where filtering comes in. In both Ecco and Infoqube, each item
>can have any number of user-defined data fields attached to it.
> So, you are only
>seeing a subset of all t...
Dr Andus wrote:
>Maybe one solution could be to have the large text/database rendered as
>dual-pane, but have 1) the ability (a bit like Scrivenings) to pull up
>selected "folders" or outline items an...
jimspoon wrote:
> So called "single-pane" outliners
>- where a tree is integrated into the editor itself - not only allow me
>to see the content of multiple items in a single pane, which is only the...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/18/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>I think that will conclude my experimentation with Resophnotes, and I'm
>going back to Knowsynotes for now...
I've switched back permanently to WriteMonkey now, given the cool "Jumps...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/18/2013
MenAgerie wrote:
>If I understand correctly, I think you can do this in WM, using the
>Jumps function [Alt+J], click 'Files ' at the top, and select a 'Folder'
>at the bottom. It only picks up txt fil...
What happened to Storybook?
10/18/2013
pereh wrote:
Now the domain 'novelist.ch' is for sale.So the message when starting
>Storybook does not appear any more, because the site is up again. But
>obviously, the software has been discontinued...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/17/2013
MenAgerie wrote:
>If I understand correctly, I think you can do this in WM, using the
>Jumps function [Alt+J], click 'Files ' at the top, and select a 'Folder'
>at the bottom. It only picks up txt fil...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/17/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>So far Resophnotes is working the best for me (word count displayed in
>status bar, list of text files displayed in reverse chronological order,
>decent Markdown rendering, least no. ...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/17/2013
Paul Korm wrote:
For nvPY (and I think all Notational Velocity clones) Simplenote is just
>an option -- the others are Dropbox and any other folder you wish to
>use.
I don't need sync at all. But d...