Your System - Functions and Apps That Fulfill Them

Posted by Simon
Mar 8, 2019 at 03:23 PM

My macair died and so I purchased a high spec iPad Pro as opposed to a low spec mac laptop as prices are going crazy.

1. Brainstorming :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2
2. Random Notetaking :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2 and Logitech bluetooth keyboard / Ulysses
3. Scheduling :: Readdle calendars and Busycal
4. Task Management :: Todoist
5. Thought Processing :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2
6. Knowledge Archive :: DEVONthink Pro Office
7. Project Knowledge :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2
8. Digitising paper :: Scanner Pro (iOS) Scansnap ix500

I use the paperlike screen cover and had no trouble putting it on my iPad. It is superb and makes writing on the iPad as good as paper. The screen clarity is affected, but I can live with that to do away with pen and paper.

I’m now nearly completely paperless. Everything gets scanned in and either archived in Devonthink or copied to icloud for use with Goodnotes. When I finish with something in Goodnotes it goes into Devonthink via Devonthink to Go.

I used to carry a bullet journal with me everywhere, but this has been completely replaced and I have not missed it once.

I have been surprised just how quickly I have moved much of my workflow to the iPad Pro. I’d say withing 2 weeks I was running at 50% working on the iPad. I’m now no longer considering any software that does not do iOS. When I walk out my door and grab my iPad Pro, I like the feeling that I have everything with me.