Dr Andus
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Another Noteliner Update
1/3/2013
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Sam Hawksworth has posted an interesting update to Noteliner (version
>3.6):
>
>http://www.noteliner.org/i/Main.html
>
>Here is the list of improvements:
>
>- Gantt Charts
>- Sepa...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>- Surfulater: grabbing material from your browsers, including Chrome,
>should be a piece of cake and its tagging is powerful. However, it has
>no quantitative fields so yo...
Susanne wrote:
>I am even looking at possibly using MyInfo or Surfulater - but will need
>to make a decision soon, before the quantity of information makes
>assimilating it all too boring to contempla...
Susanne wrote:
>2) Connected Text: Wiki aspect might be nice, though getting information
>in is even worse than TheBrain and also no timeline - not sure about how
>it handles database size.
Re "getti...
Best PIM for project management?
1/1/2013
OK, I was wrong. You can still find the file and the tutorial files, if you dig around. However, there doesn't seem to be any front-end page, so it doesn't seem to be marketed in any way:
https://por...
Best PIM for project management?
1/1/2013
It seems that the Mindsystems website (http://www.mindsystems.com.au/) had yet another facelift, and Amode V2 is no longer available (even most of the knowledge base articles seem to have been removed...
Happy New Year to everyone
1/1/2013
Thanks guys, and happy new year to all!
Actually Bonsai might also allow you to just use a category (in a column) or other ways (keywords, status, type, priority, specific phrase) to filter the items/branches that you want to print/export.
Magenda wrote:
Something like Notemap would be fine, but I need to easily and quickly
>select branches of the outline to save or print, which I haven't been
>able to do in Notemap.
Not sure I fully u...
MLO
12/29/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>I've particularly liked the efficient use of screen
>space (52 tasks [rows] get displayed on my 22in monitor). I hope the new look
>doesn't come at the cost of losing some of that spa...
Smartword - a free tool for all writers
12/29/2012
Looks like Smart-Edit paid-for version has been released this month. It has a "Special Introductory Price Until December 31st" at USD69.95, which seems pretty steep for an introductory price... I wond...
Anyone else enjoying Freeplane?
12/29/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>I've also downloaded the iPad app
>(https://itunes.apple.com/app/id569417388), as they're offering it for
>free for a limited time. I'll trial it later.
The MindMaple iPad app is pre...
Outline 4D (formerly known as Storyview 2.0)
12/28/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>I just accept it as a fact that software age and get abandoned
Although there is at least one optimistic user at the O4D forum who is expecting a v. 3 release and posted as recently ...
Outline 4D (formerly known as Storyview 2.0)
12/28/2012
P.S. I forget to mention the "Tile vertically" feature, which allows me to view three O4D outlines side-by-side comfortably on a 22in monitor.
Outline 4D (formerly known as Storyview 2.0)
12/28/2012
Listerene wrote:
I finally got tired of their lack of updates and the UAC thing -- having
>to compromise security because they're too lazy to update their now
>hugely overpriced and archaic product wa...
Anyone else enjoying Freeplane?
12/28/2012
Listerene wrote:
Freeplane *used* to be my mapping sw of choice until I found MindMaple
>Lite. Although I eventually got familiar with Freeplane, I always found
>it difficult to use and even harder to...
Anyone else enjoying Freeplane?
12/28/2012
Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but another neat feature in Freeplane is "View > Notes > Display notes in map," which displays item notes below the mind map item, i.e. inline.
Considering the dearth o...
Anyone else enjoying Freeplane?
12/28/2012
I have only just discovered that if you export a Freeplane mind map as a Word document, it assigns the appropriate level headings to each item.
So when you open it in Word, you end up with a hierarc...
Writing Software for Writers
12/28/2012
Movie Outline is a screenwriting software with some outlining features and virtual index cards:
http://www.movieoutline.com/
Writing Software for Writers
12/28/2012
Jon Polish wrote:
Another thought about WhizFolders in particular, but many mature
>programs in general. If a program achieves its goal of functionality,
>except for bug fixes and updates because of O...
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/
Writing Software for Writers
12/27/2012
Jon Polish wrote:
What, no WhizFolders?
What's happening with WhizFolders anyway? It looks like there hasn't been an update since August 2011. The new licensing regime (which did put me off from upgr...
Writing Software for Writers
12/27/2012
Jon Polish wrote:
What, no WhizFolders? I suppose it depends on the definition of writing
>software, but certainly WhizFolders belongs in this group. I would also
>include Q10 right alongside WriteMon...
Writing Software for Writers
12/27/2012
Just stumbled upon this fairly comprehensive list at http://www.skwriter.com/professional-development/business-of-writing/writers-office:
- Scrivener: Designed to make writing first drafts easier and...
Outline 4D (formerly known as Storyview 2.0)
12/27/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>>I see that Outline 4D is on sale at USD75.00 on the Write Bros
>>website: http://www.screenplay.com/p-77-outline-4d.aspx
>
>Actually the download-only price is USD65.00.
And now th...