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Well, you may be painting with an overly broad brush.
Writer's software doesn't write, with the exception of ChatGPT. An outline can crush the life out of a story, but when that happens to me it's no...
Easy Data Transform is one of those tools that keeps finding ways to save time. Andy's latest video presents ideas for how to analyze server log files with Easy Data Transform, something that had not ...
Tinderbox would almost certainly have a way to do this.
You could also create Markdown documents with YAML front matter, defining attributes matching your needs. I would do that with probably a five ...
Nice to hear Writing Outliner is in continuing development. It's a powerful addition to Word.
Outlining and cloned entries
2/5/2023
Other OS's? Mac, by any chance?
Outlining and cloned entries
2/5/2023
I've often thought it would be nice to be able to have an outline entry appear in more than one place in an outline.
For instance, a flashback to an event already covered in the narrative.
I didn't ...
A complex decision tree utility could have wide application.
Drug interaction and comorbidity, for example.
The problem with AI everywhere seems related to the replacement of personal pharmacists wi...
It's expensive, but Flying Logic is designed for what-if and decision tree modeling. You might take a look at it.
Scrivener isn't so bad, nor is it hard to use. The best way to learn it is to explore the features you need, ignoring the rest until future needs arise.
It's not for everyone, which is just like ever...
Yep, me too - I use PWSafe for things that aren't a good fit for KeyChain, like software keys. There are web sites I've found that can confuse Safari's auto-fill. The manual approach with PWSafe is a ...
One of the things that's kept me on LastPass for Windows is the auto-type function, which is reasonably flexible. I use it for filling out some standard web access forms that go beyond username and pa...
Hmmm... I have fallen off the Scrivener bandwagon with great regret. Fine product, wonderful vendor, but I'm an odd duck. The "no style" paradigm for default text bugs me, and the compile process is t...
KeePass is a good local-file solution under Windows and possibly Mac's.
Linux, not so much. KeePass under Linux uses a library that (stupidly!) logs the contents of the clipboard on auto-clear. If yo...
I stand corrected on one point. I thought LastPass didn't encrypt usernames.
I remain negatively enthusiastic about LastPass. It's OK. I tend to be out of step.
Could be time to switch from LastPass and update passwords! :-)
Seriously, if any are still using LastPass, please consider all your passwords compromised from their recent breaches.
My employer lov...
Tana?
1/10/2023
Very interesting. I don't see how supertags and metadata work, but it looks very flexible. I can also see how it reminds one of Tinderbox.
Since Tana is SaaS (Software as a Service), I doubt I will b...
Dextronet bundle 48 hour sale
1/10/2023
Drat. Forgot the link. https://www.dextronet.com
I also see that the targeted link in my email goes to an online cart with my personal information pre-populated. I'm not sure where the bundle offer i...
Dextronet bundle 48 hour sale
1/10/2023
About $95 for Swift To-Do, Tree Notes, Mind Collected, and Fast Paste. These utilities are Windows-only.
I've heard Swift To-Do criticized for aesthetics. Personally, the look never bothered me and I...
Winterfest 2022 sale
12/29/2022
Hyper Plan is an undiscovered gem. I use it as an early warning system for bills on monthly, quarterly, and annual cycles. When I pay a bill, I don't change its status to paid or anything like checkin...
New app, Bike
12/21/2022
I bought Bike as an outliner. I wish it had tag filtering, but I also like what MadaboutDana observed. Bike is more like an enhanced text editor that will support outlines.
Regarding tag filtering, b...
New app, Bike
12/20/2022
+1 for tagging. Imagine you're writing a linear outline for a story with three plot threads. It would be nice to see the just the rows for Arc One, or Arc Two, or whatever.
The nicest thing about Bik...
It's interesting to hear how others work. That bit about tools shaping users is true. I think I get my best ideas for how to organize by getting a feel for common practices in tools I may never use.
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New app, Bike
12/20/2022
Linking to a row, that's pretty neat - but how do you get back to the full outline?
I see that command click will open the row in a new tab. Is that the best use of links to rows?
Nice! I like the Bruce Lee quote.
Obsidian, One Note, whatever you use for organizing knowledge makes you aware of epistemology, and that's a good thing even if the word sounds like an old guy's snee...
Discourse map!
12/15/2022
Hi, ShiJianhui,
How do you find the new release of Tinderbox? I haven't had time to use it yet.
ShiJianhui wrote:
Do you mean something like this? --> https://imgur.com/a/IRD6Zz1
>Hiding 'actual con...