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Posted by WSP
Apr 28, 2018 at 09:27 PM
The next version of MyInfo will do that also.
Posted by Chris Thompson
Apr 28, 2018 at 11:13 PM
Thanks for the replies… I probably should have been more specific. The DevonThink features I associate with the product are the ability to digest large collections of source documents (PDFs, Word/RTF docs, etc.), index them automatically and perform searches (including proximity operators, e.g., term X close to term Y), and the auto-classification/categorization/like this features (e.g., based on the indexed information, suggestions that this document fits into X, Y, and Z categories in an evolving taxonomy). I find that as a taxonomy gets complicated enough, it’s hard or a lot of work to manually sort information into the right categories.
It supports wiki-like document linking too, but that’s not how I use it. That being said, I definitely suggest that people who are into ConnectedText give TiddlyWiki a try. It’s a pretty powerful system (and someone just announced an actual outliner plugin-in for it last week!) and can do basically everything ConnectedText can. The problem is that you really have to follow the mailing lists to understand its myriad of options and plugins, and I found it a bit exhausting since I’m not a huge wiki-user. But if I was, that would be my go to product these days.
—Chris
Posted by Amontillado
Apr 29, 2018 at 02:12 PM
I think to get the most out of DevonThink, one must use tags quite a bit.
As I recall, One Note’s tags aren’t hierarchical, and I remember them being cumbersome if you defined too many. That may be unfair of me, but that’s what I recall.
On projects that involve a lot of files or a lot of correspondence, I’ve found it works well to store things in categories that make a sort of top-level sense. A letter from the State Attorney General, for example, will go in the AG’s group, which is within the State group.
When I file it, I add tags for any dialog or fact it pertains to. Each time I review something I’ve stored, I check out the tags to make sure every topic in the letter is represented by a tag.
The tags then become sort of like The Brain’s jump links (the ones that appear to the left of the current topic, if you’re familiar with The Brain).
DevonThink would be perfect if it had a reporting tool. I’d like to define a report much like a smart group or a tag and print the file names, or extract fields by regular expression from the files. File names can be listed, but it’s sort of like a screen print. If DevonThink shortens the filename with ellipses, that’s how it appears when the list of files is printed.
Posted by Gorski
Nov 4, 2019 at 11:29 PM
OneNote 2016, the desktop version, is back from the dead.
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/221340/microsoft-brings-onenote-2016-back-from-the-dead
The only new feature announced is dark mode, but in a blog post Microsoft says it is taking requests for new features and will install it again with Office 365 and Office 2019.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Your-OneNote/ba-p/954922
In the comments a Microsoft employee says the newer Windows 10 app (aka UWP), which was supposed to replace 2016, “will continue to be developed, last I heard.”
Posted by Ken
Nov 5, 2019 at 02:11 AM
Mark wrote:
OneNote 2016, the desktop version, is back from the dead.
>
>https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/221340/microsoft-brings-onenote-2016-back-from-the-dead
>
>The only new feature announced is dark mode, but in a blog post
>Microsoft says it is taking requests for new features and will install
>it again with Office 365 and Office 2019.
>
>https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Your-OneNote/ba-p/954922
>
>In the comments a Microsoft employee says the newer Windows 10 app (aka
>UWP), which was supposed to replace 2016, “will continue to be
>developed, last I heard.”
Very interesting news. Thanks for posting.
—Ken