Amontillado
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Life without AI
Today
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
Today
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
Today
@MacSE - sent you a PM.
Life without AI
Today
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
Yesterday
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
1 week ago
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
2 weeks ago
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.
>
>Steve
Yes, it's a handy fe...
Curio 34 is out
2 weeks ago
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...
SilverBullet
7/14/2026
Well said, @satis. You're right about the market. I enjoy using more fundamental tools. If all I had for a word processor was vim, life would go on.
SilverBullet
7/13/2026
I heard from someone on Brett Terpstra's mailing list that nvUltra is said to be nearing release. Whether that's near as in the way Alpha Centauri crowds Sol on a cosmic scale or just around the corne...
Apps for Retirement
7/8/2026
I kept a Tinderbox subscription for years, mostly because I support their efforts. It's a grand project and worth becoming fluent in - but I never did.
Mr. Bernstein, if you're out there, many kudo...
The Brain goes free for basic version
6/24/2026
Paul Korm wrote:
>I've been with TheBrain since version 4, whenever that was, even through the rewrite around version 8 or 9 which seemed to break the major features. The small team has gradually r...
The Brain goes free for basic version
6/24/2026
The Brain was my first knowledge management/story planning tool, and I loved it. Jump thoughts are brilliant.
There were problems somewhere around version 9 for me and I lost data. The last I looke...
Miss the old VooDooPad?
6/20/2026
I'd say MPU dropped a little in value. There is a world of difference between initiative and abusive marketing.
GetDoneNow - a focus timer that asks you to validate your focus every 5 minutes (feedback welcome)
6/15/2026
I'm a little with Paul on this one. Every five minutes would be more of an interruption than anything else.
That's not saying there isn't a market for your app as-is. I sometimes use a timeclock ap...
True, very nice.
I can't install any personal software on my work laptop. My official note-taking resource is One Note, which is a train wreck. I could deal with it if searching weren't so incredib...
Database for MacOS
6/7/2026
Apple Pages will read an Apple Numbers spreadsheet as a merge source. Printing to labels from a Numbers spreadsheet merged into a Pages document should be an easy exercise. You can find Pages template...
Database for MacOS
6/5/2026
Ninox may be more polished than TapForms, but I hate to say anything bad about TapForms. It's about the only choice for an old school database app.
However, Ninox puts your databases where it wants...
Roam Research -- Recent Experience?
5/29/2026
I can assure you that I am not an AI or a celebrity — I am a real human. Let's delve into your concerns. AI is not about hallucinations, it's about banana pudding. Your trust is a testament to aerodyn...