Pixelpunker
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- September 2018
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- 1/12/2023
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## I bought the new Pomera DM250
1/12/2023
Chris Thompson wrote:
Is the screen on the DM250 transreflective (i.e., does it work with the
>backlight completely off)?
No. I read somewhere on the Internet that it would be transreflective, but...
## I bought the new Pomera DM250
1/10/2023
About old tech: PSIONs, Netbooks of old, an TRS-80, Olivetti etc., Danas and Alphasmarts. It is such a hassle to connect it to todays computing environment if at all possible. Ancient encodings and pr...
## I bought the new Pomera DM250
1/10/2023
MadaboutDana wrote:
It's a nice device, and I've gazed covetously upon it, but have found a
>very acceptable and much cheaper alternative!
I disagree. I used the combo of an iPad Mini and the Micro...
## I bought the new Pomera DM250
10/21/2022
I'd like to add something I found out about the character palette for all those non-english speakers.
The first thing I did was change the shortcut for the character palette from Alt+F4 to F1. While ...
## I bought the new Pomera DM250
10/13/2022
# I bought the new Pomera DM250
The Kingjim Pomera is a line of dedicated word processors mainly for the Japanese market. But the Pomera DM250 (and it‘s predecessor the DM200) can switch the UI...
This forum is a time capsule
10/13/2022
JDS wrote:
I had the same question. I did a random sample of 5 from the commercial
>group and 5 from the freeware group. None of the commercial links
>sampled were still active. Four of the five fr...
Upnote - hidden feature
10/13/2022
>
>So you've essentially got two sets of tags: one in the form of nested
>tags (the notebooks, complete with colourful "covers" so they look more
>like folders), the second in the form of more conven...
This forum is a time capsule
10/12/2022
>I've just rediscovered this excellent list by Chris Murtland, compiled
>back in 2008: (https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/4179)!
Does anyone care to check how many of those links still...
This forum is a time capsule
10/11/2022
I mean that in the best positive way. This place reminds me of the internet of the late 90ies, early 2000s when the Internet was mainly used by academic types, the Mac was still called the Macintosh a...
Upnote - hidden feature
10/11/2022
By the way Upnote is awesome to use on a keyboard phone like the Uniherz Titan Pocket. This phone looks like a Blackberry Bold, but runs Android 11. Add to this the super-fast sync across devices and ...
Upnote - hidden feature
10/11/2022
I noticed something interesting while using Upnote. A note can live in several notebooks at once. It is not copied and it is not aliased. There are simply multiple instances of the same note. This mak...
Cyganet wrote:
What's your view on the Remarkable tablet? Is it easy to sync your
>writing so you can work with the text on a laptop later?
My notes mainly live on the tablet itself. They are sync...
The tag line of the article:
> The digital age enabled productivity but invited procrastination. Now writers are rebelling against their word processors.
And the best quote:
> Computers made the wr...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/20/can-distraction-free-devices-change-the-way-we-write
A fun read.
Full disclosure: I own a remarkable paper tablet, I owned an Alphasmart Neo, dabbled wi...
A huge problem
2/2/2022
When jotting down ideas, insights, phrases I have only recently begun to mark my own ideas with my initials or tags.
For other older entries I can't always tell for sure if I did a simple paraphrase ...
OneNote Tagging Kit
8/18/2021
A very useful add-on for OneNote (Desktop version) that became more relevant this month as OneNote is moving back to the Desktop version is the OneNote Tagging Kit
https://github.com/WetHat/OnenoteTa...
PIM Cover story from 1988
7/7/2020
In 1988 the then much-hyped Lotus Agenda apparently prompted PC magazine to produce a cover story about the then emerging category of software called Personal Information Managers. It starts with a s...
Nice review of MLO (v.4)
9/27/2018
As far as I know it’s the only program for Windows with accompanying Phone App that completely matches the functionality of OmniFocus. It doesn’t have the visual polish though.
Too bad my ...
The Tinderbox Way 3rd Edition released
9/26/2018
I own the paperback of the first edition but found the third edition to be a bit expensive for an ebook. Has someone read it and can tell me if it’s worth reading again?
Processes not tools
9/26/2018
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Pixelpunker wrote:
>>I once stumbled upon in a German book about time management from 1983
>on
>>a checklist for perfect time management.
>
>And its title is?
The book ...
Processes not tools
9/25/2018
> Stephen Zeoli: I would like to know your definition of "mainstream."
> It seems to me, on a PC, that means you're using Microsoft products
> exclusively. If not, then your definition of mainstream i...
Processes not tools
9/25/2018
> Delu:
>
> Pixelpunker wrote:
>
> \>2) Say no to Internet\
> \>3) embrace the cloud
>
> If you are going to rely on the cloud for your backup, you cannot say
> no to the Internet.
If I am using a st...
Nice review of MLO (v.4)
9/24/2018
Used it for years as a replacement for LifeBalance on the Palm PDA and the Mac when I switched to Windows.
Took a quick look at the new version and only see superficial change. I think it still suffe...
Processes not tools
9/24/2018
I am a long-time lurker in these forums and want to sketch out what a
decade of dabbling with different informational tools has led me to. I
am giving you just the gist here, you miss out on many amus...