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The outlining newcomers
5/13/2021
Dave Winer, who probably coded the first PC outliners in the 80s, is trying to wrap his head around the new outliners in the market, and has some interesting thoughts in his blog.
Most recently he's...
tagging with drag and drop
5/12/2021
Yes, FSNotes is a fantastic, well-supported, constantly updated text-only notes app with deep tag integration
UpNote continues to improve
5/11/2021
On the Mac I cannot search within a note. If I'm in one note and I do a search, and the result is in another note, I'm popped into the main window with the search term in that other note highlighted i...
SkedPal
5/11/2021
Looks like the return of ideas from the Timeful app from Dan Ariely, which Google purchased and folded into Google Calendar in 2015 in a somewhat diminished manner with Google Goals.
https://blog.goo...
UpNote continues to improve
5/10/2021
Re-downloaded the app and played with it for a few hours. It seems interesting and certainly worth it for the price (one-time charge just $5 more than Bear's annual charge?!), I'm not dazzled by it.
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UpNote continues to improve
5/9/2021
Cyganet wrote:
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>I *think* it's a cloud repository, but I'm not sure. There are no local
>files that I can access via the file explorer as far as I can tell. It
>syncs via its own server, so no On...
UpNote continues to improve
5/9/2021
As it's cross-platform with Windows, what type of sync does it employ? Does it require maintaining copies locally on all platforms, or does it have some sort of cloud repository?
Roam v. Obsidian
5/6/2021
https://thesweetsetup.com/obsidian-vs-roam/
TLDR: "Unfortunately, it’s impossible to pick a single winner."
I think it's actually early days for these types of apps, especially with all manner...
MindNode adds outlining to mind maps
5/6/2021
MindNode expanding its outline mode into iOS. Currently in beta.
https://mindnode.com/page/beta
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
satis wrote:
> It is possible to use "all-day" event for unscheduled
>events. The main issue with this is that you do not capture the time
>required to complete the task (u...
Simon wrote:
>I also much prefer time-blocking. My big snag with calendars is that I
>haven't found one that can handle a large list without excessive
>scrolling. I'm disappointed that calendars oft...
My productivity comes from time-blocking, and putting tasks on my calendar. I don't want to have to view two or more incompatible calendars to see my events and tasks, and I don't want to use an app w...
UpNote continues to improve
5/2/2021
That's good to hear. There's a whole class of Mac/iOS notes apps that don't handle pdfs at all. SnipNotes, good as it is, bizarrely 'accepts' a pdf attachment but merely imports the first page as a jp...
NotePlan now has a small, vibrant Discord community.
https://discord.gg/D4268MT
Eduard is participating fairly regularly. Recently he discussed how with "about 1.6k project notes and 1.9k calendar ...
UpNote continues to improve
5/1/2021
Looks nice, but aside from the Windows and Android support it resembles a half dozen free and cheap non-subscription apps in the Apple ecosystem, including Apple Notes.
For example I think SnipNotes ...
Curio 15 is out
4/29/2021
Release notes here
https://www.zengobi.com/curio/releasenotes/?v=15
PDF Manual
https://www.zengobi.com/curio/docs/15/Curio Documentation.pdf
How do I change password?
4/28/2021
People using Google’s keychain get warned with that message if a user password is found to have been leaked but my understanding is that warning language is used with passwords *reused* on multi...
Totally off-piste, but...
4/27/2021
xtabber wrote:
>The iMac is perfect as a point-of-sale system for trendy boutiques and I
>suspect many will be sold for that purpose.
Apple has a global PC marketshare of around 10%, and last brea...
Totally off-piste, but...
4/26/2021
Pierre Paul Landry wrote:
>And the next time you suffer a power failure and lose your >precious work, you'll regret not buying a battery powered
>device.
I keep my desktop on 24/7, and my backup ...
Totally off-piste, but...
4/26/2021
MadaboutDana wrote:
Hm, I think you’re talking about the older Mac Minis –
No I'm not. The current minis have two USB-A ports on them, and Thunderbolt 3.
The new mid/high-end iMacs hav...
Notejoy iOS and Android Apps
4/26/2021
Didn't get to finish, sorry. Yes, if you're not on an Apple device it's only accessible via the web app. But it's free for anyone who has or sets up a free iCloud account, and easy to play with.
Notejoy iOS and Android Apps
4/26/2021
Easy to find out if it is for you. Just try it.
Totally off-piste, but...
4/26/2021
Decent 4K displays are in the $600 range, and the minis only have USB-A (compared to all USB-C [w/2 Thunderbolt] on iMac, and the mini has poorer graphics. I specced out a single Mac Mini with a good ...
Athens is starting to shape up nicely. The free tier must be self-hosted, and as a Roam clone the User tier is a comparatively-reasonable $72/yr. Nice overview video here
https://www.loom.com/share/e...
Notejoy iOS and Android Apps
4/25/2021
Apple Notes is free, and you can access it on Android by logging into iCloud.