Amontillado
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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....
Journaling, a simplistic view
7/21/2018
I've decided to take up journaling, at least as long as the habit will stick, and decided on a few requirements.
Not on paper. I don't do that.
All content must be completely recoverable if the jour...
Gingko Desktop update
7/19/2018
Looks interesting. Any comments on Gingko's usability?
I have a slightly different view of events and tasks. Mostly, if someone else throws a dart at my schedule, pinning me to a time and place not of my choosing, it goes in my calendar. Or, if I have a s...
The future of OneNote
4/29/2018
I think to get the most out of DevonThink, one must use tags quite a bit.
As I recall, One Note's tags aren't hierarchical, and I remember them being cumbersome if you defined too many. That may be u...
The Brain is an interesting thing, and I like the premise. I used it a few years back, and I would probably use it today instead of DevonThink save for one thing - I see too many rough edges in The Br...
Ninox
12/24/2017
I bought Ninox a year or two ago, and initially thought it would be of some help, and there are things it can tell you a spreadsheet can't. I loaded property taxes for our county into a Ninox table fr...
Winterfest sale - Panorama X
12/23/2017
Crud. Just went back to the site and looked further - pricing is subscription only. Takes the fun out of it for me.
Winterfest sale - Panorama X
12/22/2017
I see in Eastgate's Winterfest (http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/Specials/WinterFest.html) there is a database application called Panorama X. I've always been interested in ways to mine data. For goo...