Ken

Tips from Anylist Users? 11/1/2020

Thank you for the above comments. The new subscription is non-renewable, and I am fine with that as I pay once for the year and then get a reminder if I want to renew next year. I use Simplenote for...

Tips from Anylist Users? 10/31/2020

I saw a recent recommendation for Anylist in another thread and was wondering if there were any tips, suggestions or concerns from any members who are using it or have recently tried it. I really did...

The Craftsman Approach to Tool Selection: 9/5/2020

This is an interesting thread, and I really like the responses. I kind of find these statements a bit one dimensional, and appreciate all of the follow up posts that reflect the subtleties and comple...

TickTick steadily improves 8/10/2020

Just got an update to my Android app and it appears that TickTick now has actual subtasks. The checklist feature that was previously considered a sub task feature remains and is now called "Check Ite...

Note taking apps 7/21/2020

Andy Brice wrote: Hugh wrote: >>The key problem for me with note-taking apps (as with some other types) >>is that I want two potentially incompatible qualities, simplicity and >>complexity: simplicity...

Organizing Backup Files 7/21/2020

David Garner wrote: I have a few piles of hard drives from which I would like to retrieve >files, which were on various machines, down through the years. Some of >them were in the machines before I d...

Yet Another Change from Google - New G Suite Integration 7/18/2020

I am not sure who uses G Suite, but it seems that Google is responding to things like MS Teams and Slack in its proposed changes to G Suite (and possibly GMail in the future). They are incorporating ...

Restya - Open Source Kanban Style Board 7/17/2020

satis wrote: To be clear, Restya is not a Microsoft product, it's just one of many >open source kanban boards, like Wekan. Yes, I should have been more clear in my OP. It certainly is not a MS produ...

Restya - Open Source Kanban Style Board 7/16/2020

I saw this mentioned in an article I was reading about Microsoft's new products and had never heard of it. It appears to be an open source board similar to Trello. I thought I would share in case so...

Microsoft's new Project Moca 7/16/2020

I logged into my personal O365 account which I do not use that often and found a link for a new product in preview called Project Moca. It is kind of an Outlook workspace that offers things like kanb...

Outlook add-on for organising emails hierarchically? 7/16/2020

This may not exactly address your problem, but I just saw that Microsoft is releasing a new Outlook product in O365 (now M365?) that is currently called Project Moca. There are several articles about...

Outlook add-on for organising emails hierarchically? 7/10/2020

Franz Grieser wrote: Ken wrote: > >>Thank you for the response. I know that messages are stored in the >>PST/OST files, but since they have a unique URL in the O365 web >>application, I assumed that ...

Next computer platform after Chromebook 7/10/2020

jaslar wrote: Thanks everyone. I love the many different perspectives, which is why I >tend to do these open ended questions. You often surprise me! Agreed. We have a great diversity of thoughts her...

Outlook add-on for organising emails hierarchically? 7/10/2020

Franz Grieser wrote: Ken wrote: >>Is there no easy way to obtain the URL in the desktop client of >Outlook? > >No, there isn't. All Outlook data is stored inside a PST or OST file >(POP resp. IMAP acc...

Outlook add-on for organising emails hierarchically? 7/9/2020

Is there no easy way to obtain the URL in the desktop client of Outlook? --Ken

Next computer platform after Chromebook 7/3/2020

If you do want to stick with a CB and size is not an issue, I would recommend HP's 14" i3/8GB/64GB model that is sometimes referred to as the x360. Best Buy often has this machine on sale at $399. I...

ClickUp raises $35M in VC 6/25/2020

Interesting announcement from their CEO - https://youtu.be/7lMsznbaZVs . It is powerful program with many things I like about it, but the announcement does give me pause for what their future may loo...

What I learned about collaboration 6/24/2020

Magenda wrote: I logged on today because I was revisiting my long time quest for >collaborative writing software. > > >I'll check out your suggestions. > I am not sure if any of these platforms would...

What I learned about collaboration 6/22/2020

JDS wrote: I am not sure if this will meet your needs, but you may want to try >Tribalpages.com, which is a site dedicated to creation of family trees >and allows for posting of pictures. Thanks for...

What I learned about collaboration 6/21/2020

Paul Korm wrote: SharePoint is more for one-to-many sharing, and sites forged by >corporate IT-types, and not really good for many-to-many sharing and >sites made by average folks. > >Teams is also, i...

What I learned about collaboration 6/21/2020

Garland Coulson wrote: I went through a similar process and decided to use Facebook to share >old photos I had scanned. Nearly everyone has a Facebook account and I >didn't have to pay for hosting the...

What I learned about collaboration 6/19/2020

jaslar wrote: Ken, it might be a *little* off topic, but it's certainly the kind of >information management case likely to interest this community. I didn't >know about ANY of the services you mention...

What I learned about collaboration 6/19/2020

This is slightly OT, but I think that this group may find some of this discussion interesting. While I use a variety of the products that we have discussed here over the years, I mostly use them as a...

Data Conversion 6/12/2020

Andy Brice wrote: >This is good news as I am possibly looking at using a photo site that >>exports its data in JSON format, and I was wondering how I would be >able >>to extract what I need. > >Ken > ...

Data Conversion 6/11/2020

Andy Brice wrote: >The latest version (v1.6.0) is able to both import and export JSON: >https://www.easydatatransform.com/easydatatransform_v160.html > >It can also export to SQL: >https://www.easydat...

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