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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 19, 2014 at 03:35 PM
Hugh wrote:
>I have a task manager
>already, and the task manager functionality of Notesuite tends (for me)
>to complicate the use of the software for notes, which is all I need it
>for. (For the same reason - the software attempting to do too many
>things - I’ve not been a happy user of Circus Ponies Notebook).
>
>Do you use Notesuite successfully for managing tasks?
>
Hugh, I generally have a similar feeling about apps that try to do to much. What is compelling about how Notesuite manages tasks is that you can embed them anywhere in your notes, where you can find them in context… say as they streamed from a meeting… but you can also view all your tasks. There are a few other apps that do this, including, I believe, OneNote, but it is still rare. I just wish I could take to Notesuite better in other ways.
Steve Z.
Posted by jamesofford
Jun 19, 2014 at 08:38 PM
Hugh:
On the task management front, things are currently a moving target. As you may remember, a while back I solicited input from the group as to how they plan and manage things. I am currently using a notebook and a pen to do my tasks, and I am trying to get a solution in place to deal with more long term planning.
That being said, I don’t use Notesuite for to-dos, just for pulling out stuff from webpages and other bits of text so that I have an electronic, searchable list. For big time stuff I use Devonthink Pro Office, but Notesuite works well for the simple stuff. And the synchronization between Mac and iOS version works well.
I tried Onenote on the mac and on my iPad. My first impression was that it wasn’t quite as nice as the old version I used to use under windows. The Mac and iOS versions sync easily, and one of the nice things about Onenote is that it is easier to organize the material once you get it in there.
My “system”, such as it is, is still in flux.
Posted by Prion
Jun 20, 2014 at 06:29 AM
Does Notesuite retain the URL of the webpages that you archive just like Devonthink does? Just CRIMPing….
Posted by Hugh
Jun 20, 2014 at 04:00 PM
Steve and Jim, thanks for your thoughts.
Prion, yes - although Notesuite is in many other respects a long way behind DevonThink Pro or Pro Office. (However, my interest in NS has been partly prompted by my reading somewhere that like Growly Notes’ developer, NS’s founder spun himself out of one of the larger Silicon Valley corporations, and in addition has some finance behind him - in other words, not necessarily following the usual shareware path.)
Posted by jamesofford
Jun 22, 2014 at 08:39 PM
Notesuite does retain the URL for the site you have clipped. It is at the bottom of the note.
The one thing that I haven’t figured out is how to organize all of the stuff that is in there. Right now all of my notes and web clippings are just in one long list. I think that there is a way to organize into folders, but I haven’t had a chance to find out how yet. Fortunately, it is easily searched.