Your System - Functions and Apps That Fulfill Them

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Posted by Simon
Mar 8, 2019 at 03:23 PM

My macair died and so I purchased a high spec iPad Pro as opposed to a low spec mac laptop as prices are going crazy.

1. Brainstorming :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2
2. Random Notetaking :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2 and Logitech bluetooth keyboard / Ulysses
3. Scheduling :: Readdle calendars and Busycal
4. Task Management :: Todoist
5. Thought Processing :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2
6. Knowledge Archive :: DEVONthink Pro Office
7. Project Knowledge :: Goodnotes 5 and apple pencil 2
8. Digitising paper :: Scanner Pro (iOS) Scansnap ix500

I use the paperlike screen cover and had no trouble putting it on my iPad. It is superb and makes writing on the iPad as good as paper. The screen clarity is affected, but I can live with that to do away with pen and paper.

I’m now nearly completely paperless. Everything gets scanned in and either archived in Devonthink or copied to icloud for use with Goodnotes. When I finish with something in Goodnotes it goes into Devonthink via Devonthink to Go.

I used to carry a bullet journal with me everywhere, but this has been completely replaced and I have not missed it once.

I have been surprised just how quickly I have moved much of my workflow to the iPad Pro. I’d say withing 2 weeks I was running at 50% working on the iPad. I’m now no longer considering any software that does not do iOS. When I walk out my door and grab my iPad Pro, I like the feeling that I have everything with me.

Posted by Drewster
Mar 9, 2019 at 10:43 AM

I’m in the midst of an app crisis at the moment. I’ve got too many in use, which leads to fragmentation of information. At the same time, I can’t nail down which ones I really want to commit to - apart from OmniFocus, which I’ve used since it was just scripts for OmniOutliner.

So my list is:

1. Brainstorming: iThoughtsX, Curio
2. Random Notetaking: Drafts, TheBrain, Goodnotes (iOS), DEVONthink Sorter/Notebooks, TheBrain (Mac)
3. Scheduling: Fantastical (iOS), BusyCal (Mac)
4. Task Management: OmniFocus
5. Thought Processing: OmniOutliner, iThoughtsX
6. Knowledge Archive: DEVONthink Pro, TheBrain
7. Project Knowledge :: DEVONthink Pro, Notebooks, Agenda, TheBrain, OmniOutliner… I have a problem here!
8. Diary: Day One
9. Journal: OmniOutliner, TheBrain, Agenda
10. Writing: Ulysses, MultiMarkdown Composer, iA Writer

I have challenges around 2, 7 & 9.

Posted by MadaboutDana
Mar 9, 2019 at 02:03 PM

Dang, that’s actually quite inspiring!

Thanks for sharing.

Posted by JakeBernsteinWA
Mar 10, 2019 at 05:49 PM

Your experience is the same as mine and the inspiration for this entire topic! Thanks for sharing, I think that our manic CRIMPing is what makes this community so entertaining (really glad I found it relatively recently!).

Drewster wrote:
I’m in the midst of an app crisis at the moment. I’ve got too many in
>use, which leads to fragmentation of information. At the same time, I
>can’t nail down which ones I really want to commit to - apart from
>OmniFocus, which I’ve used since it was just scripts for OmniOutliner.
> >So my list is:
> >1. Brainstorming: iThoughtsX, Curio
>2. Random Notetaking: Drafts, TheBrain, Goodnotes (iOS), DEVONthink
>Sorter/Notebooks, TheBrain (Mac)
>3. Scheduling: Fantastical (iOS), BusyCal (Mac)
>4. Task Management: OmniFocus
>5. Thought Processing: OmniOutliner, iThoughtsX
>6. Knowledge Archive: DEVONthink Pro, TheBrain
>7. Project Knowledge :: DEVONthink Pro, Notebooks, Agenda, TheBrain,
>OmniOutliner… I have a problem here!
>8. Diary: Day One
>9. Journal: OmniOutliner, TheBrain, Agenda
>10. Writing: Ulysses, MultiMarkdown Composer, iA Writer
> >I have challenges around 2, 7 & 9.

Posted by Paul Korm
Mar 10, 2019 at 08:28 PM

I’ll admit that some days I check the iOS App Store and the Mac App Store hoping that a major new release of something has magically appeared. There’s always a tinge of sadness when the release notes say “the usual bug fixing” or so. I would have no way of explaining to my Welsh mining ancestors 200 years ago why “playing with new software” can be endlessly entertaining. They would have me in chains in an instant!

JakeBernsteinWA wrote:
Your experience is the same as mine and the inspiration for this entire
>topic! Thanks for sharing, I think that our manic CRIMPing is what makes
>this community so entertaining (really glad I found it relatively
>recently!).

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