Alexander Deliyannis
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Springpad replacement?
5/27/2014
I second Evernote, as a user of many years.
I would stay away from anything that is completely free (gives you no information on how staff and servers are paid) or in beta. More on this here:
http://...
Gingko
5/27/2014
Dr Andus wrote:
>May I ask what browser you are using and on what OS?
I have Win7 and use Firefox. I also tried Chrome but the problem remained.
>But otherwise no, I've never encountered the proble...
Gingko
5/26/2014
I wonder whether any of you regular users of Gingko have run into the bug I describe below. I copy the text as I submitted it to Support; I hope they get back to me soon:
"I've got a number of tasks ...
Hugh wrote:
>Interesting! Several Mac task managers seem to be going or have recently
>gone in the direction of graphically representing on a calendar when
>you're planning to carry out your tasks, in...
Markdown vs WSYWYG
5/22/2014
Laverna, online Markdown editor with local storage, encryption, multiple notebook support, Dropbox syncing, tasks and more:
https://laverna.cc/
Here's a brief article on it:
http://www.linux-magazine...
Jim, I'll try to ellaborate further and provide additional proposals when I have more time, but for the moment my main suggestion is to use a time logging system to record the time you spend on activi...
Tagging files
5/12/2014
Disillusioned (is it information management that you are disillusioned with, I wonder?) thanks for the heads up!
Tagspaces looks indeed very good.
The first thing I wondered was whether syncing b...
Tabbles is a file manager which relies on tagging. Its recent version integrates with Explorer and Outlook.
Tabbles has some powerful features and, as far as I understand, it fits under the Advanced...
Tagging files
5/2/2014
Tabbles 3 is at Bits du Jour today http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/tabbles/in=todays-deals-home
I post it here for reference. I will write a bit more at http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/view...
Thanks to all for these tips.The Small Picture reader looks especially useful, though for the moment expand/collapse doesn't seem to work with my Android tablet.
I use Checkvist for sharing outlines...
Ariadne 6.1
4/29/2014
>I imagine there must be a good market for such a cross-platform tool. As
>far as I know, there is currently no such tool.
Have you tried Nixnote / Nevernote, the Linux - Open Source port of Evernot...
OneNote 2010 tutorials
4/23/2014
This might be of interest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwlD5aTcqw
"Making Faster, Better Decisions (Extended Version)
Published on Mar 17, 2014
Meet Devin. Dedicated to helping others, Devin i...
Workflowy: Your Brain on One Page
4/16/2014
Dr Andus wrote:
>WorkFlowy now on Android too:
>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workflowy.android
Quite remarkably, it seems to require Android 4.4 KitKat...
Garland, I'd be most interested in learning what your first choice for project management software was. In another post you mentioned Teamwork which I assume was your second. My own team's choice was ...
I think that there's a very broad field stretching from the likes of Joomla and WordPress to something like Kerio Workspace (now Samepage.io). The latter is more typical of team collaboration tools, i...
jaslar wrote:
>Interesting. I had never thought of using a content management system as
>my operating environment.
I would say "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's...". I find CMSs non-c...
bobmclain wrote:
>your mention of Firefox
>Foxsplitter got me looking for a similar Chrome extension, which I
>found: Split Screen. Now, in one browser window, I can have an outline
>open in Workflowy...
donleone wrote:
>USE these Integrated Browsers in Connected Text / Curio / Zoot etc....
>to establish a connection to & LAUNCH an online app
That is partly the functional concept behind Tasktop, a ta...
Windows RT suggestions?
4/1/2014
Franz Grieser wrote:
>That is exactly what I miss in Dropbox for Windows RT. There simply is no such option.
Interesting; your response made me suspect something and I made a brief search online. If ...
donleone wrote:
>YOZO OFFICE 2012 = the only true integrated office suite in a single
>application = but cleverly usable, a power-outliner capable!!
Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll have to chec...
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Yozo Office reminds me of good ole' StarOffice 5, which had a similar
>totally integrated interface.
And long before that, Ashton-Tate's Framework for DOS. Those were the days o...
Windows RT suggestions?
3/31/2014
Franz Grieser wrote:
>Dropbox - maybe I'll drop that on my Dell, too. I haven't figured out
>yet, how to exclude certain folders that I do not need on the Dell. Will
>look into that the next days.
I ...
Prion, thanks for the heads up on Hackpad. As far as I see it is the first time it is mentioned in this group and I find it quite impressive. Probably the most intuitive wiki-like environment that I h...
And then, any collaborative notes should be able to link to the imported documents with no restrictions.
Thanks for the suggestions; I will check them out.
Dr Andus wrote:
>I'm presuming that by "references/bibliographies" you mean
>academic type references and bibliographies, such as
>downloading/impor...