Andy Brice

Unorthodox/clever software usage? 3/11/2018

When I worked writing Computer Aided manufacturing for circuit boards, one of my colleagues used the software to print his Xmas cards. People use my Hyper Plan software for all sorts of things I neve...

Thortspace: "3D Mind-mapping" (cross-platform) 2/21/2018

InfoRapid looks interesting. But I would say it is really 2D (albeit with an isometric projection). -- Andy Brice https://www.hyperplan.com

Thortspace: "3D Mind-mapping" (cross-platform) 2/20/2018

I toyed with the idea of adding a 3D view into Hyper Plan. But I decided that it would be flashy, rather than useful, so I abandoned the idea. It's a pity, because it would have been fun to program! ...

Dark themes 2/2/2018

I use this software to turn my monitor a pinkish shade after the sun goes down. https://justgetflux.com/ I think it helps with sleep (although I don't have any data to back that up). It works on Wind...

Dark themes 2/1/2018

Dark themes definitely look 'sexier'. I added a dark 'skin' for Hyper Plan on Windows a while back. http://www.hyperplan.com/assets/images/dark-style-v200.png (it was less easy to do for Mac). But, d...

Important note to new forum users 1/12/2018

I've learnt a lot of useful things via this forum. Thanks for keeping the lights on! -- Andy Brice http://www.hyperplan.com

OneDrive/Windows 7 Question 1/9/2018

I will test Hyper Plan with OneDrive to ensure it works ok. Please also let me know what you find out. -- Andy Brice http://www.hyperplan.com

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 1/8/2018

@Paul Thanks. I am glad you like the new features. The layout algorithm side of it was challenging, but fun! The whole web site needs a complete overhaul to: -do a better job on the marketing -cove...

OneDrive/Windows 7 Question 1/8/2018

I have used Hyper Plan a lot with DropBox across several machines and it works fine. Hyper Plan locks your plan across the local network while you are editing it (on Windows, there is no reliable wa...

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 1/8/2018

@Alexander Deliyannis >First of all, kudos for the excellent work with Hyper Plan's >development. As per Washere's earlier comments, my impression is that it >delves into territory of very specialise...

Airtable - Subtask Workaround? 1/3/2018

>I have to admit that I was a bit surprised to see you using Airtable, >but I'll take that as a good sign. Horses for courses. Hyper Plan is not a good choice for building a multi-user CRM and rep...

Airtable - Subtask Workaround? 12/31/2017

Ken I have been using Airtable to create a CRM and reporting system for a charity I volunteer at. It is a slick system and improving (but with a few strange omissions). As far as I know the only wa...

Has crowdfunded development ever worked? 12/13/2017

To take someone's money and then not deliver and not return the money is shameful. I don't know how those people sleep at night. -- Andy Brice http://www.hyperplan.com

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 12/8/2017

washere wrote: Another new feature in the Pro I didn't mention is the explore >connections. It's very useful and not just in OR/CP OR/CP? >but many >disciplines. However often the cards are too sma...

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 12/8/2017

washere wrote: >Not to mention propagating values which is not exactly even a basic >Neural Network architectures (one of the areas of my academic research) >feature but very impressive feature for ...

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 12/8/2017

Hyper Plan Professional Edition is now out of beta. The new Professional Edition has full support for connections/dependencies between cards. This give Hyper Plan a lot more expressive power and allow...

Kudos for the Scrivener 3 manual 12/1/2017

You would hope documentation for a writers tool would be well written. Writing documentation for software is a bit of a demoralizing task, as you know the vast majority of people will never read it. ...

So, is ConnectedText really dead now? 11/29/2017

If you are interested in personal wikis you might also want to take a look at: https://scribbleton.com/ -- Andy Brice http://www.hyperplan.com

is Scapple the best for "thinking on paper" 11/28/2017

Yes, it is hard to beat pen on paper or post-it notes for quickly getting down ideas. But: -Its not easy to change/update -It doesn't scale very well to large problems -It isn't a good for long term s...

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 11/26/2017

I have a fix for that bug. I believe it only occurs when you have more connection types than connections. The fix be in v2.8.4 soon.

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 11/25/2017

Thanks. Looks like there is a bug in the new connection visualization. I hope to investigate and fix that soon.

is Scapple the best for "thinking on paper" 11/24/2017

> Cmap is the only tool in the class that is cross-platform—Windows, macOS, Linux and iOS—and it has more features than Scapple. I am hoping to add a free placement mode to Hyper Plan. I...

Hyper Plan now has dependencies between cards 11/24/2017

We've put out 2 more updates. In v2.8.2 we added the ability to propogate values along connections. This allow you do to PERT style charts, calculations of the minimum time to complete a task and the...

What is the oldest application you use? 11/10/2017

>Beyond Compare That is a great piece of software that I also use a lot. I interviewed one of the developers some years back: https://successfulsoftware.net/2009/02/01/interview-with-craig-peterson-o...

What is the oldest application you use? 11/9/2017

Hugh wrote: >with Apple's operating systems upgrades now one-yearly, it may >be difficult if not impossible to continue to upgrade OSX without >upgrading the applications that run on it. Apple lik...

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