Dr Andus
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The wonderful Numbers
5/5/2011
MadaboutDana wrote:
>There are other wonderful things on the
>iPad, including the lovely outliner CarbonFin (also shareable via web sync) and the
>neat, simple Wunderlist (ditto); both applications ...
Lucas wrote:
As
>far as I can tell, these programs do not allow hierarchical arrangement of tasks, but
>only hierarchical arrangement of task lists (in other words, they're like two-pane
>rather t...
MLO
4/21/2011
Dr Andus wrote:
>Yes, but thanks anyway. I might cave in if they do add
>WiFi sync support for iPhone and Android.
My Life Organized did add WIFi sync to the iPhone app, so I did cave in and bought...
Gary Carson wrote:
>Does anybody know if you can import files into
>OneNote or Whizfolders?
You can certainly import text and objects into Whizfolders by a) copying and pasting or auto-pasting (the ...
Dr Andus wrote:
>If these
>are just short notes (2 or 3 sentences), you could use the Dragon app on iPhone/iPod
>Touch and then paste them into the Notes app, which timestamps them for you and also...
jimspoon wrote:
>I want to way to convert digital recorder voice files into PIM text notes with as little
>work as possible. More specifically, I want to be able to use voice recognition as a
>time...
Bonsai outlines on iPad
4/2/2011
MadaboutDana wrote:
>The OPML support is very welcome, although OPML support is
>nowhere near as widespread as it should be (given that it's really only a subset of
>XML).
I saw from online reviews...
Bonsai outlines on iPad
4/1/2011
Actually this thread should have been about Carbonfin Outliner (http://carbonfin.com/index.html) instead, as it's turning out to be a capable outliner on the iPad. I've been looking for an outliner fo...
Bonsai outlines on iPad
3/31/2011
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Can Bonsai export tab-indented text outlines? Then you should be able to use its
>outlines with quite a bunch of programs, including mind mappers.
It can export CSV, tx...
Bonsai outlines on iPad
3/30/2011
Another reason to love Natara Bonsai: I've just found out that there is a way to get Bonsai outlines on the iPad! I'm excited about this as I was about to drag both my iPad and my netbook on a busines...
Wojciech wrote:
And yes, I
>am also impressed by Citavi. From my part, I?d like to suggest having a look at
>Planz:
>http://kftf.ischool.washington.edu/planner_index.htm
This software has also bee...
Tools for the writing process
3/26/2011
A number of people on this forum (probably me included) have sometimes expressed a desire for a single tool that could handle all information capturing, processing, and analysis, all the way to writin...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Surfulater is focused on capturing and organising web content, so I
>grabbed most of my references including articles in HTML form, also linking to the PDF
>versions in...
Single-pane outliners
3/17/2011
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I've always found Natara Bonsai to feel more like a task manager than an
>outliner, but I can see that it could function fine as an outliner as you describe it.
Yes, they mark...
Single-pane outliners
3/17/2011
Dr Andus wrote:
>I've
>been using Natara Bonsai (desktop version) for over 6 years and I've been extremely
>satisfied. It can be used as a single-pane outliner, but additional panes can be
>switch...
Single-pane outliners
3/17/2011
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Windows-based
>single-pane outliners (actively developed):
>- Noteliner
>- Inspiration
>MaxThink (looks like a two-pane outliner, but is really single-pane; the editor
>window...
david wrote:
>
>How do you manage your
>citations and notes on research and use them for writing papers / literature review?
I think a lot depends on how complex your research/writing project is. C...
Wojciech wrote:
>Mark, many thanks for the information. I really like this idea. Do you know more
>projects of this type, perhaps?
>Best regards,
>Wojciech
Mendeley (http://www.mendeley.com/) and Zo...
JohnK wrote:
>Full-screen mode in Writemonkey does block out the whole screen. That was the
>developer's main purpose in creating Writemonkey (it is more or less a clone of
>Writeroom - http://www.h...
JohnK wrote:
>Have you tried
>Writemonkey? http://writemonkey.com/
Yeah, Writemonkey is almost there. However, I wish I could block out the rest of the screen around the paper by making it black, l...
historical timeline modelling
3/9/2011
Thanks everyone for the great suggestions for my timelining problem. I tried to summarise and categorise all the suggestions, here they are, in case someone else might find this useful:
Full PIM:
Inf...
historical timeline modelling
3/8/2011
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Dr Andrus,
>
>I'm very interested in the solution you come up with. When you've got it
>worked out, will you share it with us, with perhaps a screen shot or two? Thank
>you.
>
...
historical timeline modelling
3/8/2011
Hugh wrote:
>Are you working on a Mac or PC?
>
I'm on PC (Win 7). Thanks for all the great suggestions once more.
historical timeline modelling
3/7/2011
Many thanks for all the suggestions. Some of these timelining and mindmapping applications are not cheap! I guess they're targeting the corporate buyer.
In the meantime I also came across a lowbrow ...
historical timeline modelling
3/7/2011
I'd appreciate some suggestions for software to do following. I've conducted several years' worth of research, where I collected different types of data about different events over time. Now, I'd like...