Dormouse
Century Club
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- October 2021
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- 5/23/2025
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Anyone trying out Kortex?
10/21/2024
No news on iOS. I trust it will come, but development generally isn't as fast as some apps (though faster than Scrivener).
And there are missing mini-features. And frictions where it works differentl...
Anyone trying out Kortex?
10/19/2024
Darren McDonald wrote:
>I hope that the new
>version of Scrivener outshines much of what is on the market for
>academic, long-form writing.
Have you ever tried Lattics? Much better than Scrivener ...
Invasive ads
4/27/2024
I don't see them. My browsers usually have integrated pop-up and ad blockers. Much of the internet is impossible otherwise.
Speare word processor
4/19/2024
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>It seems a highly flexible writing environment. I'm giving it a try and
>will report back what I find.
>
>Steve
I watched the video.
And looked at the price.
More than twice th...
Preferred data/attributes in OPML files
4/16/2024
satis wrote:
>OPML has always been a bit of a confusing mess as a standard. I recall
>this 2005 blog post, "What's Wrong With OPML"
And the fact that OPML usually works as an import-export format ...
Obsidian vs Logseq conundrum
4/14/2024
Amontillado wrote:
This is one of the things I found useful about TheBrain. Any node
>(thought) can have existing nodes as children, parents, or "jump" nodes.
Many programs allow "jumps" and they c...
Obsidian vs Logseq conundrum
4/14/2024
Bernhard wrote:
The idea of a mind map is convincing at first glance. Unfortunately, the
>structure is limited to a tree structure. A node (thought, note) can
>only exist in one place. This seems to...
Obsidian vs Logseq conundrum
4/14/2024
Tumbleweed wrote:
The folgezettel method of child notes is
>very natural. My mistake was in worrying about the exact location of
>notes, as if they might become lost. Occasional review allows one t...
Obsidian vs Logseq conundrum
4/14/2024
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Would you agree that a traditional analogue approach - using a pen and
>index card in the spirit of Luhmann migh also be better than the digital
>approach?
I believe that wil...
Obsidian vs Logseq conundrum
4/12/2024
Tumbleweed wrote:
It can be made into a Zettlekasten
>with links, which should be more deliberate.
>
I was never happy with zettelkasten in Obsidian etc.
Partly notes inclined towards long. The l...
I dumped DoogiePIM a few years ago when they held a Dutch Auction on the release of a new version (customer discount reducing daily up to official launch date). I've learned that bad behaviour aligns ...
Work-Alike Alternative To Dynalist
4/3/2024
cicerosc wrote:
I keep
>wanting a local program that works on my computer with similar features
>and workflow to Dynalist, with the focus on block outlining in the
>central window.
I think it's...
Lattics
3/30/2024
I#ll just add that the whole structure seems remarkably similar to Writemonkey3 with cards = repository. Entirely different UI oc
And WM3 has the ability to work with external files by keeping them in...
Lattics
3/30/2024
satis wrote:
>Shu Omi .. notes the lack of import from sources like Readwise, and
>there's no mobile app.
>
True. And there's no clipper either.
There are many ways I like Lattics, but it's a very e...
I've been using Tangent consistently for at least a couple of years and stopped using Obsidian. You can use it on same folders as Obsidian vaults: they don't clash. I used both for a while.
"How far ...
treeline 2.0
3/7/2024
MadaboutDana wrote:
> ListPro,
It was, and apparently still is, a very useful app.
Transno
3/1/2024
Amontillado wrote:
Unless there is some replacement for their app, it would be a nice
>gesture to open source the app and their server code.
Presumably the code is the same as Mubu and that has jus...
Single text file
2/6/2024
tberni wrote:
>
>(By the way, if you don't have access to Medium you can find this text
>in his personal blog: https://mikegrindle.com/posts/obtf)
Thanks.
So he relies on tags and search: that ma...
Single text file
2/6/2024
He also uses "a notebook with an index".
And a single text file isn't that different to the daily notes of Roam et al, which can be regarded as a single file with automatic splitting and timestamps.
...
TextBundle File Format
2/1/2024
satis wrote:
not knowing anything about Windows security I don't know if
>the format actually solves a problem on that platform
I don't think textbundle solves a Windows security problem - apart m...
TextBundle File Format
1/31/2024
I don't, but I would if programs I used supported it. Textpack too.
afaics it mostly exists within the Mac ecosystem and doesn't have enough support for effective lift off.
But including images within...
Software to create quizzes
1/11/2024
https://www.remnote.com/
https://apps.ankiweb.net
Software to create quizzes
1/11/2024
Any flashcard app ought to be able to do this. Including remnote and anki.
Nimbus Notes Redux
12/29/2023
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
There's a lot of shape shifting in the market of PKMs,
> Most of it going from personal knowledge management to
>team KM or collaboration. Nimbus (less subtle). Most of Walling's...
Mellel 6 released (Mac only)
12/20/2023
MadaboutDana wrote:
>I don't need that kind of power to produce articles, blog posts etc.
Yeah
If my writing wasn't longform,
and
If my writing didn't have to end in a docx at some point,
I doubt i...