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In addition Dave Winer's continued work on Drummer as an outliner-based scripting system for web(sites) he's just created a Treechart app that hooks up with Drummer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-...
Winterfest promotion
1/12/2022
> Though they go about it differently, both are personal knowledge management apps.
That's a rather large container. And I wouldn't consider those apps you listed as direct competitors to Roam; inste...
Winterfest promotion
1/12/2022
The two apps are not directly compatible, and Roam has always been an outlier in price compared to its direct competition.
Converting Evernote files to OneNote
12/31/2021
It would help to know the OS you are using. If you're using Windows I found these troubleshooting steps for the importer:
https://ms-office.us.com/how-to-fix-if-evernote-to-onenote-importer-not-worki...
Last week Dynalist announced its 50%-off coupon code xmas21 but I don't know when it expires. $48 for a year is very fair, though if you like Workflowy it's that same yearly price without any discount...
UpNote continues to improve
12/29/2021
MadaboutDana wrote:
>In theory, I agree. In practice, the concept of “unlimited”
>storage is purely theoretical.
Except it's a tacit contract with users, and not theoretical. Countles...
> my ideal task/project/goal management app
I think I wouldn't want a single app for those because for me they cover different undertakings that are best managed with different tools. For example, al...
UpNote continues to improve
12/28/2021
> We believe that as long as we receive support from users
> we will be able to sustain the business for long.
Continuing storage costs (not to mention ongoing dev salaries, rents, and rewarding inv...
Looks interesting. The use of their proprietary cloud is a little disappointing but more so is the lack of OPML interchange, which would seem to be a natural here.
Also: no import?
UpNote continues to improve
12/19/2021
It's continuing to improve, but for me it's only became usable this past week when they *finally* added the ability to search within notes.
But UpNote still doesn't offer tabs.
And in macOS its men...
OPML
12/13/2021
Dave Winer wrote an interesting blog post over the weekend about the history of OPML. (But he really needs to get his site onboard with https.)
http://scripting.com/2021/12/11/145032.html
Very nice Maurice. Can't wait to get my hands on it, but unfortunately I'm staying put Big Sur until I switch over to a new M-series Mac in the spring.
Brainstorming tools
12/8/2021
Franz Grieser wrote:
> The only software tool that I know of is no longer availabe: It was
>called Ideafisher
I had that app around 1990. It came on several floppies and had a list price of $400 or ...
FoldingText 3
12/6/2021
Over the summer Jesse announced a free download of a bugfix version of the app and was surprisingly bullish on the apps resuscitation. (This after palming it off to Mutahhir in 2018 whereupon developm...
Just noticed that Zavala got noticed by ThriftMac, a site which highlights Mac freeware.
https://www.thriftmac.com/organizers/zavala
MadaboutDana wrote:
> for a good Mac-based backup solution, you could do worse than
> Mail Backup X (http://inventpure.com/)
The specs look good for it but I've been wary because it's always on s...
https://workflowy.com/privacy/
It's encrypted at rest, but devs can decrypt it with a subpoena or to to look if they believe some ToS violation has taken place.
Can they do it secretly too? Possibl...
Taskade
12/1/2021
I also like the updates. In the past we've had multiple threads for update info on other apps - here the updates (not simply bugfixes) are on topic and constrained to one thread.
Black Friday deals
11/26/2021
Cloud Outliner Pro 40% off: (optimized for M1 Mac) $3.99 and iOS ($0.99)
https://xwavesoft.com/cloud-outliner-for-iphone-ipad-mac-os-x.html?rapplestyleroadtopetabytebackup
Black Friday deals
11/26/2021
Get 30% off Notejoy Solo, Plus, or Premium yearly plans
https://notejoy.com/promos/cyber-monday
Black Friday deals
11/24/2021
If you hear of any please post them
Black Friday deals
11/23/2021
I've owned iThoughtsX for years. It's the most powerful mindmapping Mac app I've used, and I've migrated to it for occasional use ever since MindNode (which I preferred for its ease of use) moved to a...
Black Friday deals
11/22/2021
Until today I hadn't heard of any sales on outliners or in-app purchases on productivity software, but I just received an email from the Mac app Writemapper: "We wanted to let you know that for the ne...
Gingko Desktop Application
11/22/2021
It's a really nice concept for a writing space but I could never feel comfortable relying upon the app with my text given how raw the project has been over the years. Nulis popped up as a freeware clo...
Maurice Parker wrote:
On a different topic...
>
>I've been thinking about the Focus command that lots of outliners seem
>to have. I'm hesitant to implement it in Zavala because I haven't had
>anyone...