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List of PIMs
12/14/2012
PIMfan wrote:
Bumped into a interesting listing of PIMs - located on Kaboodle. Forum
>regulars here would know alot of the ones listed, but I do like the
>layout of the page and the screen snapshots....
Single-pane outliners
12/14/2012
Just to summarise, here is a list of outliners for Windows that are either single-pane or can be used as single-pane outliners and still seem to be available:
ConnectedText
Ecco Pro
InfoQube
Inspirat...
New Ipad, what apps to put on it?
12/14/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>The standalone Windows desktop version is very similar to Natara Bonsai,
>as it is a 2-pane outliner that can be used as a 1-pane outliner. I
>liked the way it looked but went with Bo...
New Ipad, what apps to put on it?
12/14/2012
Franz Grieser wrote:
>I find it good for notetaking and brainstorming on the go. Creating
>notes, moving notes, color-coding notes and even stacking notes is
>straightforward, exporting to a RTF file ...
Natara Bonsai - still a top notch outliner
12/14/2012
Slartibartfarst wrote:
I downloaded the version v5.0.5 (2011-05-24), but installation failed
>with spurious errors and so I abandoned it as a WOT (Waste-Of-Time). My
>system is Win7-64 Home Premium.
>...
Natara Bonsai - still a top notch outliner
12/13/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>In addition (as I mentioned before), Bonsai also has an "outliner of
>outliners" functionality. You can use one outline as the master outline,
>and use the "linking" functionality to ...
Natara Bonsai - still a top notch outliner
12/13/2012
I keep referring to Bonsai as a single-pane outliner, as that's what I use it for, but I just realised that's an incorrect classification.
In fact, Bonsai is a three-pane outliner.
Pane 1 is the Out...
Rant: tried them all...
12/13/2012
I guess Brainstorm's "namesakes" would be cloning in a single-pane outliner, although I'm not sure if Brainstorm can be considered either "single-pane" or an "outliner." So maybe what I meant was that...
Rant: tried them all...
12/13/2012
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>The "no cloning" bit seems rather strange to me. In ConnectedText you
>are able to link anything to anything. If a topic is linked to from two
>other topics as 'parents' w...
Rant: tried them all...
12/13/2012
P.S. Another solution might be to go for a two-pane outliner (Scrivener, Whizfolders etc.?) that can do most of those things and then use a one-pane outliner alongside if and when needed.
Rant: tried them all...
12/13/2012
This sounds like the police composite sketch of a criminal who probably does not exist :) I can't think of a single single-pane outliner that can do all this.
Single-pane outliners seem to focus more...
jimspoon wrote:
I think the only way to get the "feature comparison" matrix is to do a
>detailed analysis of each organizer - make a organized list of its
>features. Then move to the second organizer...
New Ipad, what apps to put on it?
12/12/2012
Franz Grieser wrote:
>- Index Cards and Notebooks for notes and new writing projects
Franz - would you mind saying a bit more about how you're finding Index Cards?
I haven't had a chance to try this yet, but it looks interesting:
brat rapid annotation tool - online environment for collaborative text annotation:
http://brat.nlplab.org/
Only works fully in Chrom...
I see that the Donation Coder folks started a thread on trying to make sense of the note-taking software market 6 years ago, and the thread is still going strong... Although my question was less ambit...
Foolness wrote:
Dr Andus wrote:
>So my question is: what are the main categories (on the basis of core
>>distinguishing features) of two-pane PIMs?
>
>MDI vs. Pane (example split text vs. static sideb...
Thanks for this, it is interesting. I've also switched to Word 2010 for final writing up, given the integration with EndNote and Dragon, and the navigation pane allows for reverse outlining. But Scriv...
Thanks for that list, Steve. It made me think that there are at least two ways to approach this classification problem:
1) what the main distinguishing features are (which could be done in a spreads...
So my question is: what are the main categories (on the basis of core distinguishing features) of two-pane PIMs?
I wish there was a dedicated comparison tool for two-pane outliners/PIMs only, just like there is for wikis, such as the WikiMatrix (http://www.wikimatrix.org/). The more two-pane PIMs I see, the more...
New Ipad, what apps to put on it?
12/7/2012
Here are my favourite (most frequently used) iPad apps:
- GoodReader and PDF Expert - for reading, annotating PDFs. I use both because they have slightly different highlighting options and format the ...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
12/5/2012
Some of you might also find Brian Lennon's CT setup (all panes docked across two monitors) interesting:
http://drandus.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/docking-panes-in-connectedtext/
ConnectedText; any case studies?
12/4/2012
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Nice post, Doc! Very interesting... I concur with Alexander that you do
>a nice job of presenting your appreciation of ConnectedText in context
>(pardon the sorta pun) of your wor...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
12/4/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>(I recognise the benefits
>of online social networks but I have a problem with their insistence
>that one can only have one identity, just so that they can make more
>money. I believe...
ConnectedText; any case studies?
12/4/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>Thank you, Alexander. I haven't been using Google+ but now you're giving
>me a reason to try it out :)
Sorry, I tried but Google insists on real names and won't register me as "Dr An...