Amontillado
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Wow - note the time stamps on my last post and this one. In that interim, I sent email to Zengobi with observations about Curio _and_ got a nice reply back from George.
The product is great, features...
Good to know, Paul.
So far, I find myself thinking that Curio is what One Note should have been. It's more flexible, all the figure types, etc., it's just good stuff.
It's got some quirks. I wouldn'...
Very generous of you, Matthew.
The first clue that Curio is awesome is Zengobi writes product documentation in Curio. That old saw about eating your own dog food is true. If you have to use the tools...
Interesting - 20 minutes ago as I drove to lunch I was thinking that if one object could link to another, I'd probably have to grab a copy. Otherwise, I am truthfully happy and productive with tools l...
Curio looks very nice indeed, and may be superior to the mish-mash currently serving my needs. There is a non-existent mind map feature I sure would like to get, though.
I call it "views."
Imagine a...
Portable local file links in Macos
11/25/2019
Aha! My username is different on the laptop, so the path to my home directory is the inconsistency. I see a symlink in my future.
Thanks!
Portable local file links in Macos
11/25/2019
One of the reasons I've enjoyed Devonthink for even small projects is that I can use tags and file links. When DT syncs to another Mac, all the links still work, which is not typical of links in a Min...
I get a lot of good out of Devonthink for large libraries of PDF files and notes. Curio sure looks nice, though.
If I understand correctly, it doesn't have to store projects in the cloud. Cloud stora...
It's a shame Devonthink's web server option is so expensive. I don't have enough of a need for it to justify the cost, so I don't spend the money.
If it were lower cost, it seems like they would snag...
DEVONthink 3 officially released
9/13/2019
DT 3 looks nice.
"outliner mode" file manager
9/10/2019
This is one way I use Devonthink. Individual groups (folders) can be set to manual search order.
Unfortunately, when you view a tag, you can sort them in various ways, but not manually. I haven't fou...
Ulysses version 18 in beta
9/6/2019
I drifted away from Ulysses because I didn't like everything stored in-app. If I use a keyword in a blog essay, I don't want that keyword infusing into a short story or novel project. I don't use keyw...
Ah, to Android. Great mobile OS, but not supported by Chronosync.
I recently added scripts to my sync setups. Nothing fancy, just things to add a "last synced" message to a file on the root dir of my...
I don't like cloud sync. I have a feeling of loss of control and I don't want to worry about unknown use of what I write.
USB devices aren't as reliable as "real" storage, so I don't want to keep my ...
Messing with Devonthink
7/30/2019
>Your process sounds a darn sight more "complex" than the three editor
>windows and compile in Scrivener.
I prefer to believe my ideas work by intricate sophistication, the urbane collaboration of m...
Messing with Devonthink
7/29/2019
Scrivener is almost the One True Way to write long form (disclaimers about my opinion omitted, but applicable).
My beefs are:
Three different editors, with three different feature sets (main edit wi...
Fast Software, the Best Software
7/27/2019
Now that I've been flippant, there is something I've been thinking about sort of along this topic.
I wrote the outline for a short story I think I'll write, and instead of my usual hierarchy, I made ...
Fast Software, the Best Software
7/27/2019
"Performant" was new to me, too. Also new to Merriam-Webster, but I see it has some traction as jargon.
Unbloat or debloat both convey meaning very performantly, I think.
Hugh wrote:
"Unbloat" - a ...
Would a word processor do? The nav panel might give you the drag and drop you want, or your word processor might allow dragging and dropping list elements.
I sometimes use OmniOutliner for a file-bas...
Stanford's Protege for OWL
7/6/2019
Python has security issues with its pickle protocol, its version of serialization. Python's cure for that is to warn the developer that deserializing data from unknown sources is not a great career mo...
Stanford's Protege for OWL
7/5/2019
I do all my personal stuff on a Mac, with development mostly on Solaris and Linux. I keep my documentation on my Mac boxes at the moment, using Devonthink as an organizational and syncing tool.
Every...
Stanford's Protege for OWL
7/4/2019
I will need to present comparisons between some different software solutions. I'd like to produce something interactive, as in the way TheBrain exports to HTML.
TheBrain might be just what I need, bu...
I have the same feeling and reservations about Mellel. It's a gimmick to export a work in progress to epub, but I like the idea of being able to do that. There isn't a hands-free direct path from Mell...
Mellel 4.2 released
6/27/2019
Quite so, Hugh, I agree. Just can't help myself.
Nisus Writer Pro just released a bug-fix update, too, so it's getting better all the time. I think there is a different rendering setup in the latest ...
Mellel 4.2 released
6/27/2019
Haven't had much of a look at it yet. New tables support, for one thing.
I'm still rather hooked on Nisus's draft view, split windows, tabs, and the more natural (to me) handling of styles.
On the o...