Dr Andus
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Markdown vs WSYWYG
9/3/2013
MadaboutDana wrote:
>am gradually
>concluding that once I dip my toe into 8" tablet waters, I shall
>probably go for an iPad Mini. Simply because so many of my favourite
>apps are available for it.
T...
Latis - visual note-taker for Chrome
9/3/2013
"Latis is a visual way to bookmark, collect and explore the useful snippets of text, images and pages you find memorable. Latis makes it easy to collect useful content by dragging and dropping the par...
Markdown vs WSYWYG
9/2/2013
Here is an iPad example I've just come across where you can transform a text using markdown (in an app called Editorial) to an iThoughtsHD mind map:
http://editorial-app.appspot.com/workflow/53969700...
Markdown vs WSYWYG
9/2/2013
I'd argue that markdown (and other markup notations such as ConnectedText's own) is faster than WYSIWYG. The latter is only seemingly faster. Remember that you need to take your hand off the keyboard ...
Gingko
9/1/2013
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 service that feels like...
Two tiny, useful utilities
8/31/2013
Cassius wrote:
>SmartTab: When you press ALT-Tab, this utility gives you a menu of what
>you have open and allows you to click on what you want.
>Taskbar Shuffle: This lets you rearrange the items o...
Gingko
8/31/2013
@ Steve Z & jaslar
Those things are important to me as well. However, from reading the Hacker News discussion, my sense is that this is a brand new service that is currently being developed by two gu...
Gingko
8/30/2013
Mark wrote:
>Lots of critical commentary on Hacker News, including for the hyperbole:
>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6302825
It's good to see that the developers are planning for off-line mode...
Gingko
8/30/2013
One limitation of Gingko is that it only has three levels of hierarchy (4 levels, if you count the Markdown headings), as opposed to O4D's unlimited levels. But, hey, you can't have everything...
It ...
Gingko
8/30/2013
Okay, so formatting is limited to Markdown, and exporting is limited to text. I like the simplicity. It looks like there are ways to convert Markdown to .docx (e.g. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) ...
Gingko
8/30/2013
Mark wrote:
>A new online app will interest many here: Gingko
>https://gingkoapp.com/
Mark, thanks for posting this! I've only looked at the demo but if this really works as described, then the hyper...
File Search
8/29/2013
I do like Everything but I find myself using it less frequently these days, only when I'm looking for some very obscure system file in the bowels of my machine.
It could be that the nature of my work...
Better Bookmarking?
8/26/2013
Bookmarking is also a problem area for me. I use the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox and several Protopage tabs for my most frequently used bookmarks. Then I also have some less frequently used bookmarks...
Advice on research software
8/18/2013
22111 wrote:
CT appears very interesting, albeit I remind the (possibly needed)
>functionality of not only gathering paragraphs, but together with their
>respective "source info" (be that in a special...
Scapple
8/17/2013
shatteredmindofbob wrote:
>I've thought before that I'd like a mindmapping app I can just throw
>down nodes and connect them later and this seems to do that but
>then...there doesn't seem to much else...
Advice on research software
8/17/2013
Wayne K wrote:
Yes, Steve, I've read his blog. I may very well go with ConnectedText
>but I was hoping to get some feedback on whether anyone has tried to use
>a regular database program for the kind...
PiggyDB
8/15/2013
jimspoon wrote:
>You might try asking him about scalability .. perhaps
>by posting a comment to one of his blog posts.
Thanks for looking into it and for the suggestion. I'd still be interested in us...
PiggyDB
8/14/2013
Is there anyone here who has used Piggydb over a long time as a main knowledge base? I'm just wondering how it scales up when you have hundreds or thousands of fragments. Any performance issues? Any i...
Minimalist champions
8/14/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>but when it comes to just focusing on the writing, IA Writer came out on
>top for the above criteria.
Hm, while iA Writer still seems to have the best use of screen real estate and f...
Minimalist champions
8/11/2013
I've been comparing various iOS writing apps to find out which one would be my minimalist champion in terms of ease and speed of use (on iPod Touch 4th gen. and iPad 1), accuracy and speed of typing, ...
MLO
8/10/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>the MLO iPhone app turned out to be a disappointment. The
>benefits of the hierarchical structure disappeared because instead of
>being able to view all your tasks within their hierar...
Minimalist champions
8/5/2013
I should have included Fences, specifically the "double-click anywhere on the desktop to hide all icons," which I use all the time. Obviously it's only minimalist if you don't have some garish wallpap...
Bento end-of-life -- what next?
8/5/2013
MadaboutDana wrote:
This Bento thing is proof positive that the big boys (FileMaker a.k.a.
>Apple, Google) are just as unreliable as most one-man bands
I'd say the big boys are even more unreliable t...
Minimalist champions
8/4/2013
What's your favourite minimalist outlining, writing, PIM or productivity application (in terms of interface and features)?
It must be in the nature of technological innovation and market competition...
Ultrarecall - Help!!!
8/2/2013
Chris Murtland wrote:
> However, I assume (hope may be more
>accurate) that eventually these things will converge - either desktop
>software will become much more cloud friendly with multiple native
>...