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The demise of native coded apps
12/7/2020
Catalyst should eventually result in native-quality apps on Mac, but the problem is that it is still very much a work in progress. These are mostly UI issues (such as font resizing) and the laziness o...
Readwise
12/6/2020
I recently signed up for Readwise.io and am very happy with it, especially because of its tight integration with Roam Research. (I think the developers have early access to the forthcoming Roam API.) ...
The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done
11/22/2020
Another, related article, from the LA Review of Books:
Hard Times: Martin Hägglund’s “This Life” and the Pomodoro Technique
By Alexa Hazel
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/...
Outlinely gets a (minor) update
11/15/2020
Except it's buggy as hell and some features were never properly implemented. I don't have a list anymore (I once sent a long list to the developer), but there is a reason I stopped using it. Yes, it s...
Outlinely gets a (minor) update
11/14/2020
Maybe, but I also think that Apple deserves some of the blame. The 30% cut, the lack of discoverability in the App store, the drive towards cheap apps, as well as other problems developers complain ab...
Read and learn...
11/13/2020
I meant to add that the main advantage of Pleco is the quality of the dictionaries one can install. They aren't cheap, but are far better than what you get for free...
Read and learn...
11/13/2020
For Chinese readers you can do this within the Pleco dictionary app, which has integrated flashcards and e-book reader, as well as some graded readers you can buy through the store. It works on both i...
Outlinely gets a (minor) update
11/13/2020
Neither OmniOutliner nor Tinderbox are particularly similar to the raft of outliners inspired by Workflowy, of which Outlinely is one. While they might be nice for some users, my point remains, if you...
Outlinely gets a (minor) update
11/12/2020
After two years (and switching to a subscription model!), another minor update - just to provide Big Sur compatibility.
So sad that there is no actively supported app like this on MacOS. As much as ...
So I gave it a solid try.
Great: Having a native app that works offline and syncs to my phone.
Better than I thought: The current version of Obsidian has come a long way, and there are starting to ...
NotePlan 3 public beta (and subscription)
10/30/2020
I haven't used NotePlan but I'm on the mailing list and the latest updates are interesting:
1. Now can use the .md extension for files, allowing you to use the same documents in other markdown apps t...
Another new app
10/29/2020
I couldn't find what Washere was talking about at first, but turned out to be this tweet:
https://twitter.com/pretzelhds/status/1321205962682892289
Read Later Services and Paywalled Sites
10/25/2020
As they state on their website, if a site is behind a paywall they just send you a link, not the actual article.
JDS wrote:
I have found emailthis seems to work behind paywalls. It is slightly
>more...
Read Later Services and Paywalled Sites
10/21/2020
There are a growing number of read later services these days, but almost none of them allow for offline storage of paywalled articles. Only Instapaper and Pocket seem to do this, each in a different w...
Obsidian in public beta
10/20/2020
In the latest "insider build" Obsidian has found a way to have block level linking and embedding by adding a unique string of characters to the end of any linked paragraph. This brings it a step close...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
10/5/2020
Another interesting alternative to Roam is SiYuan:
https://b3log.org/siyuan/
A bit like Obsidian, but seems to have solved the problem of treating markdown paragraphs as blocks. Haven't tested it ye...
Obsidian in public beta
10/5/2020
It is hard for me to evaluate based on price since I got in on Roam as a beta user and so still haven't had to pay. Obsidian is free for everything except publish, so if you are price conscious that i...
macOS Checklist App
9/23/2020
Todoist has a template function.
Dynalist has the ability to create templates as well.
Those are my two favorite apps for making lists, and both have generous free tiers before you have to pay.
You c...
Evernote reinventing itself
9/19/2020
This is similar to what happened with Apple Pages and Keynote when they refactored the code to make it work more consistently across all platforms on a new code base. At first they did dumb it down an...
NotePlan is based on plain text files as well. The latest update allows you to set the extension, to allow better integration with other markdown apps. For instance, you can access the same documents ...
TiddlyResearch
9/14/2020
Progress is really moving fast on this. Here is the changelog for 1.2:
Fixed major glitch in tiddlyresearch-reference plugin
tiddlyresearch-reference now uses better filters
Added a new level of refe...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/14/2020
RE: @ Oxytoxine
Yes, Rem Note deserves to be on the list. Thanks.
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/14/2020
Thanks. I had posted that link earlier in a separate thread, but I came up with this list because I strongly feel there are diminishing returns in lists that are too long or whose criteria are too vag...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/6/2020
Being in the App Store doesn’t mean it’s a native app. Workflowy and Dynalist both have apps, but the experience is not as nice as a true native app like Bear… Many of these are elec...
Top 5 Roam Alternatives
9/6/2020
Thanks Dr Andus. One of the reasons I made this list is a lot of the lists I see are of apps that don't really accomplish any of the things you mention in your post. These don't necessarily accomplish...