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more idle thoughts - about file metadata 11/13/2012

p.s. I have improved a very crude metadata system for files ... i put metadata into the file name. Specifically, I often begin file names with a date in the format "2012.11.13". Then, using Voidtoo...

more idle thoughts - about file metadata 11/13/2012

Slartibartfarst wrote: "We need to be able to attach user-defined metadata fields to any type >of file." > >Is this a general requirement? >To what purpose? >Cold you taek advantage of the "pack to g...

more idle thoughts - about file metadata 11/12/2012

We need to be able to attach user-defined metadata fields to any type of file. We do have some metadata capabilities with NTFS - we have file comments, and extended attributes, and "alternate data st...

idle thoughts about item fields - inline fields and forms 11/12/2012

It would be nice if we could put "inline fields" in our notes - fields that could be hidden or shown. As an alternative to having to move to columns to enter the data there. For example: "Drove dow...

infoqube disappointment and other mixed luck for Eccoers. 11/7/2012

time for me to say what a disappointment Infoqube has been for me. I hoped it would be a worthy successor to my beloved Ecco. I was so hopeful and encouraged enough to send in the $50 contribution t...

Software to transform outline into hierarchy of (empty) folders 11/6/2012

just a couple of ideas Quick Tip: Create Folders and Subfolders in Bulk Using a Text File - How-To Geek - http://tmpl.at/RFRXn2 http://brettterpstra.com/planter-tree-planting-for-your-filesystem/

livescribe sky & evernote 11/2/2012

here's another review http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411149,00.asp

livescribe sky & evernote 10/30/2012

some here might be interested in this ... I'm interested in the technology, but I wouldn't have much use for the product. The Livescribe Sky pen is a note-taker's new must-have tool | The Verge - htt...

digital pens - iris notes 10/14/2012

every once in awhile the topic of digital pens comes up here ... just thought I'd throw this in here ... JustDeals has the Iris Notes 1.0 Digital Pen for $40: http://goo.gl/WSMNG Amazon reviews seem...

Info Select UI vs. The Window Tree 10/6/2012

I can't talk about Info Select ... i always avoided it because of high price and user dissatisfaction. But I can relate to your aversion to certain things in programs. I have a prejudice against "mi...

FenrirFS2 - file tagging 10/5/2012

A possible alternative to a notes organizer with tags is to put your notes in individual text files, and then use a "file tagging" program. There are a few file tagging programs out there ... there w...

Memo Book 5 10/5/2012

Saw a press release for this one ... just thought I'd pass it along. I checked out the screenshots. It seems to have some nice export options ... but offhand I don't see anything to tempt me to try ...

cintanotes 1.8 is out 9/27/2012

See the list of new features, enhancements, and fixes. http://cintanotes.com/

ReadCube - alternative to Zotero/Mendeley 9/26/2012

some here might be interested in this ReadCube: An excellent all-in-one tool for organizing, finding, reading and annotating PDF articles | PCWorld - http://tmpl.at/QkkboE

'Toilet-paper' notetaker for Android/Windows? 9/18/2012

have just been trying out Catch Notes. How to get notes out of Catch and into something else? I finally found an export option on the website - you have to go to your profile, and it gives you the o...

A look back at the old outliners 9/17/2012

Don't forget Pierre's list. http://www.editgrid.com/user/pplandry/List_of_Outliners

forum enhancement suggestions 9/11/2012

there was something I really wanted but now I can't remember quite what it was ... you might want to improve the search function - to give us the ability to narrow down searches a bit - search by au...

making more work for chris: screenshots? 9/10/2012

I was wondering whether it would be possible to implement screenshots in this forum. It would be good if we could post screenshots to illustrate our posts. Ideally, thumbnail images would appear in ...

bookmark all tabs to cloud? 8/29/2012

Vladislav - I am now experimenting with Tabs Outliner. A few questions. (1) what is a group and how is it to be used? (2) I am seeing a number of duplicate windows showing the the same tab nodes. ...

bookmark all tabs to cloud? 8/28/2012

Vladislav - I have read through the explanation again, and now I think I understand it. It really does seem pretty simple and intuitive. I am looking forward to experimenting with Tabs Outliner - a ...

"hierarchical tags" - what are they, how do they work? 8/27/2012

One thing about the tag-based organizers (like Evernote) - is that the user interfaces have not seemed very friendly. There needs to be instant search capability, both for tags to filter by, and for ...

bookmark all tabs to cloud? 8/27/2012

thanks Alexander and Ra Rem. I will have a look at those extensions. As far as Firefox is concerned - for managing tabs I have long relied on TabGroups Manager. It gives you a "tab groups toolbar" ...

bookmark all tabs to cloud? 8/25/2012

I use several different computers and essentially two browsers (Chrome and Firefox) ... suffer from tab clutter. I'd like to find a way to bookmark all my open tabs in one fell swoop to a database in...

for OneNote users - 10 Awesome OneNote Tips You Should Be Using All The Time 8/22/2012

from makeuseof 10 Awesome OneNote Tips You Should Be Using All The Time [Windows] - http://goo.gl/Jsqsq

"hierarchical tags" - what are they, how do they work? 8/22/2012

Alexander Deliyannis wrote: >>can be items tagged >>with a >parent tag be sorted by the applicable child tags? > >Not sure what you mean by >'sorted'. If you mean 'selected', yes. For example, I ...

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