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Yup. Using a Win 7 laptop for work (forced to use MS Office by my workplace), Chromebooks for most other things (via web apps), iPod Touch for looking up things on the go, and an Android tablet for li...
ultrawide monitors?
6/2/2019
washere wrote:
>Lothar Scholz wrote:
>>All i want is an Android tablet with 8GB and pen support :-(
>
>I'm into Chromebooks for a while, like many, not tablets anymore. For
>what you want, I'd say wai...
Brainstorm for Windows
5/28/2019
I got a licence a while ago but never got into using it, as for me WorkFlowy and Dynalist's zooming feature obviated the need for Brainstorm.
But from my research I remember that it had a number of n...
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
5/28/2019
Paul Korm wrote:
>Dynalist FAQ says
>
>"Where is my data hosted? Your data is hosted on DigitalOcean in the
>United States, where the file attachments you upload are hosted on AWS
>provided by Amazon...
Subscription as investment
5/15/2019
For me it's not so much about the principle of whether it's a subscription or a one-off payment but whether it's cross-platform with automatic sync (usually a web app with Android/iOS companions), whi...
Argonsnorts wrote:
It's behind a soft paywall, but a key chapter of his book, in which he
>describes his process and his use of Kedit, was first published in the
>New Yorker:
>
>https://www.newyorker....
Argonsnorts wrote:
shot in the dark:
>
>John McPhee - _Draft No. 4_
>
>https://www.amazon.com/Draft-No-4-Writing-Process/dp/0374142742
That's the one! Many thanks for this :)
And wasn't David Hewson either.
A while ago one of the members recommended a book here by a writer who was describing his nonfiction writing process. (It wasn't Robert Caro.)
I accidentally deleted my link it and now I'm unable to ...
washere wrote:
>Secondly that file has a long TOC list (outline of headings subheadings)
>which shows off the unique feature of new iA lib column: showing .md
>chapter sections in the file manager col...
Anyone using Zettelkasten?
4/12/2019
MadaboutDana wrote:
>I'd agree that Dynalist is moving in the right direction. Although links
>between individual items is tricky (apart from tags, which work
>extremely well).
What do you find trick...
Anyone using Zettelkasten?
4/11/2019
Simon wrote:
>I've debated what I really need. The following would be ideal:
>- Wiki links
>- Tags
>- Categories
>- Silver Searcher like capability.
>- Markdown styling
I haven't fully explored it ye...
Anyone using Zettelkasten?
4/7/2019
Glen Coulthard wrote:
>p.s. Still on my never-ending journey to find an alternative for my CT
>library, especially since I don't want to install Python 2.7 on my new
>machines.
At least on Windows, f...
Amontillado wrote:
>Today, they have gone the extra mile. Check it out, the totally
>distraction free one-key Teletyper -
>https://getfreewrite.com/pages/distraction-free-keyboard
I wish this was for...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
4/1/2019
I suspect we discussed this at the time, but there was also the 2014 Mueller and Oppenheimer study about longhand notetakers vs. typists, and the former ended up understanding the content of their not...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
4/1/2019
WSP wrote:
Yes, I agree. My handwriting has deteriorated badly in recent decades --
>whether because of old age or constant use of keyboards, I'm not sure.
It's not only old age. Children these days ...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
3/30/2019
Beck wrote:
>Ooh, can you say a bit more about how you use your meditation journal?
It's a relatively recent practice, so there is not all that much to say about it, as I only have a handful of entri...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
3/30/2019
thouqht wrote:
I've come to the conclusion that it's best to plan digitally and reflect
>analog.
I agree that there is something about the digital vs. analog difference, and it may also have somethi...
Comparisons of online outliners
3/26/2019
jaslar wrote:
I used Twitter, and got this response:
>Our company is based in Canada, and our servers live in the United
>States.
@jaslar, many thanks for following that up!
Workflowy Use
3/24/2019
"Clip To WorkFlowy" updated to v2.0
https://rawbytz.wordpress.com/2019/03/24/clip-to-workflowy-v2-0/
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/24/2019
Paul Korm wrote:
Whois says the "owner" is located in Panama. But, that is all
>dependent on who and how the site registration was filed.
>https://whois.ws/whois/dynalist.io
Thanks for the info. ...
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/24/2019
Paul Korm wrote:
>Plus the [[wikilike]] cross-linking of notes.
This would be a killer feature for me. Could someone though enlighten me where this company is based? There seems to be zero info about...
@Andy
It's definitely an improved site. The screenshots and the gifs communicated to me the features of the software a lot more clearly.
At the moment though the home page is still focusing on featu...
Comparisons of online outliners
3/23/2019
P.S. Those of you who are Dynalist customers, have you managed to find out in which country Dynalist the organisation is based and what jurisdiction applies to their services (or where the data is hel...
Comparisons of online outliners
3/23/2019
moritz wrote:
My vote goes to Dynalist. Development is very active, recent speed
>improvements in browser are very welcome (before that, Workflowy felt
>more nimble).
Has anyone else noticed a sudden...