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Stupid Devonthink tricks 6/3/2019

I use Devonthink for two purposes - the one it was designed for, correlating and archiving mass quantities of documents, and as a sync tool, particularly with USB sync stores. DT syncs with full visib...

OmniOutliner 3 for iOS 5/26/2019

Well, I started to comment about OO, and got sidetracked. Boiled down to save space, I've always found it to be a powerful tool, but with rough edges. For instance, reading that article, I tried a p...

OmniOutliner 3 for iOS 5/26/2019

Scrivener is awesome. The companion Scapple is a great example of how creative simplicity can sometime surpass complexity. It doesn't have many features, but it's a great tool for shotgunning ideas. ...

DEVONthink 3 Public Beta Now Open 5/20/2019

Well said, sir. I could not imagine living under a repressive government, and I’m pretty sure it would not turn out well for me. Actually, for honor’s sake, I hope I would have the integri...

DEVONthink 3 Public Beta Now Open 5/18/2019

Maybe Devonthink had a bad brush with a cult, and that shaped their policies. But it we're going to talk religion, I have to report the destructive influence vi and vim have had on my life. I'd use N...

Keychain Access 5/16/2019

Keychain Access works fine, but it's a little cumbersome for notes, at least to me. I use pwSafe for things that don't end up in Keychain Access. Work passwords, for example. Another thing I like to...

Mind map, software generated 4/26/2019

Learning basic Python is easy and good for you. I’ve done things like converted multi level OPML from OmniOutliner to single level files and index cards in Scrivener. Fun stuff.

DEVONthink 3 Public Beta Now Open 4/26/2019

DT is clunky, granted, but it seems to be exceedingly reliable. I was completely addicted to The Brain, but I had some data loss. I would have to say The Brain is more open than DT, since the XML tha...

DEVONthink 3 Public Beta Now Open 4/25/2019

For any who haven't found what DT 3 is going to cost, I found the prices in the Devonthink account page (https://www.devontechnologies.com/customers). After I logged in there, it listed my one licens...

Mind Node 6 4/24/2019

Mind Node 6, out today, adds a focus mode. It's not what precisely what I was expecting, but I like it. Command-Shift-F enters focus mode. That grays out the parents and grandparents, and dims the re...

More on Robert Caro's research & writing methods 4/21/2019

Sounds similar to Randy Ingermanson’s snowflake method, or Hemingway’s initial step, write the truest sentence you can. My theory is every work starts with a thing often called an outline...

Tinderbox 8 is released 4/17/2019

I bought Tinderbox a while back, and I have no regrets. I don't actually use it, but software like this needs support. Devonthink always draws me back, though. For notes for a story, it's overkill, b...

What are the note taking/task managing features you dont like or think they are useless? 4/9/2019

I didn't make use of tags for a long time, but now I'd hate to do without them. If GTD's idea of concepts is similar to Omnifocus's old notion of concepts, I agree. OF's old contexts were stilted beca...

Fascinating announcement from Freewrite 4/1/2019

I salute the folks at Astrohaus. Anyone who makes software or hardware dedicated to writing has my respect. Today, they have gone the extra mile. Check it out, the totally distraction free one-key Te...

OmniOutliner as a Daily Jounal 3/25/2019

I used OO for a journal, at least briefly. I distrust special purpose apps - or, at least, I prefer using an app where my data is recoverable outside the application. OO didn't bother me there because...

Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks 3/23/2019

>>It would be good to have a "disappear" option for completed >>items, but hey, I'm sure they'll get around to it. The "disappear" setup I like best is to choose Available with the eye icon. Either A...

SheetPlanner 1.1 Beta 3/20/2019

I think I'm going to get a copy of Sheetplanner. I haven't looked at the price, yet, but that's just my keen skills at avoiding impulse purchasing. First, I convince myself something is worth having,...

SheetPlanner 1.1 Beta 3/20/2019

Looks nice! Are projects kept in files, or in one in-app database? I’m rather hooked on OmniFocus, but would like an organizer that let me set up todo lists in separate files. Sheet planner is...

MindNode 6.0 3/16/2019

Focus mode looks intriguing. The Brain leverages doorway effect, or it seems to for me. This might do the same thing. Eager to try it out. Nice that they are giving it away for MindNode 5 license hol...

Mellel musings 3/11/2019

I bought Mellel recently. It may be of great use - it has an iOS version, which is nice - but I'm not sure if the export options are enough for my use. It doesn't export to docx or epub, and I don't s...

Ulysses v15 Released 3/11/2019

Ulysses is almost perfect for writing in a lightly formatted way, but one basket for all the eggs is still limiting. The new keyword manager is nice, but there's only one set of keywords across every...

Mellel for iPad 2/28/2019

Mellel for iOS got me into their camp. I've been quite the Nisus partisan for several reasons. For one thing, I was blessed with parents who did everything they could to raise me right. My formative ...

New Ulysses features coming 1/13/2019

satis wrote: Side-by-side views of the different parts of the same document would be >welcome, although in Ulysses I've trained myself by this point to break >down long documents into numerous small...

New Ulysses features coming 1/12/2019

There is a new beta open for a new Ulysses release - https://ulysses.app/blog/. There is going to be an editor split view, which is probably more of a big deal for IOS than on the Mac. You can alread...

Omnifocus 3.0 to come out Monday 1/9/2019

True, but you can delete everything you don’t want from the exported file. J J Weimer wrote: Unless I am mistaken, exporting OF3 exports the entire database. I see >no way to export just a Proj...

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