MadaboutDana
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"Note taking with mind maps"
4/6/2018
Also worth bearing in mind is the power of iWorks for mindmap-like approaches. Numbers in particular is useful here, because the tabbed worksheets can be used as multiple whiteboards. The recent upgra...
TheArchive
4/5/2018
Yes, the saved searches feature is nice. Otherwise (the newly Markdown-enabled) Simplenote is the most obvious direct competitor.
But it's a good start.
My new Wacom Folio is actually rather good; the capture is remarkably precise (considering you're writing with what feels like a standard biro on standard A4 paper), and the transfer to iPad has been ...
Ha! Glad I held out...
3/29/2018
Another useful review (because by sensible writer with hands-on experience) of the new iPad 2018, comparing it with the Pro:
https://m.imore.com/2018-97-inch-ipad-vs-ipad-pro-which-ipad-should-you-bu...
Ha! Glad I held out...
3/29/2018
I was, however, encouraged by a review that suggested there's very little difference in the feel of the new iPad (when using Apple Pencil) from the way an iPad Pro feels. From Alphr:
"The Apple Penci...
Gingko Desktop
3/29/2018
Oh dear. Some fragile personalities, I feel.
Firstly, I suggest a fruitful forum should always involve a modicum of self-irony: i.e. don't take yourself too seriously.
Second, I've got no problem wi...
Aquaminds Notetaker
3/29/2018
Seems like a somewhat drastic reason for returning to Windows computing! There are other options: Outline (mentioned in another thread recently) imports Circus Pony notebooks, for example. Apparently ...
Gingko Desktop
3/28/2018
Yo Adrian,
Don't worry - as you will already have seen, the world is divided into those who by default and as a result, no doubt, of bitter childhood experiences, impute the most cynical motives to s...
Ha! Glad I held out...
3/28/2018
Yes, I see what you mean - I've just discovered that the Crayon isn't pressure-sensitive, and find no mention of it (yet) on Logitech's websites.
Damn. It'll just have to be the Apple Pencil, then......
Sorry: quite right, I meant to put my remark about Writers Cafe here, not under Gingko. Doh!
SoftMaker Office
3/28/2018
Okay, so it's only very tangentially related to outlining, but it's worth mentioning that SoftMaker Office is now available for Mac.
One of the best "alternative" office suites that nobody's ever hea...
Gingko Desktop
3/28/2018
Yup, that's the one. I used to do quite a lot of work with this tool.
>Hm. The only Writer's Cafe software I know is this:
>http://www.writerscafe.co.uk/
>And I don't think you're talking about that....
Gingko Desktop
3/27/2018
Reminds me a bit of the (now-defunct) Writers Cafe, a rather elegant piece of software in its day.
MarkDown Blogging Resources
3/27/2018
Thanks, washere; a few there I haven't heard of before. I shall definitely take a look!
Ha! Glad I held out...
3/27/2018
In fact, I didn't *entirely* hold out - I got a Wacom Folio instead, which is a notebook with a cunningly concealed digitiser that responds to a battery-less pen. You'll find lots of reviews slagging ...
Ha! Glad I held out...
3/27/2018
... as Apple announces that henceforth, their base-level iPad will support Apple Pencil! And Logitech promptly announce a "Crayon" that will be half the price of a Pencil.
Actually, that's amazing. T...
Yup! You is well and truly bitten by the CRIMP bug! Congratulations!
>I think Dellu said it best: :I feel very luck to have these amazing
>applications. I just enjoy the simple idea of having them. T...
The convoluted markdown sounds very intriguing! Please do send it, or post it somewhere downloadable.
Thanks very much!
Bill
Slightly baffled by this: Scrivener DOES have a "main central big editor window" as a default feature...
But you can set up Scrivener workspaces to do anything you like. In some of my files, I have f...
Making lists from URLs
3/22/2018
Oh yes, it certainly can - you can have as many layers of subitems as you like, on both sides of the outline (i.e. in the navigation bar AND in the editor).
But I'm not sure it does numbering. No, in...
Making lists from URLs
3/21/2018
Intriguing: what exactly do you mean by "multi-layered"? You could argue that Todoist is multi-layered (navigation bar outlines, in turn referring to editor outlines), but clearly you have something e...
Workflowy updates their iOS app
3/21/2018
Yes, I've become somewhat disillusioned with the mostly excellent Outlinely as Glam Development cease talking to anyone and fail to release any updates at all. They did exactly the same thing with the...
Making lists from URLs
3/20/2018
Yup, dual outlines, in fact. It's a dual-pane app that can "fold" the contents of the left-hand navigation pane AND the right-hand "editor" pane. It supports markdown, and you can switch off the check...
MindManager back for Mac
3/19/2018
Agree with satis here - setapp was set up specifically for small devs, and I correspond with several of them directly (Manuscript, Timer, Findings et al). There are a couple of more significant compan...
Making lists from URLs
3/19/2018
Todoist is a very useful outliner, it must be said, with fantastic cross-platform support.
Otherwise I'd go with washere's recommended simplenote, or else with Joplin, both of which have full cross-p...