Amontillado
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nvAlt redux
Yesterday
Terpstra's latest newsletter was where I found a link to join a somewhat public beta test of nvUltra.
By the way, many thanks for the clarification. My first thought was that you're completely wron...
Curio is a great tool and in my use it's been completely reliable. It's recently sprouted a command line interface to support AI, which I suspect is great.
AI is completely unwelcome on my system. ...
OneNote has frustrated me for years. My employer encourages its use. Unfortunately, searching is pretty much broken. I don't know if it's because SharePoint is involved or just the size of the data.
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Novelist -- Another writing app
2 weeks ago
MadaboutDana wrote:
>you just can't accept compromises in security. But security is, after all, important to all developers.
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Indeed! Security must be bottom-up. If you can't trust the component...
Apps by Tomasz in Brighton (for MacOS)
2 weeks ago
I'm late to the party! Are there any further observations about Skein?
I see that large projects were reported to open slowly. That was for a 5500 note project, and it sounds like that's been resol...
Novelist -- Another writing app
2 weeks ago
Simple is good.
Here's something I found this morning, an Obsidian based writing system - https://www.easonblackwood.com/ebwriter?utm_source=webiste&utm_medium=organic_search&utm_campaign=eb_writer...
Ahti - a writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
3 weeks ago
I fully understand, Paul. In my youth, ego driven young eyes saw a coding superhero in the mirror. In contrast. all this AI stuff sometimes makes me feel superannuated.
Pardon me while I feed my p...
Ahti - a writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
3 weeks ago
Paul Korm wrote:
>Inside the .app package, this folder is the signature of an Electron app:
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>Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework
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>You could check apps one by one, but I gave Clau...
Thanks for the suggestions!
I think an outline benefits a lot from a notes database. Obsidian would be great for that. It would be nice to have outline topics linked to tags or some other grouping of notes that pertain to the to...
If you find a worthy outliner for Linux, I'd like to hear about it. Obsidian runs well on Linux, but Markdown outlines are not terribly satisfying. Just my opinion, of course. Markdown is cool, but it...
Life without AI
9/17/2026
I'll post in this forum when it's in better shape for distribution.
Mellel sometimes uses the tongue in cheek tag line, "It's not for everyone," which I think comes more from it being different fro...
Life without AI
9/17/2026
Well, I may not know how to send a PM either. I tried sending one to myself but didn't get any indication. If you click on a poster's name you'll have some links including Contact. It may be unimpleme...
Life without AI
9/17/2026
@MacSE - sent you a PM.
Life without AI
9/17/2026
Finally, I've been diagnosed!
Mellel is a powerhouse. Swapping style sets is tantamount to a Scrivener compile. I think. I'm not the Scrivener nerd I used to be. I'm sure there are many details tha...
Life without AI
9/16/2026
Looking forward to hearing your Obsidian adventures. I might use it for my next writing project.
Just Obsidian, no plugins. I think now that Bases and Canvases are built in, it covers what I need f...
To me, hyperplan can work as a multi value todo list. It’s also my bill-paying dashboard. It’s shocking how many companies - Travelers Insurance, looking at you- have unreliable billing. Hyperplan car...
It's a few apps that are currently keeping me in Apple systems. Devonthink, Mellel, and I like Curio. The Numbers model of an infinite canvas with tables and text boxes is very nice.
Life would com...
Curio 34 is out
9/4/2026
Another thing that's pretty much universally handy in Curio is notes. Everything in Curio has a notes field. If you insert a word processing document either by drag and drop or by instant document, it...
Curio 34 is out
9/3/2026
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Amontillado, do you use the Instant Document feature in Curio to create Omni Outliner documents in Curio? If so, I am curious how that works.
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>Steve
Yes, it's a handy fe...
Curio 34 is out
9/2/2026
Curio 34 has support for AI, query based Kanban boards, and a bunch of new features.
I use Curio as a math notebook and as a brainstorming tool. I've been outlining in OmniOutliner and Mellel, whic...
Miss the old VooDooPad?
8/12/2026
Here's what looks best to me:
A MojoPad document is a folder of plain JSON and your original files, sitting wherever you put it — Dropbox, iCloud Drive, an external drive. No sync service, no subsc...
True, but it's nice seeing a map of other documents, which each automatically link back to the original.
I'll probably just use Devonthink. The see also feature is pretty adept, as are smart groups...
I shall soon start a new project requiring both outlines and notes. While dithering on what software to use I hit on an a variation of an old Obsidian idea.
Imagine a file property called crossref....
Neil Larson / MaxThink
7/30/2026
Regarding age and cognition, knowledge management has to be good stimulus.
Seek mental challenge. It's good for you at any age. I'm not qualified to have an opinion, but I believe I see a differenc...