Dominik Holenstein

We all share a common problem: our keyboards are wholly SH** 12/3/2013

I can confirm this: PhraseExpress Standard is a great and mature tool. It is running all the time on my computer and a huge time saver. It is not only useful for typing more quickly but although for s...

Outliners and the file system, again (and a hint to get the max out of TB free edition) 11/23/2013

I had this idea more than ten years ago and it is a very obvious and self-evident. Dominik

Paperpile: web- and Chrome-based academic writing and referencing system 11/5/2013

...and here: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/1628467 Dominik

Paperpile: web- and Chrome-based academic writing and referencing system 11/5/2013

Dr. Andus, check this: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?hl=en Dominik

TheBrain 8 beta 10/29/2013

Steve Z. wrote: "(...) My guess is that more and more users are doing the Combo license, which is basically an annual subscription. This is what I have. It is a bit pricey, but I rely so much on it th...

TheBrain 8 beta 10/28/2013

Paul, You are right, there are no outstanding new features in TheBrain 8 but I like them. I don't expect too many wow-features anymore in tools like TheBrain because it has been on the market for 15...

Outline 4D Discount on Screenplay.com until 20th September 2013 9/16/2013

There is currently a sale promotion on Outline 4D on screenplay.com until the 20th September 2013. You get Outline 4D for USD 59.00 (the normal price is USD 89.95). Dominik

Minimalist champions 8/4/2013

Dr Andus I personally don't really like the minimalist applications but I have a favorite browser based app for writing: Draft https://draftin.com/ Here is the feature list: https://draftin.com/feat...

Clean Print Browser Apps to save Paper and Scrab Text from Websites 11/29/2012

The main focus of Clean Print is to save paper and trees. Further, Clean Print allows you to select what to print, you can hide unwanted objects and paragraphs before printing. The selected text can b...

QDA Miner Lite is available for free (computer assisted qualitative analysis software) 11/28/2012

QDA Miner Lite is available for free. Link to the freeware: http://provalisresearch.com/products/qualitative-data-analysis-software/freeware/ Compare versions: http://provalisresearch.com/products/...

New version of Right Note 11/23/2012

Right Note on BitsDuJour soon: http://bitsdujour.com/software/all-discount-codes (sroll down) Dominik

Mindjet MindManager 9/5/2012

The announcements by Mindjet or Mindsystems are a irritating for me. I have a valid MindManager 2012 Professional licence. Mindjet offered me to upgrade to the new Mindjet product including an...

Living in two Worlds: Win7 and OSX -> TheBrain and TheBrain Cloud Services 9/1/2012

Steve, The sync process has improved a lot during the last few months and it is quite reliable. This is key because otherwise I wouldn't be willing paying for it. Regarding a virtual link to a fold...

Living in two Worlds: Win7 and OSX -> TheBrain and TheBrain Cloud Services 8/31/2012

I am fully aware that TheBrain is not a solution for all of you. But I have just implemented a complete and working system to have all my data stored in my brains (the files of TheBrain) available o...

Using a PIM to catalog files and folders REDUX 7/4/2012

cassius, Maybe TreeProjects XL could be an option: http://personaldatabase.org/ You need to install this to allow the indexing of pdf files: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID...

NVivo 10 launched 6/27/2012

Dr Andus Many thank for the hint to NVivo, a very interesting tool. The price for a commercial licence of v10 is $2,345.- , quite hefty.

TreeProjects updated to 2.7 6/19/2012

Hi Yaroslav, "There is no built-in spreadsheet item type yet, but if you have Excel installed, you can preview and edit spreadsheets stored in the database, as if they were native. Like this: http://...

New UltraRecall version released 6/11/2012

I agree, this update is a no go for me even Ultra Recall is a great tool. The weak support of Kinook to UC made my change to TheBrain easy one year ago and I don't regret it. Dominik

Everdesk Optima - Is It Still Being Developed? 5/23/2012

EverDesk Google Edition will be featured on Bitsdujour soon: http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/everdesk-google-edition/ Dominik

My Usage of PersonalBrain - Or how I manged to got (almost) cured from CRIMPING 3/1/2012

Alexander, You can use the desktop version of TheBrain together with a file sync service like Wuala: http://www.wuala.com/en/ Wuala is pretty amazing and you get 2 GB online storage for free. I am ...

My Usage of PersonalBrain - Or how I manged to got (almost) cured from CRIMPING 3/1/2012

@Stephen, You are taking my words, I exactly have the same feelings. $159 per year is a lot but compared to what TheBrain delivers and the benefits I have it is fine for me. It is the sum of the pric...

My Usage of PersonalBrain - Or how I manged to got (almost) cured from CRIMPING 2/27/2012

Hi Daly, I am referring to your post in this thread: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3805/10 Yes, I have been a PersonalBrain user for 13 years now with a break between 2001 and 2006 ...

Fast 3D modelling 2/21/2012

I agree with Daly. The service provided by the developers of PersonalBrain (or simply TheBrain in the new version 7, currently in beta) is outstanding. Further, PersonalBrain has been around for more ...

Scrivener for Windows versus Writing outliner add-in for MS Word 11/8/2011

You can link to your preferred Bibliography/Citation tool in Srivener via Options -> General -> Bibliography/Citations Manager. Once you have set it up you can open your citation tool with Format -> B...

Scrivener for Windows available for pre-order 11/1/2011

Deal! You can't have a better writing tool on Windows for $36. Licence ordered, test version installed.

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