MadaboutDana
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iPad "Surface" -- er, "Pro"
9/10/2015
I agree with Ken: you can't compare the iPad Pro and the Surface in any really meaningful way, because they do such very different things. There's a big overlap, of course, but having watched young fi...
Beginning to see the light with org-mode
9/10/2015
Well, Ulysses is your app of choice here, with filters that can use multiple keywords (tags), text or dates, either inclusively or exclusively. And can be restricted to various levels of the hierarchy...
liquidtext in beta
9/4/2015
Brilliant! I've been playing with the beta for a while - it's extremely impressive.
And the new iPad Pro should make it a very compelling iOS app!
... which means that for Chrome users, Gingko is now usable offline.
I'm almost regretting getting rid of Chrome. Most Chrome extensions run in Opera, too, but not apps, unfortunately. And there's no...
RightNote Question
9/1/2015
I'm pretty sure it's not possible, either.
What you want is Ulysses on the Mac/iOS... (says he, helpfully!)
Publishing a database as website
8/29/2015
Okay, one more note on RightNote:
it uses iFrames. Bit of a nuisance, especially on mobile devices (due to scrolling issues). Hm. Have to suggest to Rael that he uses a more modern technique, maybe l...
Übersicht
8/29/2015
Good old Macs can do the multiple accented character thing, too: just hold down a key and a little box pops up with various numbered options. It's how I write to all my German clients (rather than swa...
Publishing a database as website
8/29/2015
Okay, this is ridiculous. You can copy web books about using e.g. Dropbox and they'll run quite happily as local microsites on mobile devices. I've just used Readdle Documents (the best of the best fi...
Publishing a database as website
8/29/2015
Hi folks,
Well, as a Mac user, I really didn't want to fall in love with RightNote. But you know what? The Web Book feature is A W E S O M E!
And it has its own built-in search engine. And pretty mob...
I think Workflowy and Gingko both blew it when they failed to produce desktop apps.
There are some things that only work well as web apps. Stuff like Asana and other collaborative tools (and even man...
Handling mail messages as information
8/18/2015
What you really want, Ken, is Planz.
The last version of which can be downloaded from: https://code.google.com/p/xooml/
More info at http://kftf.ischool.washington.edu/planner_index.htm
I remember ...
Workflowy Pro for 1 year FREE
8/18/2015
Thanks for that; interesting.
Handling mail messages as information
8/18/2015
Quite right, Jorge, it was Everdesk. Thank you!
Everdesk does have a highly unusual and effective interface, even if you're not using it as an e-mail client.
I take your point, Ken. It's surprising h...
Handling mail messages as information
8/17/2015
Ah, right. I take your point. MailStore only offers a single type of interactivity, namely searching (although you can save named searches, which arguably equates to tagging).
Hm. The only other mail...
Handling mail messages as information
8/17/2015
Distant memories prompt me to suggest you also take a look at Mailbird (https://www.getmailbird.com). It doesn't run on Mac, unfortunately, otherwise I'd take a look myself.
Handling mail messages as information
8/17/2015
Distant memories prompt me to suggest you also take a look at Mailbird (https://www.getmailbird.com). It doesn't run on Mac, unfortunately, otherwise I'd take a look myself.
Handling mail messages as information
8/17/2015
Sorry, forgot the link: http://www.oasys-software.com/products/email-and-document-management/mailmanager.html
Handling mail messages as information
8/17/2015
You might also want to take a look at Oasys Mail Manager; Oasys is a spin-off from one of the giant engineering companies, and their software is really quite powerful; we used to use Mail Manager when...
Handling mail messages as information
8/17/2015
Hm, the only thing I can think of off the cuff is MailStore, the Home version of which is free (for individuals). And which has an awesome search function.
More details at: http://www.mailstore.com/e...
It's also worth mentioning that Apple has just added document recovery services to iCloud (covering documents, contacts and calendars), although I can't pretend to have experimented with this yet.
So...
Publishing a database as website
8/17/2015
Some very interesting examples here, I must say.
There are some interesting options on the Mac, too, such as Growly Notes.
But if I was publishing a database as a website, I'd want a search engine i...
I use Ulysses quite a lot (as you know), and have found that from dismal beginnings, the iCloud sync between Mac and iPad is now fast and reliable.
iCloud sync is still odd, in the sense that you can...
ASANA - any new reactions
8/13/2015
That does look interesting, Ken - thanks.
Although it appears to resemble Podio, which definitely takes the prize for being the most baffling piece of over-engineered project management software I've...
Sensational return of Cloud Outliner
8/13/2015
I agree that notes are rather restricted, but then, it's not a super-sophisticated outliner like OmniOutliner (so you can't apply rich text to individual words, for example). On the other hand, it doe...
Quip becomes... an outliner?
8/13/2015
In its ongoing endeavours to become all things to all small furry things, Quip (well, its desktop versions for Mac and Windows) has made another step towards becoming an outliner by introducing an out...