Amontillado
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I have fond memories of Ulysses. Scrivener was my first foray into a writing studio application. It was great, but it lacked styles back in Version 2.
When Version 3 came out, I found I didn't like s...
I've written some in Markdown. I'm glad it's available.
At the other end of the spectrum, I get good use out of Mellel, but currently I'm straying back to Nisus Writer Pro, my other go-to word proces...
Voidtools Everything
4/11/2022
Bill, you forgot that lovely Unix heart beating inside MacOS. But it's OK. It just works. You don't have to think about it. :-)
Wow - sounds like you've invested a lot of care in your work. Very nice.
Heptabase
2/23/2022
Extremely interesting. The subscription plan nudges me away, but I guess I have to get used to subscriptions.
Heptabase addresses what I consider a missing feature in Curio. An idea can be relevant i...
Docxmanager and Scrivener
2/4/2022
Listerene wrote:
>I have an iron-clad rule: Your program hurts me -- and that one did -- I
>will (A) never trust you with anything ever again and (B) I will tell
>everyone about how incompetent you ar...
Docxmanager and Scrivener
2/2/2022
Yes, the first release of whatever it was called back then was not recommendable. I believe the developer offered every license holder a refund. He regrouped, continued his efforts, and I think he's g...
Docxmanager and Scrivener
2/1/2022
It probably depends on whether you want to write in Word or not. I find using Devonthink for what I'd do in Scrivener's research folder works reasonably well. A tree of folders on my disk would pretty...
Blik looks nice. I'm tempted.
When I work on a project that involves notes and files, I generally use Devonthink as sort of a meta-document.
A prettier option is Curio, which I've sometimes used as ...
Winterfest promotion
1/12/2022
One of the things I like about Tinderbox is that it's not tied to cloud syncing. I'm not a fan of apps tied to a particular service. That's why I migrated away from OmniFocus, which is a great app.
Winterfest promotion
1/12/2022
Regarding Tinderbox's learning curve, I'm not so sure it should be that big a deal.
You can use it like a 3-D version of Scapple with almost zero investigation. There are immediate uses for Tinderbox...
Winterfest promotion
1/11/2022
steve-rogers wrote:
I tried to use TB a while back snd, while I found it to be
>very impressive, it just didn’t stick for me.
That was my initial experience. One thing I remember - and am re...
Winterfest promotion
1/11/2022
Effie looks nice. I don't think I regret the upgrade fee for Tinderbox, though. I'm looking forward to messing around with it, and I'm cautiously hopeful I'll get a lot of good out of it, too.
Winterfest promotion
1/11/2022
Well, I was weak. Paid my upgrade fee, back to Tinderbox.
I remain very addicted to Devonthink. What I'm hoping to do with Tinderbox, mostly, is use it as a corkboard or mindmap.
If Devonthink had t...
Winterfest promotion
1/10/2022
Does anyone have a feel for the differences between Storyspace and Tinderbox? I'm primarily interested in notes for writing. Technical writing, which is probably my only credible excuse for picking up...
A thought about Tinderbox, which I'm helplessly sliding toward purchasing afresh. I don't think I gave it a fair chance the first time around.
Applications that go about a common task in a unique way...
Winterfest promotion
12/23/2021
Another reason to be interested in Winterfest - Mellel is just about out of beta with version 5.1.
When you buy Mellel, you get a year or two of free updates, so anyone buying now will get 5.1 when i...
Winterfest promotion
12/21/2021
I have to say the ability to create aliases to notes is pretty compelling.
A single thing, like a character or location description, can be important in multiple places in a story. So, it should be a...
Winterfest promotion
12/20/2021
Got both of your products, Andy - but I'm still nervous.
My credit card could take a hit. For instance, Tinderbox. I strayed from it long ago because of the learning curve.
Still, I have to wonder ...
Tags, Nested tags, Links/backlinks, Folders- What do you use? (Also, MOC's or Maps of Content pages)
12/16/2021
I use tags for two things in Devonthink.
Tags can be used to add state information to documents. They can also impose alternate hierarchies, and I really enjoy that.
My latest favorite trick is a s...
Brainstorming tools
12/15/2021
I have Flying Logic. It has never been a tool I constantly use, but I probably should use it more.
The Theory of Constraints, to my shallow understanding, is a way of mapping things like precondition...
Black Friday deals
11/23/2021
Devonthink is 25% off on all their products this weekend.
Devonthink isn't an outliner, but you can use it as one. As much as I want to find something flashier, I keep coming back to it.
Notes and Reminders in iOS 15
11/13/2021
MadaboutDana wrote:
Well, you can link notes in Notes by using a slight kludge, i.e. using
>the Share function to copy a single note's URL, then typing it into
>another note (or creating a link in a...
Walling
11/11/2021
I wish there was a corkboard app that would display URL's. Think of a cross between a web browser and corkboard.
Then I could have an inventory of ideas as notes in Devonthink. A subset could go on a...
If you type foreign language on a Mac
11/7/2021
Keyboard Maestro is pretty cool. Version 10 just came out with macro subroutines.
The keyboard option in the Mac's System Preferences lets you select foreign keyboards. If your layout is not quite ri...