Luhmann
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Omni Outliner Essentials
2/23/2017
I really don't need or want most of the "pro" features, which is why I never felt it was worth spending the money. But I'm perfectly happy to buy the essentials version. I'm testing the beta out now a...
Outlinely adds x-callback support
2/17/2017
You can now write workflow (not workflowy) scripts to append text to a specific section of an outline!
https://glamdevelopment.com/outlinely/learn/x-callback-url
Dropbox Paper
2/11/2017
One nice thing about Paper is presentation mode. It is very easy to throw up a quick presentation from a text file...
Dropbox Paper
2/11/2017
My biggest problem with Paper is that it requires internet access. I tried the iOS app and it wouldn't let me edit a document when I was offline. Considering that Dropbox's greatest strength is sync, ...
Outlinely in action
1/19/2017
I find that tagging in Outlinely and Bear work very differently: In Outlinely tagging works to separate out individual outline items from within a single document and it gives you the ability to quick...
It seems to me that the best option for someone who doesn't trust commercial cloud services is to host your own cloud either with OwnCloud or with a network enabled NAS. Then just use plain text files...
Migrate from Workflowy to Outlinely
12/23/2016
I shared this with Dat, the developer. He pointed out that you can also import just by control-clicking on a folder in the sidebar. It is hard to discover this feature as it only works with custom fol...
Migrate from Workflowy to Outlinely
12/23/2016
Sorry, that link seems to have gone bad, try this one:
https://d.pr/2cdx
Migrate from Workflowy to Outlinely
12/23/2016
I came up with a very baroque process to migrate my Workflowy outlines (exported as OPML files) to Outlinely. It uses Hazel, TextWrangler, AppleScript, etc. I honestly don't know how useful it will be...
Outlinely for iOS version 1 released.
12/22/2016
Outlinely is out, but a lot of key features require a subscription. I'm happy to support this because it is the first outliner for iOS that I can actually use as part of my workflow, and I know how ha...
Outlinely 2.5 adds wiki-style links
12/12/2016
Recent versions of the iOS beta have made great strides. Most of the bugs have been quashed and it now supports drag-and-drop reordering, search, highlighting, etc. For me this is already the solution...
Besides the obvious privacy concerns, the app is very vague about how it works. "Magic" isn't very satisfying for something that seemingly takes over all of your digital life. It claims not not need y...
Outlinely 2.5 adds wiki-style links
11/25/2016
From the release notes: "Embedded Link to other documents: If you type [[Link]], clicking on the link between the double brackets will open the linked document. This feature is enhanced by Auto-comple...
Bear review
11/8/2016
I too am liking Bear the more I use it. I find the website FAQ does have a fair amount of information. I had mistakenly thought they removed a beta feature to have nested tags, but via the FAQ I reali...
Bear review
11/5/2016
Paul Korm wrote:
CloudKit is not "different from iCloud" -- CloudKit is Apple's framework
>for iCloud sync and collaboration. Apple Notes uses the CloudKit
>framework, for example.
As I understand...
Bear review
11/5/2016
The developers also seem to be offering a one month free trial for annual Pro subscriptions (one week for monthly subscriptions).
Bear review
11/5/2016
Paul Korm wrote:
It's pretty. Before I plunk down $15 annual for 7 other dark mode
>styles and PDF export I'd like to see some evidence that Bear has
>amazing features no one has ever done or done as...
Bear review
11/5/2016
I have not used earlier software by this team, but their support staff has been first rate for Bear. During the beta period and even after launch (when I'm sure they were very busy) I received a lot o...
Bear review
11/4/2016
Here's the review on MacStories https://www.macstories.net/stories/why-im-considering-bear-as-a-notes-app-replacement/
The developers rushed an update to the mac store over an iOS IAP bug, so that's ...
New unofficial workflowy app
11/2/2016
I agree that dynalist is slower when handling large outlines than Workflowy. One of the things I love about Workflowy is how fast it is, regardless of size.
I also agree that so far there is nothing...
Outlinely for iOS
10/31/2016
Outlinely posted a preview pic of their iOS app running on an iPad on their Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/outlinely/status/792916598960959488
New unofficial workflowy app
10/31/2016
Frank's posts are useful and informative. I don't think anything bad can be said about them. However, I find it disappointing that the WorkFlowy Design blog on Medium hasn't been updated since its ini...
Evernote yet again
10/7/2016
And at this link:
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4211649/how-us1-billion-evernote-went-from-silicon-valley-darling-to-deep-trouble/?cs=9
For me, sync is the single most important feature of any note taking program. I need any note taking software to sync fast and I need it to sync across all my devices. SimpleNote sync is pretty good, ...
OT - Lifetime Droplr subscription
8/9/2016
Thanks for this. Although I find the iOS app to be very buggy, it turns out that you can use the sharing extension to publish markdown files from Ulysses as web pages, which is quite useful.