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Posted by Jack Crawford
Jan 10, 2007 at 07:36 AM
Steve
My only other suggestion would be a mind mapper. If you’re working on projects, a visual image is often very useful. I use MindManager occasionally when I need to, but there are plenty of other good and less expensive alternatives out there.
Enjoy your new toy!
Jack
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 10, 2007 at 01:57 PM
Cassius wrote:
>Steve, you are forgetting one thing. If yours is like my new one
>(Toshiba) that I got in late November, it is full of junk, trial software that is a PitA
>to get totally rid of.
>
>-sc
I know what you mean about the junk software. Last year I got a new desktop computer, and it was full of that crap. My new laptop is a Dell Latitude D420. The Latitude line is marketed to businesses, and so they leave it free of that junk. This fact was part of my buying decision. But Dell didn’t make it easy. When I called to order it, they wouldn’t accept my order because I’d called the consumer number. So I ordered it online without a problem. Weird.
Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 10, 2007 at 02:02 PM
Jack Crawford wrote:
>Steve
>
>My only other suggestion would be a mind mapper. If you’re working on
>projects, a visual image is often very useful. I use MindManager occasionally when I
>need to, but there are plenty of other good and less expensive alternatives out
>there.
>
>Enjoy your new toy!
>
>Jack
Jack,
Good suggestion. Most of the top line mind mappers are too expensive for the little I’d use them. I could put a copy of Freemind on, and I own an edition of Inspiration. But I think I’m going to wait and take a look at the new version of The Personal Brain when it comes out. I know it isn’t exactly like a mind mapper, but could serve a dual purpose… listen to me, already breaking my pledge not to succumb to CRIMP!!!
Steve Z.
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
Jan 10, 2007 at 03:17 PM
Z, My list would be Zoot & the last program you mention. Zoot can take care of all the other functions.
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Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield, CT USA
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jan 10, 2007 at 06:10 PM
Hi.
>- Zoot: my favorite means of
>gathering random bits of information
>- OneNote 2007 when it comes out: for
>assembling data into projects
>- Brain Storm: for rapid note-taking and brain
>storming
>- The Journal: for daily journal and other writing
>- Idea Mason: for
>research notes and composition
You call that a “fresh start”? *SCR*
Quite a long list, and a number of overlaps.
>What would your “start fresh” list look like?
On Windows:
- Ideamason for keeping everything together, for outlining, storing notes and Web pages
- OpenOffice.org for writing, formatting (if necessary also for creating PDFs), calculating and presenting
- depending on the project: Mind Genius Business for team brainstorming and presentations
It might make sense to add Surfulator for pasting Web pages into Ideamason (also see Daly’s post regarding Surfulator). I’ll wait until Ideamason 3 is released to decide whether I need Surfulator or not.
A separate data base tool such as Infoselect or Zoot will probably not be necessary as Ideamason 3 has an excellent Search feature. However, I still cannot say how well it does when you have a whole lot of notes. Right now I “only” have about 100 notes in an Ideamason 3 project (current beta), search results appear immediately after pressing “Search”.
On a Macintosh:
- Scrivener (http://www.literatureandlatte.com) as writing and organizing tool; it is a great mix of a word processor and a stripped down version of Ideamason (less bibliographic features)
- Devonthink Pro for data storage
- NeoOffice for preparing the manuscript for printing, for presentations and calculations
Bye, Franz