Dr Andus
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Why do you CRIMP?
9/29/2011
Ken wrote:
>Why CRIMP? Because I can only handle so much of The Pomodoro Technique -
>http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ before I feel like a slave to my work at hand. A
>guy has to dream once in a...
JBfrom
>But I'm happy to clarify -
>The reason I'm excited about Xah's page is that it cuts through
>all the technical voodoo for the programmers and gives you the info necessary to use it
>as a w...
JBfrom wrote:
>#5 - (Best for last) - Emacs made easy for regular people.
>discovered this incredibly clear and simple site that explains how to use Emacs and
>Org-Mode: http://xahlee.org/emacs/emac...
Outliner for redacting?
9/26/2011
In the end I decided to go with Scrivener for Windows. While I liked the idea of marking topic sentences as headers in Word 2010's outliner, Scrivener offered a number of additional interesting featur...
I have now more or less transitioned from Datebk6 on Palm to Pocket Informant and Toodledo on the iPad/iPod. One feature I miss though is the ability in Datebk to tick off appointments as "done." Are ...
Why do you CRIMP?
9/24/2011
Here is another possible reason for CRIMPing: retail therapy...
This especially works on the iPad. All too easy to buy and install stuff (especially as there is no such thing as trialling an app. One...
Outliner/PIM roll call: Fall 2011
9/24/2011
OK, here is a snapshot of my ever-changing set-up:
iPod/iPad:
- Notebooks for iPad for capturing notes and slotting them into a hierarchy (synced with Dropbox);
- iThoughtsHD for breaking down tasks ...
about outlining ...
9/24/2011
dan7000 wrote:
>The Navigation pane (what I called
>the "left pane") has 3 tabs. The first one shows all headings in your document in an
>outline-style view. You can click them to go to an item, c...
about outlining ...
9/23/2011
dan7000 wrote:
>I really like the Word 2010 outliner. In the left pane is an
>outline of items - no in-line text. In the right pane is your document where you can
>view, edit, or collapse items, su...
Outliner for redacting?
9/23/2011
DaXiong wrote:
>I've done something in the past similar, what I
>did was use the styles in Word to structure the text, and indicate topic
>sentences/thesis sentences. With this in place, I could use...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Thank you, Alexander. To be honest, seeing both documents at the same time is not all that important to me. I don't care much for the old document. What I want is to reduce it and make it a better new...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Cassius wrote:
>WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER JUST TO DO ALL OF IT IN WORD? (My son, a senior video
>game producer, has written both a technical book and a novel, and he finds it
>ultimately most efficient...
Inspiration
9/22/2011
Cassius wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>cassius says:
>1. I'm not sure what you mean by
>in-line note. Do you mean multiple paragraphs in one outline item?
No, sorry. I mean the ability to add text dire...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Many thanks for the prompt replies. Great suggestions. Unfortunately I don't have a Mac, so I can only explore the PC suggestions. As I'm really pressed for time, I will probably try the most intuitiv...
Outliner for redacting?
9/22/2011
Does anyone know which outliner would be the most suitable for redacting a text (making a text shorter)? I'd like the ability to import a large text, let's say 20,000 words, and reduce it to 10,000 wo...
Inspiration
9/22/2011
Cassius,
How is your experience with Inspiration? I trialled it several years ago but as far as I can remember I thought it was quite clunky... Can you do some serious outlining with it, or is just f...
From mindmaps to outlines on the iPad
9/21/2011
P.S. I think my main point is that it was a real pleasure to accomplish a daunting task with it, something I've been putting away because I didn't know quite how to begin to tackle it (as it's a massi...
From mindmaps to outlines on the iPad
9/21/2011
I think I may have just found the Holy Grail (OK, a part of it). Just bought iThoughtsHD, a mindmapping app on the iPad, so that I can plan out a major project (by doing a "work breakdown structure", ...
historical timeline modelling
9/18/2011
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Dr Andus,
>
>I'm not sure where your quest got you, but I'm posting here for reference an
>(apparently) new Windows entrant, Outline4D
>http://www.screenplay.com/p-77-ou...
about outlining ...
9/18/2011
Many thanks for the great suggestions, keep them coming!
I'm ashamed to admit that in my hour of need last night I ended up using MS Word 2010's built-in outliner (after owning it for about a year an...
about outlining ...
9/17/2011
Dr Andus wrote:
> Here is a picture of a CarbonFin
>outline with the Notes view
>enabled:
Sorry, here is a bigger image:
http://carbonfin.com/iPad-script-edit.png
about outlining ...
9/17/2011
So, what are all the single-pane outliners then that allow inline viewing (but ideally editing as well) of notes (which is what I assume is meant by meta-text in this thread)? [for the PC]
I've only ...
Outline within outliner?
9/16/2011
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Dr Andus, I wonder whether you or anyone else uses Bonsai solely on the desktop.
Yes. I only use it as a desktop software on the PC, exclusively as an outliner (although I do h...
Outline within outliner?
9/16/2011
BTW, my favourite is Natara Bonsai. You can watch the screencast "Bonsai Desktop: Making Child and Parent items" over here:
http://www.natara.com/bonsai/ScreenShots.cfm
While the screenshots themselv...
Outline within outliner?
9/16/2011
If I understand you correctly you are looking for a single pane outliner? Just type "single pane" into the search box on the left and it will show you some past discussions with suggestions both for t...