Stephen R. Diamond
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Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
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>The months away from non-professional internet use helped me curb my
>CRIMP habits. They also helped me realise a key issue in my long search for the holy PIM
>grail,...
Speaking of file managers, I picked up a free copy of Frigate 3 on "Giveaway of the Day." I use the paid version of xplorer2 normally. Does anyone have an opinion on whether Frigate 3 is worth using?
Organising the organisers
4/3/2007
Graham Rhind wrote:
>Until something becomes routine,
>the only way I can currently organise my organising is by adding numerous tasks to
>Outlook (the only program guaranteed to always be running) ...
Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>I mentioned in my reply to the question from Stephen that I was thinking to give
>ActiveWords another try. But I won't. Whay? Because the tool has not been developed
>f...
Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>"There’s another product that
>has this hyper-modernized command line functionality that may be the best."
>
>What
>product do you mean?
>
Found it--Perfect Keyboard Pro...
Apology for Going Over the Top
3/31/2007
I think you had reason to complain. Sometimes over-reacting is the only way one can become cognizant of conflicted perceptions. I don't want to dwell on the etiquette aspects, because, as you know, I ...
Dominik,
Have you tried ActiveWords, a similar product. I'd be interested in your comparative impressions, if you have. There's another product that has this hyper-modernized command line functionali...
OneNote - collecting and organizing research
VisiMap - analysis and conceptualization
BrainStorm - collecting and organizing ideas
An office suite was posited as given. Without this allowance, it w...
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>have downloaded VM 8, and it seems much more stable.
Version 9 is out in a public beta. I think the stability has improved further. To my taste, it looks nicer too. What attra...
Cassius wrote:
>Both Steve D and Alex D have suggested that non-visual thinkers might benefit most
>from using mind maps. Not me! When I look at a mind map graphic, the first thing that
>comes to ...
MyInfo vs UltraRecall
3/19/2007
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>In a post-ADM world -- at least for me, and I'll believe anything from Arne when I see it
>because he seems to communicate as well as Eric when push comes to shove -- I am try...
Cassius wrote:
>I'm about to start writing a book, if I can ever get the energy to be in a non-prone
>position. The book (I sure hope it's longer than a pamphlet!) will have a very short
>bibliogr...
Cassius wrote:
>I have never been a "visual" thinker and so have never used mind mapping. I have
>occasionally tlloed at a mind map screen shot, but all I've seen seem to be capable of
>being re-ex...
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Is there something about the complexity of creating mind map programs that leads to
>them being so epensive?
All I can figure is that they are marketed to corporations. Product...
NW wrote:
>On IdeaMason, I don't think it is fair to state that
>it can't fulfil you needs just because it only costs $79. It is a capable program, but
>was bit too slow on my ageing computer for m...
Tom S. wrote:
>I was very enthusiastic about Personal
>Brain. But I soon started to butt heads with a flaw. You end up connecting an item to
>quite a number of different characteristics (contex...
UltraRecal vs. MyInfo
3/14/2007
These tree-based information managers seem to be getting the best comments. Does anyone care to summarize their relative strengths and weaknesses?
Graham Rhind wrote:
>Two threads in one ....
>
>I was playing around with I-Navigation today (http://www.exswap.com/ - looks
>good on the site but was a disappointment to me when I tried it), when it
...
Cassius wrote:
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>Certainly
>people who paid for the Beta are due a refund, perhaps with interest.
>
>In the U.S., the
>standard practice when a business changes hands, is for the new owner to ass...
Hi Cassius,
I don't think I know you, so perhaps if I indicate why I think your perceptions on this is unrealistic, I can make my point with greater seeming objectivity than with Daly, whom I know we...
>I imagine, based on nothing much more than wishful thinking, that ADM may
>return more to its English-speakking roots, and that visions of a world-wide
>outline notwithstanding, more emphasis will be...
Here's a review. He's factually accurate about such programs and fairly objective between them. In all instances, however, he is wildly positive.
http://mindmapping.typepad.com/the_mind_mapping_softw...
1. I now generally prefer mind mapping tools to more classical outliners for many operations, not all. What I would really like is a recursive mind mapper--something bearing the same relation to mind ...
ADM -- Just What Is Going On?
3/8/2007
Jan Rifkinson wrote:
nly it my case, when you also
>gloated about it.
>
>I do not tolerate rudeness or personal attack on any list that I
>run. End of story.
I see. Yet it is quite acceptabl...
ADM -- Just What Is Going On?
3/6/2007
I think what you're pointing out is that the Fans group was unmoderated and nominally open to everyone. But you were the owner. And you enforced censorship by expulsion from the list,certainly it my c...