MadaboutDana

Ulysses 2.1 for iPad/Mac - folding, .docx 12/20/2015

I think you mean the beta version of Ulysses for iPhone - yes, looking forward to that (have applied, haven't received yet!)

Virtual machines for CRIMPers 12/19/2015

I realise this is not directly relevant to outlining, but it is tangentially relevant. Over the years, the forum has seen much grumbling about the fact you can get certain favourite progs/apps on one...

Virtual machines for CRIMPers 12/19/2015

I realise this is not directly relevant to outlining, but it is tangentially relevant. Over the years, the forum has seen much grumbling about the fact you can get certain favourite progs/apps on one...

Disappointing "updates" - Asana & Todoist 12/19/2015

Depends on the platform: the asterisk still works on e.g. iOS, but doesn't appear to work on other platforms. Bloody irritating. An exchange with the support people indicated that Todoist is moving o...

Gingko 12/18/2015

The amazing Gingko appears to have some competition - from germ.io It appears to be a task management app based on a concept identical to that of Gingko. But still no offline apps, as far as I can te...

Misli - organize notes and visually correlate them in a graph - link to files, too 12/16/2015

Wot a hoot! I can kind of see the appeal, for a very, very text-focused personality type.

Beginning to see the light with org-mode 12/16/2015

... and drown... (sorry, I could not resist!) Bill, inveterate LetterSpace and Ulysses lover

Relational databases 12/11/2015

I know the whole concept appears to have died a death nowadays: for the few people who still use relational databases in smaller businesses, FileMaker Pro reigns supreme. Some poor, unfortunate souls ...

Beginning to see the light with org-mode 11/30/2015

On the one hand: splendid. On the other hand: where's the elegance? The simplicity? The answer, I suppose, is that if you want such things, you can always code them yourself... ;-)

New version of StickyBrain 11/29/2015

One of the best note-taking alternatives launched recently (for the Mac) is TaskCard 2.0, which is seriously powerful. Alas, no iOS client yet, but a very impressive piece of software.

New version of StickyBrain 11/29/2015

Yep, it is, especially for what's on offer. I've kindly downloaded it, so I could evaluate it and tell you all about it. And it's disappointing. The "rich text" is based on Apple's own text components...

New version of StickyBrain 11/28/2015

Reluctant as I am to inadvertently push any CRIMPing buttons, I feel I should mention that the Chronos app StickyBrain has recently been rewritten from scratch in Swift, Apple's new programming langua...

Happy Thanksgiving 11/27/2015

Ditto, with two exceptions: don't stay at home, and go for the banoffee pie... ;-) Bill

Shiny, sparkly! 11/24/2015

This is absolutely – well, very little – to do with outlining as such, but it's such a wonderfully clever and freeform tool I thought I'd mention it anyway. I've recently been playing wit...

Quiver for Mac reaches version 3 11/19/2015

Agreed. In fact, you can create truly elegant wikis. Personally, I like the note-linking approach used in Quiver – what would be *really* cool is a cell-linking option. Plus hierarchical tags. B...

Quiver for Mac reaches version 3 11/18/2015

Dang, that's quite cool! I haven't played with this particular form of markup before. Time to have a go!

Happy 20th Birthday Blackwell Idealist 11/18/2015

I did use Qercus for a while, but didn't find the scripting side quite as intuitive as Idealist. But it was a valiant attempt at something very similar. Sadly seems to be languishing.

Quiver for Mac reaches version 3 11/18/2015

I'm delighted by the new release. Suddenly Quiver is looking really mature, and the new note-taking options are amazing. I'm just hoping the developer is still working on the iOS version - he was ver...

Manuscripts 1.0 11/16/2015

Really rather powerful. I've only had a very brief chance to play (busy at the moment), but it's a fully equipped authoring program, from what I've seen, with some really nice features (and it does no...

Happy 20th Birthday Blackwell Idealist 11/16/2015

It was - still is, clearly - one of the great DBMS. When we first launched our business, our entire (networked) in-house admin system was built on Idealist. Not the target use case, no, but the simple...

Manuscripts 1.0 11/16/2015

Thanks for that - looks fascinating. I shall have a play!

TaskPaper 3? 11/16/2015

Well, I'm glad to report that it works well with El Capitan! Seems pretty stable, from the little bit of tyre-kicking I've done so far. And yes, it's got folding! Whoopee! Just a shame it hasn't got ...

TaskCard appears 11/13/2015

An interesting app I downloaded some time ago, NoteCard, has been revived as an astonishingly capable Mac app that can handle notes, outlines and lists. But it also has a really unusual use model: it...

A quick update on OutlineEdit 11/13/2015

I used OutlineEdit to take notes in a client meeting just last week, and drew some interested comments. So yes, do keep up the good work. And laying the groundwork for a great iOS version now is a go...

Outlines Outloud 11/11/2015

That's actually quite cool. I'm a natural speed-reader, and never use audio apps/podcasts etc. But this one really amuses me, for some reason. I suppose it's the outline thing.

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