This note is mostly directed to Alexander:

A while back you had mentioned that you were looking for Journaling software that provided a timeline. You commented on one such application, but I don't recall the name of it. Recently, I came across such a program called Living Time... is that the one you had heard about? If not, you might want to look it over. The URL is

http://www.livingtime.com/

It has a funky interface, but seems to provide a lot of tools for tracking your own timeline.

Steve Z.

In fact, it was Derek who mentioned this in a thread initiated by you:
http://www.outliners.com/discuss/msgReader$2328?mode=day

As synchronicity has it, I am looking for similar software myself and appreciate the suggestion. My own emphasis in using a timeline is for planning future events rather than recording what has happened. I don't see any reason for Living Time and similar software to pose restrictions in the actual dates recorded, so I will be trying it out.

I'd also be interested in Derek's comments on Living Time features compared to The Life Journal.

alx

Steve,

Thanks so much for finding this little gem. I had initial problems in getting to the website, but these have now apparently been resolved.

I have only just d/l the program today, so no immediate reactions, except to say that I think from the screenshots alone that the program goes furthest to date in providing what I need.

Thanks again.

Derek

Following up on Stephen D.'s post just above, mentioning Notelens, you might want to check out the free desktop version of Datelens, a very interesting way to present time information. Datelens works either as an Outlook plug-in or as a stand-alone application; whichever way it requires Outlook and .NET 1.1 at least.
It is available here:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/datelens/

I definitely suggest to download the video demo to get an idea of what this interface can do. There's also a commercial Pocket PC version from Windor Interfaces at
http://www.windsorinterfaces.com/

alx