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Posted by Nomatica
Mar 4, 2020 at 09:43 PM
In my wits end crimping, I am about to check out Infoqube and doogie pim, but before I do, I thought I might post here to see if anyone has any other suggestions given the types of files I am collecting and working with. My issue is that I am dealing with photos (pictures and captures), audio and video media content. Ideally I would like this media in the same system I am using to take my notes. Currently I file a text document in the same folder with the same name. It seems as though there should be an application that allows you to view, attach notes and even edit these types of files. My personal information manager needs to be multimedia friendly.
I have also recently stumbled upon roam-research, which allows one to quickly add connections between different entries. While this is not a new concept, the ease in which one can do it is attractive. Finding connections and themes between different pieces of information is attractive. Having some linking and tagging done automatically would be great. Years ago there were promises of the semantic web. It seems we should be closer.
I do not like using cloud/subscriptions services as I need to maintain control over my data and because of the size of my directories given all of the photos, video and audio files. I have used oneenote locally, which is powerful, but it is slow to respond and Microsoft has been pushing hard to use their cloud services.
I am on windows mostly (sometime Linux)
These are the types of files I work with and would like to integrate into a single system:
Posted by Nomatica
Mar 4, 2020 at 10:31 PM
(must not have copied all the text to my post)
These are the types of files I work with:
Photos Notes (a photo taken to remember something)
Voice Memos (phone & voice recorder)
Saved Web Pages (offline)
Saved pages (read it later)
Bookmarks
Screen Captures
Copied Text (win clipboard)
Emails & File attachments
Audio & Video Interviews & and accompanied notes (text)
PDFs, Open/MS word documents, power-point slides
PDF Notes/ Highlights
Scanned Documents, Business cards, Family Artifacts
Notes & Journal entries (text, video & audio)
Hand Written notes with pen and paper then scanned (though I would like to switch to a tablet).
Contacts (Personal, & Business)
Photography & Video files (downloaded from camera)
Thank you
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 4, 2020 at 11:21 PM
If it were still being developed, I would have suggested ConnectedText, which is the closest thing to RoamResearch offline that I’m aware of.
CT is still fully functional, but it’s no longer being developed.
I’m a CT user myself, and I was just watching one of the RoamResearch videos before I read your post, as being able to do some of what CT can offer but online is a big attraction to me.
But keep in mind that most of the media you’d drag into CT would be mainly just a link, and the media would need to be viewed with an external application (though CT does have some rudimentary viewers for some common files such as images and PDF).
So it would be more of an organisational layer, a dashboard with links to all the files stored elsewhere.
Posted by Nomatica
Mar 5, 2020 at 02:07 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
If it were still being developed, I would have suggested ConnectedText,
>which is the closest thing to RoamResearch offline that I’m aware of.
I have thought about connectedText. I have heard great things about it. I wish there were some videos of it in action.
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>CT is still fully functional, but it’s no longer being developed.
I have heard some individuals complain that is is not stable in Windows 10- they seem to be migrating away and looking for alternatives.
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>I’m a CT user myself, and I was just watching one of the RoamResearch
>videos before I read your post, as being able to do some of what CT can
>offer but online is a big attraction to me.
I understand the attraction of online services, I just cannot. Also I need to contend with large media files.
Have you found ConnectedText having any issues? Does it still run stable?
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>But keep in mind that most of the media you’d drag into CT would be
>mainly just a link, and the media would need to be viewed with an
>external application (though CT does have some rudimentary viewers for
>some common files such as images and PDF).
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>So it would be more of an organisational layer, a dashboard with links
>to all the files stored elsewhere.
I am aware. I understand why this is the case. I sometimes wonder if what I need is a file explorer on steroids.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Mar 5, 2020 at 08:49 AM
On Windows, I’m tempted to suggest Scrivener. Keep It, alas, is restricted to Apple devices.