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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 21, 2011 at 07:40 PM
Impressive; the tag index is actually hierarchical. Considering that the program’s development dates back to 2007, this looks like considerable forward-thinking. Quite the opposite can be said for Debrief’s ability to get information in and out; even its ‘export’ simply outputs folders and notes in its own proprietary format.
The ability to ‘debrief’ parts of a note to new notes in separate folders makes Debrief excellent for activity journaling; I just wish there was a (simple) way to maintain the original whole.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Sep 21, 2011 at 08:32 PM
Debrief is one of those applications that shines brightly in some areas and is just infuriating in others. (I also like how I can press one button to shrink Debrief down to one small window that can be referenced while working with other applications, or in which you can take notes while reading other material.) If there were indications beyond vague promises from the developer that it would continue to be improved and refined, that might make me more confident.
Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Sep 21, 2011 at 08:45 PM
Alexander, I just check and you can export any note as an RTF file—though it isn’t immediately obvious how to do so. If you’re trialing Debrief, try the toolbar button that has a little green, right-pointing arrow next to a single “sheet” of paper.
Steve Z.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 22, 2011 at 07:59 AM
Thanks; this is useful.
I think I’m quite spoilt into expecting all Windows applications to provide multiple access to commands, i.e. via the drop-down menu, in-context via right-click, toolbar icons for most common actions and, finally, keyboard shortcuts. Debrief is one of those applications where each of these interfaces is used for quite different actions, which contributes to the learning curve.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Alexander, I just check and you can export any note as an RTF file—though it isn’t
>immediately obvious how to do so. If you’re trialing Debrief, try the toolbar button
>that has a little green, right-pointing arrow next to a single “sheet” of
>paper.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 22, 2011 at 10:20 AM
I have to say that the conbination of status updates and daily reporting is the closest I’ve ever got to keeping a journal. It’s only been a few days, but it is very convenient, so I expect it to be a viable solution. Yammer accepts in-message tags, which can be a good way of filtering what I did for a particular project.
For filing, I got my mail account to send the daily report to Evernote.
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>P.S. I’m currently trying out the following: I created a Yammer account where I post
>short status updates of my work; I have set Yammer up to mail me a daily digest with all my
>postings. Let’s see how this works out.