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Posted by Hugh
Jan 22, 2009 at 09:08 AM
No one’s mentioned EverNote, which is innovative and interesting.
But to the extent that there is a more general diminution of development, at least on Windows, OneNote must bear some responsibility. It must take some courage and, ideally, quite a lot of cash for a small developer to enter the same arena as ON. As I recall, EverNote’s developers felt it necessary to raise $6m or so before they took their application to the next stage. Mac developers have several advantages derived from the platform, but also don’t labour under the same shadow.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 22, 2009 at 02:24 PM
Yes, Connected Text is a fine program, but development on it hasn’t exactly progressed at a rapid pace in the past two years. The new Evernote is interesting, but in some ways a step back from what it was when just a desktop application.
The nature of my question wasn’t to imply that there are no good programs out there, just that there are few new ones—or to be more specific, programs that allow our information to be handled in new ways.
Those applications that seemed to bring some fresh thinking to the field—ADM, Ariadne, Chandler, Infohandler, UltraRecall—have all ground to a halt—if not disappeared entirely.
I guess what I’m really asking is, Where is the innovation?
Steve Z.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 22, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Chris Thompson wrote:
>In terms of open source
>stuff, “org-mode” is undergoing extremely rapid development (about one release
>every two weeks). This will reward anyone who takes the time to learn it.
Chris,
I looked at the org-mode web site and I have to say I didn’t really get it. First of all, I don’t know what emacs is. If you have a few moments, I’d appreciate it if you could provide a little more information about org-mode. Thank you!
Steve Z.
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
Jan 22, 2009 at 03:38 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote: [snip]
>
>Those applications that seemed to bring some fresh thinking
>to the field—ADM, Ariadne, Chandler, Infohandler, UltraRecall—have all ground
>to a halt—if not disappeared entirely.
>
>I guess what I’m really asking is, Where is
>the innovation? [/snip]
Stephen, How do you think InfoQube aka SQLnotes measures up in the innovation department?
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Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 22, 2009 at 04:44 PM
Jan Rifkinson wrote:
>Stephen, How do you think
>InfoQube aka SQLnotes measures up in the innovation department?
It’s been a few months since I last tried it. I admire the ambitious list of functions, but keep finding it difficult to figure out how to use them all. That IQ’s inspiration is Ecco, it might be more accurate to characterize it as being the refinement of an older application rather than an innovation. However, as I said, I haven’t used it to a great extent and would certainly welcome being corrected.
Steve Z.