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Posted by JBfromBrainStormWFO
Aug 3, 2011 at 07:09 PM
That’s very interesting Steve, how a contact centric business can alter your PIM needs. I hadn’t thought of that. I can see Chaos Intellect making a lot of sense.
Notetab looks like a very useful alternative to Emacs for those who don’t want that learning curve. AskSam looks like a faster Ultra Recall. Aqua looks more like a business tool.
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Adding dates is a good idea, thanks.
The journalist in me wants to attribute everything on public record willy-nilly, but I suppose that’s not appropriate. The only person from here I quoted by name was Alex on the actual page (could’ve sworn I quoted steve but guess not), although I paraphrased many from here. The source quotes are copied in a bulk text dump with attached source links here http://brainstormsw.com/outliner/reviews-and-testimonials/, which isn’t much different than a search engine would do.
Anyway I took out last names from the main page where permission wasn’t explicitly given, and if anyone objects to being in the source file I can anonymize that too. Most of the quotes are from BrainStormWFO’s existing customer testimonials and therefore already gave permission.
Source file quoted people from here: Steve Z (via Cnet), Alex, Stephen R. Diamond, Matty, Guido
Those of you who find me overly enthusiastic, just consider me to be an annoying kid brother who is gradually “getting it”.
Posted by Steve
Aug 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Two other things I find essential about Intellect is the ability to run reports on the contacts and its flexibility to customize. This helps me market to clients but also allows me to keep 2400+ names segmented between business and personal. When I want to find emails, tasks, appointments, or memos pertaining to anyone in the db, I just click on their name. For $60, I believe it is a steal for anyone who needs a PIM with a strong email client.
AskSam has two features I find essential; 1. When capturing a web page while doing research for a client, there is a little pop-up form with “Keywords” being on of the fields. I can put the client’s name in that field that the web page pertains to. This means the sorted display in AskSam can be by client right away without my having to categorize the newly added pages. It also means I can throw web pages in there at any time for any client if I just happen to stumble upon something. 2. I prefer the way the search results are displayed from a query.
I’ll add how I use Brainstorm later.
Steve
JBfromBrainStormWFO wrote:
>That’s very interesting Steve, how a contact centric business can alter your PIM
>needs. I hadn’t thought of that. I can see Chaos Intellect making a lot of sense.
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>Notetab looks like a very useful alternative to Emacs for those who don’t want that
>learning curve. AskSam looks like a faster Ultra Recall. Aqua looks more like a
>business tool.
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Posted by JBfrom
Aug 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Thanks Steve, that’s fascinating.
Also I changed the username to avoid appearing like I’m advertising.
Posted by JBfrom
Aug 4, 2011 at 06:21 PM
OK, in response to the complaints I removed last names, added dates, and will work on toning down the hype.
Feel free to let me know if there’s anything else you don’t like.
http://brainstormsw.com/outliner/265-2/user-reviews-and-comments-on-brainstormwfo/
http://brainstormsw.com/outliner/265-2/
Page hasn’t gone to production yet so hopefully no harm done. Will keep those concerns in mind in the future.
Posted by bgoutliner
Aug 5, 2011 at 05:13 PM
I have been reading the posts via RSS for a long time, but this is my first time actually posting!
I develop training content, which is very hierarchical by design (for example, curriculum>courses>lessons>objectives>topics/exercises>tasks>steps>substeps) and I use outliners as part of my development process. I guess what I find myself gravitating toward are any tools that integrate into my workflow and production of content.
Most used tools:
MS PowerPoint - Outline and storyboard my slides, eventually turns into a handout I provide to students and deliver from.
MS Word - Outline my labs/exercises/tasks/steps and so on, eventually turns into a book.
Excel - Tracking and reporting (I wish there was an easy way to outline).
Acrobat Exchange - Combine multiple files into a book.
MS OneNote - Outline and capture anything outside of my main tools used for producing deliverable content.
Not used as much:
MyInfo - Outline analysis and design data collected and use columns to track things like audiences, comments, time estimates, and so on. The problem is that I need to cut-and-paste this information into the above tools and it is one-way only.
In the past:
FrameMaker w/ outliner plugin - same purpose as Word today.
For me, the ideal outliner tool would allow me to work through the entire training development process (analysis, design, development, implementation…) and allow me to publish documents at any point in the process. For example, generate a “Design Document” in the design phase or “Lab Book” in the development phase.
BG