Outliner/PIM roll call: Fall 2011

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Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Sep 26, 2011 at 09:04 AM

I have to update and extend my list a bit to give a complete picture:

Already mentioned:
PersonalBrain - Todos, Notes (writing, drafting, scribbling), Favorites, Files
MindManager - Mind mapping, Writing short instructions (usage of software), Outlining for presentations and documents
Word - Writing (really!)

Additions:
PhraseExpress - Text expander for repeating text snippets and for accessing folders quickly (I don’t like it to navigate through folder trees in WindowsExplorer again and again…)

DirectFolders - Accessing folders quickly while you have the folder dialogue open or when you are in the so much “beloved” WindowsExplorer (I am still on WinXP in the office)

FSCapture - Screenshot tool which allows to add annotations (text, frames,darts) and resizing

KNIME/Excel - KNIME for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and Excel for data presentation and Reporting

Vizubi - A highly recommended Business Intelligence and Reporting add-in for Excel

Quantrix - For financial modelling, Simulations, What-if scenarios, Reporting (more used as a hobby as the company I am working for is

Excel addicted, an illness most companies are suffering these days. When I am imagine that Excel is used for all the risk management and pricing stuff in the financial markets industry I do not wonder why we have these economic problems today

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All the best,
Dominik

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Sep 26, 2011 at 09:08 AM

Please apologise for the poor formatting of my previous post. The last paragraph should be like this:

Quantrix - For financial modelling, Simulations, What-if scenarios, Reporting (more used as a hobby as the company I am working for is [start of little rant] Excel addicted, an illness most companies are suffering these days. When I am imagine that Excel is used for all the risk management and pricing stuff in the financial markets I do not wonder why we have these economic diffdifficulties today [/end of little rant]

Dominik

Posted by Cassius
Sep 26, 2011 at 01:50 PM

Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>DirectFolders - Accessing folders quickly
>FSCapture - Screenshot tool
>which allows to add annotations (text, frames,darts) and resizing
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I use keyboard shortcuts to access my most-used folders. [Shift-Alt-(letter) to access a folder. Shift-CTRL-(letter) to access a program. CTRL-Alt-(letter) to access a Windows application, such as “Restore.”]

FastStone Capture is well worth the price. (Note, older versions may not work with the latest browser updates.)

-cassius

Posted by Captain CowPie
Sep 26, 2011 at 03:52 PM

I’m trying to simplify a little, so my main programs are:

Omni Outliner - Notes that get updated often
Evernote - Long-term storage
Taskpaper - Needed for iPhone since Omni Outliner has no iPhone app

Thinking of getting iThoughts for iPhone and iPad to brainstorm with mind maps and then import into Omni Outliner.

Other various apps:
Instapaper
Reeder
Mail
iCal
Rapidweaver
Wunderlist - experimenting with this

Hopefully I won’t be crimping too much in the future. But I am desperately waiting for a good sync in Omni Outliner, as well as an iPhone version.

Vince

Posted by tradercclee
Sep 27, 2011 at 04:34 AM

@Dominik: DirectFolders is a great find!

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