MadaboutDana
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StoryServer - out of beta
Yesterday
Much as I loved Ecco Pro, I can't help but feel that more modern products have passed it by (take, just by way of example, Obsidian or its open-source equivalent Plainva...). But it should please a lo...
I suspect you're right (although it doesn't really account for the MS and Apple bloat, nor the relative svelteness of their mobile apps -- but then of course they're phoning back to the mothership mor...
I have to say, NEO is very elegant. A little constraining, and it takes a little while to work out the underlying logic – but it is highly logical, and the constraints are actually quite pleasant. The...
Interesting! And of course I've downloaded it immediately, because it's free!
The only thing I'd say about many of these apps is that they take up So. Much. Space. NEO is 360 MB of app (let alone t...
I realise I haven't yet mentioned my very favourite markdown writing app on Windows, Linux and MacOS: Pendown MD Editor ( https://pendown.app ). This is by far the most accomplished general markdown e...
It really is. I was reading an honestly rather depressing post on Reddit just yesterday by an AI manager/supervisor who had been interviewing three senior software engineers for places on his team and...
Sorry – yes, exactly. And Kindling can be found here: https://kindlingwriter.com
What also impresses me about these "small developers" is the sheer quality of their websites!
The artisanal appro...
How outlining changes in AI times?
5 days ago
Despite doing a lot of experimental work with LLMs (much like Paul), I don't use them for serious work because (a) I don't trust their accuracy, (b) I don't like their constant efforts to persuade me ...
Ahti is superb! Many thanks for the tip; I've acquired it. I've also discovered Draftline and Kindling, both free, open-source and multi-platform. Draftline in particular is impressive, with a similar...
Apps by Tomasz in Brighton (for MacOS)
6 days ago
I've just discovered the amazing Skein Notes, a free app programmed by Tomasz in Brighton (UK). Skein Notes and his pure markdown editor Lede can be downloaded from the Mac App Store, but so can a cou...
FoldNotes
6 days ago
On the other hand, I've just discovered the amazing Skein Notes, a free app programmed by Tomasz in Brighton (UK). Skein Notes and his pure markdown editor Lede can be downloaded from the Mac App Stor...
Tokie.is - inline notes in finder..
1 week ago
I love the idea, but doesn't EagleFiler already do this? Albeit in its own essentially closed "vault"...
But making the entire file system into a kind of note-supporting database is an excellent id...
GrandView and forwards... (and a question)
2 weeks ago
They do. Logseq isn't very impressive, but Workflowy is pretty good.
Petrev01 wrote:
>I believe Logseq and Workflowy have Linux apps.
Life without AI
2 weeks ago
Yeah, three cheers for GrowlyBird – some of the most compact, efficient programming on the planet! A OneNote equivalent in less than 25 MB (yes, that's MB!) of space: wow! And GrowlyNotes is just one ...
Hm, I've found competent local AI doesn't necessarily overburden local hardware, especially the Chinese models. The American approach does lead us all to believe that without ridiculous amounts of com...
Review of Traverse
3 weeks ago
I've been playing with it over the weekend, and find it to be an exceptionally flexible take on your standard outliner. There have been a couple of previous apps that allowed you to extend outlines ho...
Apps for Retirement
3 weeks ago
Yep, refurbs are now my preferred option – you can get some outstanding bargains on refurbished hardware. My Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (7 years old, but still powerful enough for what I'm doing, espe...
Walling being rebranded as Walling.io
3 weeks ago
Such a nice idea. But can one trust them... ?
Life without AI
3 weeks ago
SeaTable will also do this – and the free tier is a very generous one (I've been experimenting with it for some time).
Ah, there's no hijacking of threads in this forum – things end up far, far away from where they started! ;-)
Review of Traverse
3 weeks ago
Thanks for the tip! Now that is a very nice piece of software...
Hm, okay, but why not just use a good full-text indexing engine?
Well said – hence my love of Numbers! But I too am trying to ditch not just Microsoft but also Apple. It's proving quite difficult, but I am making progress... the user-friendliness quotient is the ma...
Love the look of Karavan – first impression is very positive!
Very nice!
In return, a markdown app that also supports full-scale spreadsheets plus Notion-like databases, in rapid development by Italian developer Luca Rossi (famous for the Refactoring newslet...