Lothar Scholz
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- Member since
- February 2016
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- 145
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- 1/11/2023
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ultrawide monitors?
5/18/2018
I think this studies are to general to be useful.
We software developers have to run multiple programs and this is best done in multiple windows while a text writer might indeed focus on his writin...
ultrawide monitors?
5/18/2018
Jan S. wrote:
What kind of machine are you using?
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>Lothar Scholz wrote:
>I would recommend a 40" Iiyama or a 43" Acer 4K Monitor for your work.
>>I use the Iiyama with two vertical mounted 2560x...
ultrawide monitors?
5/16/2018
Dellu wrote:
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>Lothar Scholz wrote:
>I would recommend a 40" Iiyama or a 43" Acer 4K Monitor for your work.
>>I use the Iiyama with two vertical mounted 2560x1440 to the right of
>it.
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>Wow, won...
ultrawide monitors?
5/16/2018
I would recommend a 40" Iiyama or a 43" Acer 4K Monitor for your work.
I use the Iiyama with two vertical mounted 2560x1440 to the right of it.
I had a quad monitor solution before with another one ...
>The announcement notes that "Linux runs inside a virtual machine that
>was designed from scratch for Chromebooks." This implies that running
>Linux apps on Chromebooks will likely impose a substantia...
The future of OneNote
4/26/2018
I'm pretty sure that with storage in the cloud they don't mean this will be necessary a web client/server application. They might just use a local cache and sync it with your cloud. At least for the m...
Off Topic: Which keyboard to buy?
4/21/2018
Because there are many writers and programmers here who type for a living i would like to ask this offtopic question:
What computer keyboard would you buy today?
I'm very tired about the current sta...
best outliner you use? (2018)
4/13/2018
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
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>Thanks for mentioning InfoQube Jon ! I do my best to provide the best
>information management tool, outliner-like or not (because outliners are
>not always the Holy Gra...
"Note taking with mind maps"
4/6/2018
satis wrote:
Interesting February article on the benefits of mind maps from the
>founder of Biggerplate:
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>https://blog.biggerplate.com/note-taking-with-mind-maps-fa4b73da3665
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This is not an ar...
MindManager back for Mac
3/21/2018
>undeclared campaign finance violations is being approximately valued at
>$100m. That's the golden-egg, if you can create a golden-egg laying
>chicken, you are looking at billion$. Which makes the ...
Making lists from URLs
3/17/2018
I was ready to answer with "Devon Think" until you mentioned availability for multiple platforms.
You can use the read later list now in or available as plugin for most browsers for short term items...
> New massive
>storage devices & super fast fiber optic connections are constantly
>under R&D by various companies.
But the per capacity is the same as 5 years ago. That has hurt lots of companies w...
Does anyone know iDatabase ?
3/12/2018
And how it compares to TapForms ?
https://www.apimac.com/mac/idatabase/
For the software it means that it would require a lot of refactoring before he can continue to develop it.
It's obvious that he uses Microsoft MFC as a development toolkit which is unfortunately not ...
I have no problems with single file apps. I do my whole buisness from a single file, a VMWare disk image file :-)
What is really the showblocker for me to use single apps is the bad or non existing w...
VoodooPad showing signs of life
12/14/2017
>that they had taken over development of VoodooPad. They are promising
>small incremental updates, hopefully beginning by the end of this year,
>as they become familiar with the code.
If they make...
Kudos for the Scrivener 3 manual
12/12/2017
>Writing documentation for software is a bit of a demoralizing task, as
>you know the vast majority of people will never read it.
Write API documentation, that is where people can't get enough of it....
Speare word processor
12/5/2017
This subscription economy is a real bubble. Will not survive because soon having your own program will be a good USP for some new on the market developers. I expect a dotcom crash like rebound until 2...
Tell us about your book
11/28/2017
>May I make a suggestion?
>It might be good idea if you put a small "Tinderbox for dummies" book
>(with Mark Anderson?). It might not make you that much money: but, I
>think you guys already have mos...
What is the oldest application you use?
11/7/2017
I used the term application and not app to show that i really mean old software.
I'm asking because in the "Is the original OneNote desktop app doomed?" thread the question about perpetual licenses...
>> OneNote will be cloud-based only
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>This is not good. I don't like this movement to the cloud.
Well i only hope we have some market competition in the future. A non cloud can soon become a goo...
Blast from the past: Writer's Blocks
11/6/2017
I installed it once two years ago and played half an hour to find out what features they offer.
What was shocking too me was the bad technical quality of this program.
It flickers like crazy when y...
Current state of iOS/macOS outliners
11/5/2017
>Outlinely, an early favorite of mine, seems to be dead in the water.
>There have been no improvements or even updates to their blog or twitter
>feed since June, over four months ago.
As a program...
The Tinderbox Way 3rd Edition released
10/27/2017
Well he could use at least one sales person helping him to redesign the website and the UX of the program.
The Tinderbox Way 3rd Edition released
10/26/2017
I just downloaded my copy of the new book. Can't say anything except that it is now available after being announced for a while and that it contains 502 pages.
Will start reading this weeking.