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A step back into Linux: LXLE
4/7/2015
This post inspired me to look around for a very lightweight linux distro that might work well on some of my old computers. Found this link:
5 Linux distributions for very old computers « Everyd...
Those of you who have tried UltraRecall in the past may remember that it would not work in Windows versions released after the UltraRecall version. So, to continue using UltraRecall in your updated O...
article - Google Keep vs. Evernote vs. other notetaking tools? | ITworld - http://bit.ly/1NBOQYe
4/1/2015
Google Keep vs. Evernote vs. other notetaking tools? | ITworld - http://bit.ly/1NBOQYe
I mentioned Scrivener as having the nesting capability I was thinking of - but actually I was thinking about the Sense Editor. The nested text is referred to as a "viewpoint".
http://www.silvaelm.co...
I would like to be able to put each note into its own small text file, but then be able to view and edit many notes (e.g. all text files in a folder) in a single continuous view. That way I wouldn't ...
this article might be worth a look. some of the usual suspects, and full of screenshots.
15 Editorial Tools to Help You Outline, Write and Edit (Better and Faster) - http://bit.ly/1Gylfwe
Info Select 10: New Version 10.00.106
2/27/2015
I still don't get why you think if Evernote shuts down, I will lose my data. The desktop client runs on my computer, would continue to do so, the data is stored in in a local database, the data can b...
Info Select 10: New Version 10.00.106
2/27/2015
by EN, you mean Evernote?
Evernote's not cloud-only. You also have your data in a local database, accessible with desktop client software. So if Evernote goes under, you still have your data, right...
http://www.amazon.com/HP-Stream-Includes-Personal-Horizon/dp/B00O65HZKS#productDetails
I'm just posting this because it might be a good very cheap on-the-go notetaking device.
I don't know how well ...
plaintext productivity blog
1/28/2015
On his "Taking Note" blog MK recommended this blog:
http://plaintext-productivity.net/
And also two programs for use with todo.txt files:
TodoTxtMac and Todour (Windows).
http://takingnotenow.blog...
Bill, here's another link for the dictation commands available for OS X - supposedly the same commands are available in iOS.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203084
Some of these I hadn't thought ab...
Bill, Evernote for Android used to preserve both the audio recording and the recognized text, but it seems this is no longer the case. I have just made a speech-to-text note in Evernote in Galaxy Not...
Thanks all for your input - I will investigate your suggestions.
What surprises me is that the Google and Nuance recognizers produce such good results when entering text using voice in real time on m...
just to clarify - I'm looking for an app or device that does NOT require that upload, recognition, and text delivery take place as I speak - but rather is capable of uploading previously recorded sou...
I would like to be able to grab a voice recorder, and without even looking at it, push a button to start recording, start talking, push another button to end the recording. Then I'd like the recordin...
diigo outliner
12/8/2014
https://www.diigo.com/outliner
diigo outliner
12/8/2014
http://blog.diigo.com/2014/12/04/meet-diigo-outliner-the-best-way-to-structurally-organize-your-information-and-thoughts/
"After months of hard work, we are happy to release the new feature: Outliner...
1988 PC Mag review of Grandview
11/14/2014
http://bit.ly/116U3WF
just for fun and historical interest.
http://innovationgear.com/mindoutliner/the-mindoutliner-plan-explained-to-writingoutliner-users
"I was planning to replace the old WritingOutliner with the new WordOutliner, and as you can see, a lot...
any help for this person?
10/22/2014
http://ask.metafilter.com/270350/Do-I-want-a-unicorn-To-do-lists-Oct-2014
PC OUTLINE
10/10/2014
if you google for pco334.zip, you'll find some links.
here's one:
http://www.skeptictank.org/treasure/GUTILS/PCO334.ZIP
your browser may throw up a warning but it's probably ok.
i tried it out agai...
Recently discovered tagsforall, a file tagging utility for Windows. From the videos on the website, looks impressive.
http://www.akslab.com/tagsforall/
What particularly interests me is that you ca...
What's your hardware, how much RAM? I have used Excel 2007 to filter a spreadsheet with well over 100,000 rows, and it was very fast. Sorting went quickly too. Are the filters and sorts very comple...
hddb file search (windows)
9/13/2014
thanks for those references. With programs like Everything and hddb, you're only searching for text in the path and filename. Docfetcher is one of those programs that indexes the content of the fil...
regular expressions tutorial
9/11/2014
The author of regexbuddy is the author of the regex reference site - http://www.regular-expressions.info/
I wish it were a lot cheaper, $40 seems a lot for such a tool. :(
i think i'll have a look ...