Stephen Zeoli
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I have tried ByDesign, just because I can't resist. I don't need such a full featured task management app, so my testing was just for the fun of it. I think it has a lot of promise. As I said, it pack...
I wonder why you're having trouble with the delayed syncing. I can open any of my outlines in Dynalist instantly -- I am using the browser version. I use it on my MacBook with Safari, and in Windows 1...
I second the Workflowy recommendation. Although I haven't had the bad experiences with Dynalist you have had. There is also Checklist:
https://checkvist.com
It has task features, but you don't need ...
Mailing lists and OmniOutliner
2/17/2026
I'm not stymied in label printing. Just do a CSV export and then run a mail merge in Word. I haven't tried it in Pages. Will have to.
I think mail is still a more effective way to reach out to peopl...
Mailing lists and OmniOutliner
2/16/2026
It would be a killer feature if you could print mailing labels from within OmniOutliner, but nobody thinks about physical mail any longer. Six or seven years ago, I was looking at one of the top membe...
Need a memory jog
1/26/2026
I agree, Paul. At the very least, a diagram that is AI generated is certainly not a "mind" map.
Paul Korm wrote:
There's something about an AI-generated mind map that feels more than a
>bit off. ...
Need a memory jog
1/23/2026
A blast from the past. I had high-hopes for Notemap, but alas it never really seemed to gain traction.
Speare word processor
1/16/2026
I had tried Speare a couple of years ago. It has some useful and almost unique features. But I ran into a bug of some kind (I don't remember what now), so stopped using it. The developer tried to help...
Walling Monthly Journal
12/17/2025
satis and Ken,
Thanks for the feedback. I sent an email to the Walling team (through the contact form on the website) asking what the plans are and haven't gotten a response in 24 hours. That's not a...
Walling Monthly Journal
12/16/2025
Hi, Ken,
Any further thoughts about Walling? I used to use the app a few years ago and liked it. But when it changed hands I got cold feet about continue to store information in it. I have looked at ...
MyMind vs. Spaceduck
11/7/2025
This just in: Spaceduck is throwing in the towel.
https://www.spaceduck.com/blog/spaceduck-is-winding-down
They are giving up on their product just two years after establishing it. That's pretty unf...
OmniOutliner 6
11/5/2025
[Warning: This is probably more off-topic than on.]
Around 2008 I decided to go back to Apple for my personal computing -- for the previous 13 years I used PCs, because that's what I had at work. But...
The discussion of Nisus got me thinking about the apps we use for writing. I hate writing in any word processor, because I find the plethora of features too distracting, as well as the temptation to u...
I always thought of ConnectedText as the closest thing to Tinderbox on Windows... better than Tinderbox as the learning curve wasn't so steep. I believe CT was the inspiration for Roam and other outli...
I can't really help, other than to recommend that if you end up NOT choosing Obsidian, you might want to look at Heptabase.
Steve Z.
P.S. It feels like a blast from the past to see your name on the...
Omni Outliner is rare and can be worth having, but two things to note:
1. You call it the poor man's Scrivener. Just so others don't get the wrong idea, I believe Scrivener is a one time purchase, wh...
AI-infused
9/30/2025
It is not only reasonable to be skeptical of new technology, it is irresponsible not to be. This doesn't mean no new technology, it just means the burden of proof should be shared with the developers ...
Workflowy now has a daily notes feature
9/19/2025
It isn't the most sophisticated, but it looks as if it will be functional. Basically, it just automatically creates the hierarchy of years, months and days. A nice addition to an app that keeps on evo...
Sheet Planner is software so good it makes me wish I had a need for it.
Steve
Tinderbox goes AI
8/22/2025
I'm just at the infancy of my reboot with Mem.ai. So far I like it. I only have a bare minimal of notes in it, so haven't had much of a chance to uncover flaws. It does a great job of assimilating ema...
Tinderbox goes AI
8/20/2025
Forgive me if I posted this quote here before, but to me this sums up what I want from AI:
"I don't want AI to love my kids for me, I want it to do the dishes."
In this quote, "to love my kids for m...
Ha. You're right about the post's author. He quit Things 3 because he didn't remember to check it, but he does remember to check his text file! I guess he never heard of notifications or alerts. I mea...
'I Deleted My Second Brain'
7/15/2025
Well said, Paul.
Paul Korm wrote:
The trap is thinking of software as a "second brain". There are no
>second chances. Best to use the one in the skull.
Gingko
7/4/2025
As far as I can tell, Gingko Writer is still alive and well, at least to judge by the website:
https://gingkowriter.com
I don't know that it has been updated recently, although the pricing has. They...
So I encountered a real world example of how work can be stranded in an app. I work for a publisher. We are updating our web store to show which of our other titles are related to each title. You, kno...