Amontillado
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Lotus Agenda
10/31/2018
Lothar Scholz wrote:
>think that is the time MSDOS needs to boot :-)
>Are you saying i bought something wrong?
>
>I think i'm bringing CRIMPing to a new level now. But hey, at least this
>things had...
Current state of iOS/macOS outliners
10/29/2018
MadaboutDana wrote:
I agree: if Ulysses, iaWriter, Bear or any number of other competent
>markdown apps
I've heard that outlining is on Ulysses' radar. That would help justify the subscription cos...
Outliner for nonfiction book
10/27/2018
By “another browseable location”, I meant on my iPad where apps, the ipad’s file system, and syncing don’t always prove a good mutual fit. DEVONthink makes syncing simpler, and...
Outliner for nonfiction book
10/27/2018
OmniOutliner for iOS picked up some glitches in an update a few weeks ago, but they were promptly fixed. It can work in either one or two pane mode.
I’d prefer a plain text outliner, but OO wo...
Nisus Writer
10/25/2018
Split view! Must upgrade now!
Risking a pun, Nisus is very nice.
Lucas wrote:
Version 3 was just released, with significant enhancements:
>
>https://www.nisus.com/pro/releasenotes/releasenotes300.ph...
Beorg for iOS
10/8/2018
Well, that calls my bluff about wishing for org-mode on the iPad. I must check into this!
Ha! The lack of a keyboard didn’t even occur to me. Since my primary use for my iPad is mobile writing, I rarely use it without a Bluetooth keyboard.
For the moment, I remain disappointed in av...
Outlining tools aren't what they should be, at least on Mac/IOS.
OmniOutliner has done well for me. I like the checkboxes and filters, and hoisting is a good thing.
Since IOS 12 came out, though, O...
TheBrain vs Evernote vs Personal Wiki
10/6/2018
I think The Brain's best news is they've retired Java. Oracle is pretty silly in the licensing department, and I'm ready to agree with them Java should be priced beyond the reach of the sweaty masses,...
On a side note, I've been disappointed in the speed of my iMac over recent months. It responded so slowly to my trackpad I set it aside.
There are known issues with bluetooth interference that can ca...
Processes not tools
9/25/2018
I wonder if this is related to the doorway effect, which has a profound effect on my focus - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-through-doorway-makes-you-forget/
The Brain seemed ...
Processes not tools
9/25/2018
Pixelpunker wrote:
>> Amontillado: On the other hand, even papyrus and dry desert caves
>> aren't perfect.
>
>Sure, but the timeframe of this digital stuff is a joke. I can't even
>read 10-year-old...
Processes not tools
9/25/2018
I agree with some of what you say. The process is more important than the tools, and there's another step down that path. The product is all that matters.
Mainstream tools are fine if they do the job...
Omnifocus 3.0 to come out Monday
9/24/2018
I've just resolved one misconception I've had all along. The explanation for contexts I read somewhere was like "things I want to do when I'm in a grocery store." It didn't resonate.
Perspectives, my...
Omnifocus 3.0 to come out Monday
9/24/2018
I've never really used contexts, but I know I'll use tags. I think they are going to be the same thing, just without the limitation of only one "context" per to-do entry.
Hopefully, nothing will upse...
Evernote in trouble?
9/20/2018
satis wrote:
>They departed from amazon a couple of years ago.
>
>https://www.wired.com/2016/03/epic-story-dropboxs-exodus-amazon-cloud-empire/
>
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Interesting article - thanks. I had heard Dro...
Evernote in trouble?
9/19/2018
If I read between the lines correctly, Evernote moved its services to Google Cloud about a year ago, which was probably a little late for them.
Even cloud providers put their (your) stuff in "the clo...
Evernote in trouble?
9/19/2018
More Evernote worry. Devonthink has features that leverage Evernote, so there may be a little baked-in bias. My experience with Devonthink has been entirely positive.
https://blog.devontechnologies.c...
I use a timestamp prefix on file names, particularly in my personal records/bookkeeping DevonThink database, but I've gotten on a plain text kick (again) lately, particularly for documentation and cre...
Paul J. Miller wrote:
>I don't know what it is about ConnectedText which lends itself to the
>data communicating with the user but this is my experience. See
>https://luhmann.surge.sh/communicating...
TheBrain 9 is out of beta
8/18/2018
I need to check this out. I was a very enthusiastic Brain user a few years back. Between jump thoughts and limited scope display of just what's close by, it's brilliant.
Journaling, a simplistic view
7/23/2018
A possibly interesting sidelight - DEVONThink definitely doesn't hide the real location of the files in its databases.
This morning I pondered the idea of using DT as a Scrivener alternative. I could...
A journalist outline
7/23/2018
Aggregating without attribution is a low practice. I assume it's commonplace, but it's still a low practice.
His comments on outlining sound valid, though.
There are those who claim not to outline. ...
Journaling, a simplistic view
7/23/2018
As a break glass in case of emergency option, direct file access is nice.
I wouldn’t modify anything, but you can copy the files from within DEVONThink without specialized tools.
Scrivener i...
Journaling, a simplistic view
7/21/2018
Scrivener is said to be vulnerable to certain sync processes used by iCloud, particularly the option to let iCloud manage your files. Seldom accessed files, even (apparently) files inside of packages....