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Buying from BitsDuJour makes me a little nervous because much of the software sold there is old, or janky, or the companies are selling apps that aren't well-maintained.
For example, in the Mac secti...
Browser bliss...
10/15/2023
In the same vein, Mullvad - one of the top privacy-oriented VPN companies (and the VPN [re]sold by Mozilla/Firefox and by MalwareBytes) - also came out with its own privacy-focused "Tor-developed brow...
Heptabase - Crimp cured?
10/3/2023
mkasu wrote:
> I think Tangent Notes and Tangent Works are not related. (And yes I
> believe Tangent Notes is a one-person operation.)
My error. Sorry.
Heptabase - Crimp cured?
10/3/2023
They have had at least one multimillion dollar funding rounds, two co-founders (one is CEO, one is CTO), a UK Director (they're HQed in Belgium) and a few data scientists with listed emails. But it's ...
Received this offer in email today, perhaps someone here might be interested. (It is not an affiliate link, so I get nothing from this.)
As a reminder, Agenda's yearly plan permanently unlocks all ...
Escape's mapping module does resemble Mindnode's.
But Mindnode doesn't do text outlining well, while Escape has a separate writing mode that seems more like a color-coded version of Dynalist.
https...
Launched in June.
https://escapeapp.cloud/
https://escapeapp.cloud/features.html
Dev discusses the app on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/13wk9fd/just_launched_escape_for_macos_a...
Raindrop.io Questions
9/11/2023
References to Russia on Mussabekov's LinkedIn page (reported in the URL I posted, dated 16 months ago) appear to have been scrubbed, but remnants seem to exist from a DuckDuckGo webpage snapshot:
htt...
Raindrop.io Questions
9/9/2023
Developer Rustem Mussabekov lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.
https://numericcitizen.me/when-war-in-ukraine-influences-my-application-choices/
As far as terms of service goes:
Terms may be changed a...
A long overdue update for Outline
9/5/2023
I'm surprised and impressed that the free tier generously includes sync to the upcoming iOS app revision. As long as the imposed font selected in the free version isn't terrible this could be a nice a...
Taskade
9/2/2023
Taskade put together a 75 second intro on YouTube about its update with AI task/project generation mindmap that's *quite* impressive for business use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1PDxxbJHj0
The...
Another one goes subscription
9/2/2023
rafael costacurta wrote:
Circus Ponies NotebooK isn’t the one that turned into the
>“Together” app"?
No, IIRC Together was an older Mac app called Keep It Together, which then mor...
I have recently been reading about SiYuan and the Alpha version looks promising. Will try it out soon.
https://b3log.org/siyuan/static/feature0.png
https://b3log.org/siyuan/en/
English-language for...
There's an early-bird 10% discount with
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Muse- An end, and a beginning
8/29/2023
Muse was released almost exactly four years ago.
Interestingly enough, co-founder and partner Adam Wiggins is one of the listed investors in Anytype in its latest funding round earlier this month.
N...
Anytype.io
8/28/2023
NickG wrote:
> I think AnyType will be a niche product for people for
> whom security and privacy are overriding factors.
Which is what concerns me. Is that a big enough market? When you take VC ...
Anytype.io
8/27/2023
By the way it looks like Anytype is gearing up for more stable support and growth, as they just completed a $13.4 million VC round.
https://blog.anytype.io/anytype-raises-13-4million-usd-funding/
Th...
Another one goes subscription
8/22/2023
nirans@gmail.com wrote:
> I don’t buy app where I lose access to my data
> if I do not continue the subscription.
Do they say that, or does the data just become read-only?
Another one goes subscription
8/22/2023
The subscription pricing for v4 of this app is considerable - $288/yr - compared to the old purchase price which I believe was around $170.
That said, it's a little too soon to worry about v.3 incomp...
Sanderson style outlining in Curio
8/20/2023
You can add columns for tags, task due dates, completion status, and more.
https://cms-assets.tutsplus.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200/uploads/users/26/posts/19995/image/todo-list-in-OO.png
Sanderson style outlining in Curio
8/20/2023
Oh, I never speed write anything!
Sanderson style outlining in Curio
8/20/2023
Put ten writers in a room and don't be surprised if you get 10 different recommendations. Probably more, since individual processes can change over time.
I don't think Sanderson's recommendation coul...
Bike Outliner: Adds Row Types
8/7/2023
Shame you're not using a Mac. ;)
Mem makes an odd decision
8/5/2023
Weeks ago people on Reddit and YouTube reported getting the identical boilerplate reply.
They claim no refunds, then say to "Certain refund requests for Subscriptions may be considered by the Company...
Bear 2 - Reactions?
8/2/2023
Still not bitten by the Bear bug, but I was impressed by Curtis McHale's just-uploaded 46-minute-long "first look" of Bear 2.x for the Mac. A lot of power in the app, and it looks great.
https://www...