MadaboutDana
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Cross Comparison of documents
2/27/2020
Now this looks more like the kind of thing you need (Windows only, unfortunately): https://tshwanedje.com/corpus/
There’s also the respected WordSmith (again, Windows only), here:
And an inte...
Hot damn! This is looking better by the day!
I want one!
Cross Comparison of documents
2/27/2020
Alternatively, as xtabber suggests, you could use a good search engine.
My favourite on macOS is FoxTrot Pro, and I use it for trawling through my own corpus of research documents; you can customise ...
Cross Comparison of documents
2/27/2020
This is a really interesting issue, I must say.
Translation software uses the “concordance” feature to identify matching phrases in multiple documents, but it wouldn’t really work f...
Cross Comparison of documents
2/24/2020
On the Mac, DeltaWalker is a fairly impressive option.
If it wasn’t so expensive, I’d recommend FileMaker Pro.
You could (relatively) easily create your own database (with relational elements, if desired; useful for maintaining multiple table...
Reading through your description, it looks friendlier than Highlights, too. I’ve used Highlights, but been underwhelmed.
Dang, Keypoints looks very interesting - nice website already!
I’ve subscribed so I can get updates. Best of luck with that!
Cheers,
Bill
Noto - has anyone tried it?
2/22/2020
I have tried it (inevitably); it’s a very elegant app, but its search function is rudimentary, acting more as a simple filter. By this I mean it narrows down the list of notes with the search te...
Clibu Notes v0.42.00 Released
2/19/2020
Good for you, Neville! It’s really impressive to see such dedication to an information-gathering concept like Clibu - a genuine attempt to make a sophisticated, difficult-to-manage activity as u...
Taskade
2/18/2020
Hm, Taskade is beginning to look quite convincing, I must say.
Anybody using this in earnest; anything interesting to say?
Cheers!
Bill
Agenda versus NotePlan
2/12/2020
Just replying in a little more detail:
- I run projects in separate Notes, and reschedule task dates as necessary. This is relatively easy to do. I follow a specific format in the notes, however, plac...
Agenda versus NotePlan
2/12/2020
I agree that this is a flaw, but after running comparisons with other task/project managers, a relatively minor one - the same problem is fairly ubiquitous.
And as you say, Eduard is so responsive!
NotePlan now supports image attachments
2/11/2020
Yeah, folding would be the Bees’ Knees and other erogenous zones!
But the lovely Eduard has promised folding is on his roadmap, so the world is looking like a rosy place (apart from the ghastly...
Agenda versus NotePlan
2/10/2020
Worth noting, incidentally, that you can also drag and drop non-image files onto NotePlan, whereupon it will insert an absolute link to the file in question. Here’s a typical example:
[complet...
Agenda versus NotePlan
2/10/2020
And as predicted, good ole’ Eduard has upgraded NotePlan again to support attached images.
You can also adjust line lengths.
Isn’t he lovely!?
Cheers,
Bill
Alas, I would have to agree that SheetPlanner isn’t optimised for writing. It’s a great general outliner and planner, but you can’t input lots of text easily - in this respect, it...
Elementary OS on a 2011 Macbook Pro
1/28/2020
Er, from memory, I just downloaded Xubuntu, put it on a USB stick, launched it from said USB stick (where it resided as an executable) and then instructed it to install itself on the hard drive. I don...
Elementary OS on a 2011 Macbook Pro
1/27/2020
For those with older notebooks, I can thoroughly recommend Xubuntu. It’s been around for a long time, and keeps getting better. The footprint is minimal, so it runs like the blazes even on much ...
There are two well-established Windows search engines that do what you want: Copernic and A1 (both work like FoxTrot on Mac)
They’re pure search engines, so not PIMs as such. But then as Paul K...
Agenda versus NotePlan
1/9/2020
I like your review of the two apps, Drewster, but agree above all with your conclusions about Agenda: it’s slow. Nice, good-looking, but confused and slow.
Whereas NotePlan (speaking from my ow...
2019 reflection question
1/7/2020
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. But NotePlan has evolved in ways that mean your problem can be solved relatively easily. Depending, of course, on precisely how you use NotePlan.
The solution I wou...
Best wishes for 2020 and beyond
1/6/2020
A wonderful, interesting, productive and peaceful New Year to all.
And may I add my thanks to Chris for his steadfast support and thoughtful interventions.
Best wishes to all,
Bill
Ah, I’ll admit that in my ongoing quest for greater efficiency, I’ve now dumped EagleFiler (because it insists in creating its own repositories) and now use FoxTrot Pro exclusively (becaus...
2019 reflection question
1/6/2020
I still CRIMP (very merrily), but my personal info management is now concentrated almost exclusively on NotePlan and Numbers (the latter for sketching out projects, workflows etc.) running, of course,...