Dr Andus
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Jot Plus Notes -- moribund
6/22/2012
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Moribund should be the name of the next "it" PIM. It will be developed. We will be
>excited by it. We'll be the only ones who buy it and in six years the developer will
>realiz...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/18/2012
critStock wrote:
>Dr. Andus: DOpus has the flat view, but there is also a "Group By" setting. Right click
>in the lister, click on "Group By" and select "None." Also note the other grouping
>options...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/17/2012
Alexander Deliyannis
>FYI there's at least
>two alternatives to Windows Explorer that can show so called "flat views" including
>all files in subfolders in a single view. They are Directory Opus (p...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/16/2012
P.S. I'll just add that even though it took 2 days to transfer and create headings for all the files from 167 folders, once all that information was on a single page in CT, it only took me about 50 mi...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/15/2012
Pavi wrote:
Also, my needs are totally different from yours, as my research is
>mainly derived from pdfs, webpages, and my own notes and files.
Not necessarily. Here is a mini case study of what I'...
Clipboard extenders
6/14/2012
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>It depends of course on what you want to do with it, but I believe that
>ClipCache is one of the best. It is also my personal favourite though I don't use it that
>much....
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/14/2012
P.S. Here is where I described one of those analytical processes in CT:
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/14417
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3799
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/14/2012
Pavi wrote:
>I am not sure how to consolidate my research, since I have
>many pdfs and webpages, not to mention files. These would probably be better suited to
>TreeProjects, using a standard tree f...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/13/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
>Another way to put this: if you have a folder directory
>with hundreds of folders and files, CT can be used to thematically organise and
>analyse (annotate) them (by dragging and dr...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/13/2012
Dr Andus wrote:
So my example is more suitable for thematic analysis
>and organisation of the contents of a directory where you are not planning to add any
>new files or folders. It's kind of the f...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/13/2012
Pavi wrote:
>Hi Andus,
>I am looking into ConnectedText (again!). Is it possible to auto-update
>the list of files in each folder? By this I mean will new files be visible in a given
>folder if drop...
Storybook Pro 4.0 is out
6/13/2012
Here are the new features:
http://www.novelist.ch/joomla/index.php/en/release-notes
Full price is $34.90, upgrade $23.38.
Clipboard extenders
6/12/2012
The most useful feature of ClipCache for me is the ability to remove linebreaks. I copy a lot from PDFs and paste them into PIMs and having to fix broken text manually annoyed me for a long time.
Clipboard extenders
6/12/2012
A few weeks ago when ClipCache Pro was on sale, I bought it, although I didn't have time to do research at the time whether that was the best one of all. I know there are many free ones and Mark also ...
Using a PIM to catalog files and folders
6/10/2012
You can also do this in ConnectedText. In the edit view you can build whatever hierarchy you like (5 levels deep) using headings (so this would be your new "folder" organisation (which can be viewed a...
New UltraRecall version released
6/10/2012
jimspoon wrote:
>UR, like other
>one-person efforts, has a glacial pace of development. The features of this upgrade
>do seem very minor, and i won't be getting it.
Looking at the meagre new featu...
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/29/2012
Thanks for that Alexander, I wasn't aware of any of those.
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/28/2012
OutlinerBill wrote:
>The closest I got to both (for me) was a Windows program called Axon
>Idea Processor. It's designed for speed-of-thought capture, after-the-fact
>rearranging, and then extending...
Awesome Note or Daily Notes for iPad2?
5/28/2012
Hi Ken,
I agree with what the previous commenters said. The important thing is whether you want the iPad to be the central device or just a note-capturing device, and what software you want to import...
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/28/2012
OutlinerBill wrote:
>The iPad version of Inspiration, Inspiration Maps (which I previously posted on)
>actually has a template with that, and if Inspiration for Windows doesn't have the
>template, i...
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/23/2012
MadaboutDana wrote:
>I'd also point out that e.g. Mindo on the iPad allows you to draw boxes round mindmapped
>nodes, kind of enclosing them in larger fields. It's not quite the same as Venn
>diagra...
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/22/2012
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>The only tool I can think of is Frieve Editor
>http://www.frieve.com/feditor/index.html (English page still pending
>http://www.frieve.com/english/feditor/index.html) me...
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/22/2012
CRC wrote:
>Dr Andus:
>
> Some ideas for representations might be found here:
>http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html (I have
>always found this a great resource to come...
Mind mapping vs. Venn diagrams
5/22/2012
Usually when we do mind mapping (or even outlining), we start from a general topic and break it down to multiple sub-topics and sub-sub-topics etc. that are increasingly more specific. However, this p...
Inspiration Maps for the iPad
5/20/2012
>Cassius wrote:
>>Why not try contacting Inspiration? Maybe they have a solution.
The Inspiration people got back to me impressively quickly. However, the reply is negative. They have made rendering...