Darren McDonald
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## I bought the new Pomera DM250
10/19/2022
Also, with the DM250, you can send files via email using a gmail account. There is a security setting in gmail that you have to change in order for this method to work. Here is a link to a (Japanese) ...
Tana?
10/12/2022
Here is a recent Youtube video by a user explaining how you bring in data and how tagging works in Tana:
https://youtu.be/3Jhr_xDPKvI
I hear you. I was wanting to trail-test out Scrintal first to see if it was able to handle things like Japanese input before jumping into the deep end. I followed the developer's communications with p...
Srintal is now (as of September 29, 2022) on offer for $60US/year for the first 2,000 subscribers. The pricing is locked in at the special $60/year with this subscription price if you are one of the 2...
The Modos Paper (e-ink) Laptop
8/12/2022
My search for the ultimate e-ink laptop for distraction-free writing had me stumble on the Modos Paper Laptop:
https://www.modos.tech
It is still in early development and the guy developing it is ac...
Boox Writer, an e-ink laptop, was in development about five years ago. Here is a Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni2czAM2NDU
However, unfortunately, development stopped due to "lack of...
Thanks for the update, Bill!
After reading your post, I logged on immediately to the MacApp Store for Japan and purchased Novellus. At last, a simple, easy-to-use replacement for Scrivener! I am most...
Thanks Bill. How do you find this stuff? I am amazed. :)
I already have iaWriter and will take a good look at it now by using it more than the few times I did in the past.
Lattics seems to be actua...
Thanks for the recommendations, Stephen. I had come across these apps before through this forum. Speare seems to be the most attractive to me except it has the input window for text is at the bottom o...
Just as I feared. Thanks for checking this out for me, Bill. I have contacted the developers via the website's online inquiry form, but as yet have not heard anything back. Here is to hoping that it m...
When I try the download link for Novellus on https://novellussoftware.com, I get taken to the Japan MacApp Store where Novellus is nowhere to be seen. Is Novellus listed in the MacStore in other count...
Scrintal
3/14/2022
Thanks, @Stephen, for letting us know about this app. It certainly looks like the app I have been waiting for all along! I am waiting to be granted access to use it too.
In the meantime, I came across...
Heptabase
2/27/2022
I came across another new visual thinking tool that is getting ready for public beta. It is called Kosmik.
https://www.kosmik.app
Thank you @mathew for reminding me of iThoughts. I am a very visual thinker and need to have notes linked with diagrams. iThoughts has this feature and is great with thinking that is non-linear, ie. n...
I'm trying to hunt down a simple reminder app that can display reminders as a countdown sticky on the desktop and can be synced between other Macs and the iPhone and iPad. Currently, I am using Big Da...
LogSeq Android App Released
12/14/2021
Let me second the thanks for the information, washere.
I have been amazed at how fast the developers have added new features to Logseq, especially over the last couple of months. I missed out on gett...
Zotero PDF Reader and New Note Editor
10/11/2021
Sorry, I missed your comment. According to Zotero's support documentation (https://www.zotero.org/support/pdf_reader_preview):
"These features will all be part of Zotero 6 later this year (2021), but...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
8/28/2021
Indeed, the developers certainly move fast! The latest update came through this morning when I started up the app (version 0.3.5) and the issue is now fixed! :) I was toying with Logseq all day today,...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
8/27/2021
Thanks for the advice, @Luhmann. I see that you are also active on the forum at Logseq offering really useful tips and troubleshooting. Great to know I am amongst such awesomeness! :)
Luhmann wrote...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
8/27/2021
@Luhmann, I was actually working with Logseq today and discovered the problem is not just with Dropbox.
Basically, when I change the name of a page using "rename" in the pull-down menu, it creates a...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
8/27/2021
Thanks @Luhmann for the reminder of Logseq. I have been trying it out recently and can see where Logseq has the best mix of features from Roam and Obsidian. There is still much more development to be...
Planning & executing
8/18/2021
Apologies for the same post appearing twice. The content is exactly the same as I only clicked the "post" button once. Not sure what went wrong here.
Planning & executing
8/18/2021
Sure @Alexander Deliyannis. I am using Craft as my research journal (or research diary, as it is sometimes referred).
In the past, I had a physical notebook which I used for my journal. In the noteb...
Planning & executing
8/18/2021
Sure @Alexander Deliyannis. I am using Craft as my research journal (or research diary, as it is sometimes referred).
In the past, I had a physical notebook which I used for my journal. In the noteb...
Planning & executing
8/17/2021
I was first attracted to Craft for the interface and thought it would make me to fall into the CRIMP trap. However, after using it seriously for several months now as my electronic (academic) research...