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notetaking in 2012 (amusing photo)
12/21/2012
http://static.themetapicture.com/media/funny-classroom-camera-photo-screen.jpg
PC OUTLINE
12/19/2012
PCOutlne was the first outliner I ever used, loved it. Later on I switched to Grandview.
Here's a link where you can download it.
http://www.developer-resource.com/free-download/Text-Utilities/pco3...
Thanks for those links, Foolness. I think I can really use that Context extension for limiting memory use.
I've tried most of those tab management extensions for Chrome. For me none of them come cl...
@shatteredmindofbob re how to hoist --
quick answer - Ctrl+Shift+H to hoist, Ctrl+Shift+U to unhoist.
Notice the "folder icon" in the notepad will change to indicate that item below has been hoisted...
Ecco is very feature-rich and can be a bit overwhelming. To get a feel for the outlining features, just use the File/New command, and a file will be created with sample data. You'll be put into a "N...
Single-pane outliners
12/17/2012
@drandus - I like your screenshot!
I spent a while last night playing around with Bonsai. Looks pretty good. I found out how to add columns to the view. It doesn't seem to be possible to add user-...
I used Tabs Outliner for a while, but ended up dropping it. For me the best tab management extension is for Firefox - called Tabgroups Manager. You have a horizontal row of tab group tabs that resid...
Hi - I hope they don't mind, but I've uploaded the key Ecco files and manual pdf to a shared folder on Dropbox - this is the link :
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wgcy1a4m9bjb1o8/j3CMqzSGkx
Be sure to ...
So many times I read posts and wonder, "has this person tried Ecco? It might find that it is the closest thing to what he's looking for." For speedy single-pane outlining on Windows, with user-defin...
Single-pane outliners
12/15/2012
bHi Dr. Andus, I was puzzled by the inclusion of Ultra Recall in the list of single-pane outliners, so I was experimenting with it for awhile. If true, it would be great, because UR has many strength...
I think the only way to get the "feature comparison" matrix is to do a detailed analysis of each organizer - make a organized list of its features. Then move to the second organizer - compared to the...
might be of interest to Mac users.
http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/productivity-roundups/the-appstorm-outlining-apps-showdown/
Just for summary purposes, I went through this thread and made notes of the utilities that had been mentioned - I'll just paste my notes here for reference -
autotext
phraseexpander
wordexpander
tex...
Lifehacker post re uses of Evernote
12/6/2012
http://lifehacker.com/5964285/whats-all-the-fuss-about-evernote-why-do-people-use-it
This post may give you some new ideas on how you might use Evernote.
article about research tools
12/1/2012
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/conquer-your-next-research-project-the-easy-way-with-these-tools/
AML Pages
11/25/2012
i guess not! it is a nice looking program with some interesting features.
New version of Right Note
11/25/2012
just had a quick look ... from what i can tell, two-pane note organizer, no fields, no columns, no sale!
Todoist releases native Android app
11/20/2012
another FYI
http://todoist.com/android
Using Markdown Like An Academic
11/20/2012
i thought this might be of interest to some here ...
http://www.gradhacker.org/2012/11/20/using-markdown-like-an-academic/
more idle thoughts - about file metadata
11/17/2012
Hmm so ADS is not the future?
"Alternate data streams are strictly a feature of the NTFS file system and may not be supported in future file systems. However, NTFS will be supported in future version...
more idle thoughts - about file metadata
11/17/2012
Slartibartfarst, it does make sense and is very useful!
I am particularly intrigued by the use of alternate data streams ... I really didn't know much about them and I've been doing a bit of research...
more idle thoughts - about file metadata
11/14/2012
Great stuff, Tim!
If anyone wants to try Everything - you'll see that the version on the download page is 1.2.1.371.
But you might want to install 1.2.1.451a instead - here's the link
http://www.vo...
thought I'd give it a look ... thanks!
more idle thoughts - about file metadata
11/14/2012
Cassius, I'd recommend Voidtools Everything -
http://www.voidtools.com/download.php
It does index, but the indexing is very fast and it is continuously updated. Instead of traversing the directory...
more idle thoughts - about file metadata
11/13/2012
"improvised" .. not "improved" haha.