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ConnectedText as replacement for Blackwell Idealist
Lawrence Osborne’s thoughts on why he replaced Blackwell Idealist with ConnectedText: For me, the main advantages of CT are its support for Unicode, its ability to display rich text formatting (via...
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A comprehensive guide to Chromebooks
I mentioned the other day that since January 2014 I’ve been using a Chromebook as my iPad replacement. Originally I was just looking for a low-cost note-taking solution, but it turned out to be a lot...
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Using ConnectedText for project and task management
Here is a copy of a post I just made on the OutlinerSoftware forum, in response to a forum member’s problem about how to deal with a large volume of tasks prompted by emails with attachments: … since...
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In praise of Chrome OS
Generally I like Rui Carmo‘s take on things (at least what concerns computers, that’s all I know about him), but I couldn’t disagree more with this recent comment of his: And it wouldn’t be a great...
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Frank And His WorkFlowy Book
Originally posted on WorkFlowy Blog: Frank, from productivitymashup.com, has written a 254 page book about WorkFlowy! How cool is that? The book, “Do Way, Way More in WorkFlowy“, is entertaining and...
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An Interview with Dr. Andus on how WorkFlowy Stacks Up Against other...
Originally posted on WorkFlowy Blog: This is a guest post by Frank Degenaar, author of the book, “Do Way, Way More in WorkFlowy“. Today’s interview gives us a peek into, Dr. Andus’s WorkFlowy modus...
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Which is the coolest outliner? It’s got to be WorkFlowy
Why? Because it’s got its own hip hop song, by Dee Jay Doc, written in WorkFlowy, of course:
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WorkFlowy Co-Creators, Mike Turitzin & Jesse Patel on WorkFlowy’s Early Days
Originally posted on WorkFlowy Blog: This is a guest post by Frank Degenaar (@ProMashUp), author of the book, “Do Way, Way More in WorkFlowy”. This is the first of a 2-part interview with Jesse Patel...
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Part 2 of an Interview with Mike & Jesse: WorkFlowy Features Present and Future
Originally posted on WorkFlowy Blog: This is a guest post by Frank Degenaar (@ProMashUp), author of the book,“Do Way, Way More in WorkFlowy”. This is the 2nd of a 2-part interview with Jesse Patel and...
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Natara Bonsai downloadable from the Internet Archive
I still get visitors coming to this site looking for the outliner Natara Bonsai almost daily, as I mentioned it occasionally that it was one of my alltime favourite pieces of software. Unfortunately...
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Using Natara Bonsai with WorkFlowy
Natara Bonsai has long been my favourite outliner, but in the last couple of years it has been gradually displaced in my daily use by WorkFlowy, mainly because WorkFlowy syncs automatically and...
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Using Natara Bonsai for GTD
Here is a post (in Italian) on using Natara Bonsai for implementing the Getting Things Done (GTD) system: Getting Things Done: il mio sistema
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Do some outlining. Then outline some more…
I once more had to realise that when the writing is not going well, it might be because I haven’t figured out what I wanted to say, meaning that I probably need to do more outlining. So here is my...
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Solving writing problems by physically pushing through and letting yourself go
I don’t know if this is just me, but I find that certain writing problems (such as difficult conceptual problems that produce a writer’s block because they prevent you from progressing and altogether...
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Gingko looking for beta testers for its desktop app
The fabulous online outlining and writing app Gingko is looking for beta testers for its desktop versions running on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I reviewed the online app back in 2013. See the Gingko blog...
View ArticleKami or Squid for annotating PDFs with stylus on a Chromebook? Mini Review
Recently I got myself a Samsung Chromebook Pro (which comes with a Wacom EMR stylus), and I was looking for apps to annotate PDFs with a stylus. In the end Kami (formerly Notable PDF) and Squid...
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