Stephen Zeoli
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Cassius wrote:
>But has anyone really had an inspiration as a result of a software-generated connection?
Inspiration, when it comes to me at all, usually arises while I'm writing. This is why I lik...
Simplify, simplify
10/25/2007
Manfred wrote:
>Far be it from me to say that there is only one way towards salvation in
>note-taking (or that anyone contributing to this forum needs salvation).
Actually, as I'm bogged down in the...
whizfolders
10/24/2007
First of all, I will acknowledge that any software that works for you is good software. So my objections to Whizfolders are strictly about my own relationship to the application and not a general crit...
A New Tool
10/24/2007
Hugh Pile wrote:
>I'd forgotten Rationale and had assumed that Flying Logic was more or less out on its
>own.
>
>FL appears to score in at least two ways. It adds logical and arithmetic
>operators...
Simplify, simplify
10/23/2007
This probably does not need to be said, but just to make sure everyone understands this: My starting comment on this thread was in no way intended to be critical of the way we discuss PIMs and outline...
Simplify, simplify
10/23/2007
I greatly enjoy our discussions of the fine points of outliners/PIMs/wikis, but sometimes I ask myself if I'm overthinking the whole subject.
I suspect that were any of us forced to live with even th...
ConnectedText versus Ndxcards
10/22/2007
Having dabbled with various wiki-style PIMS (the concept of which I like, but have yet to get over the hurdle of adapting to all the conventions required to use them effectively), it seems to me that ...
Wiki tool for Windows and Mac?
10/19/2007
Take a look at Zulu Pad:
http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/download.html
I don't know much about it, but it does claim to run on both Windows and Mac and from a thumbdrive.
Steve Z.
ConnectedText versus Ndxcards
10/18/2007
I read Manfred's article and can definitely recommend it.
A question that always crops up for me is this: Is it better to jumble all your notes into one big database, or is it better to set up a sepa...
ConnectedText versus Ndxcards
10/18/2007
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
>Connected Text
>requires memorizing a set of conventions, a process that might lead me to use
>supermemo (mentioned in this thread) to learn CT's conventions, if I wanted...
Thank you, Stephen.
SZ
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>The url is http://www.ndxcards.com/support/forum/default.asp
>
>To
>get there more intuitively, choose "Suporr." Then click on the min...
Daly,
Where does one access the ndxCards forum? I couldn't find it on their web site. Perhaps I am blind. Thanks.
Steve Z.
IBM Lotus Symphony BETA - Free
10/17/2007
I work for a small, nonprofit publisher. We prefer to receive manuscripts in either RTF, plain text, or Word files. We then put them into Word to go through the copy editing phase. We discourage autho...
DevonThink
10/16/2007
Manfred,
Thank you for your response. Also, I enjoyed reading your extensive essay about note-taking and Connected Text on the CT web site. Thanks, again.
Steve Z.
IBM Lotus Symphony BETA - Free
10/16/2007
Chris,
What office suite do you use?
Steve Z.
Chris Thompson wrote:
>Graham, you may wish to experiment with more recent versions of OpenOffice. I've
>actually found OpenOffice to be more compati...
IBM Lotus Symphony BETA - Free
10/16/2007
I have downloaded this suite and tried it. It sure looks nice. One drawback seemed immediately apparent. There doesn't seem to be any outlining function in the word processing component... unless I mi...
DevonThink
10/15/2007
The indexed search facility described in the article by Steve Johnson, which Manfred referenced, seems unique. It doesn't rely on keywords or categories. It just searches for similar words or related ...
Liquid Story Binder XE
10/15/2007
Thanks for the heads up on this Graham. LSB is an interesting program. The developer has to be the most ambitious and active programmer out there. He's continually "improving" the program. I put impro...
Total Text Container
10/11/2007
This is certainly an ambitious piece of software. I don't understand why it is called "Total Text Container" when it has so much more functionality: Spreadsheet, Contacts, Diagrams, Video Organizer, e...
Best software for emergent order
10/6/2007
This is exactly where Zoot excels. While I agree with Stephen that Brainstorm is unsurpassed in many of its overall functioning as a brain storming application and for organizing thoughts, to me Zoot ...
Best writing software...
9/26/2007
Stephen,
You are right that SNC's outlining function is not as powerful as ndxCards, but I did want to correct one thing you mention. You can nest "card decks" within card decks, so you can create a ...
Natura Bansai Outliner
9/26/2007
Well, you are probably right, but I think of both these applications a bit differently than other hierarchical PIMs because the emphasis with Bonsai and ListPro is on the outline (or list), not on the...
Best writing software...
9/25/2007
Hi, all.
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot happening in the world of outliners/PIMs this summer, so I thought it might be a good time to take a broader look at the software that's already out ther...
Natura Bansai Outliner
9/25/2007
I agree with you that most of the software we discuss are not true outliners, but are hierarchical information managers.
As for Bonsai, it does seem like a nice piece of software, but I am not so cer...
Word template outliner?
9/11/2007
If you're looking for a more traditional single-pane outliner, you could try TKoutline (http://tkoutline.sourceforge.net/wiki/). It is a single executable file so runs fine from a USB drive. Outlines ...