Monday, July 14th, 2008
I'm deeply committed to Yojimbo, but I've been flirting with Evernote for about three months now. Last week, Evernote rolled out a beautiful new iPhone app with the launch of the app store. Here are a few early impressions of the iPhone app:
It looks fantastic. It is fun to look ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I'm an avid reader. I set a goal each year to read an average of a book a week. I enjoy reading, but it is also a discipline of creative work. Ideas rarely initiate out of nowhere. Some of my most creative thoughts cascade out of other ideas, and reading ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Yesterday, Lifehacker linked to a post on MacApper highlighting a few Quicksilver interfaces. Now, before I rave about my new Quicksilver interface, let me give a little love to MacApper -- I'm now a subscriber.
Now, on to SilverFlow. This is a lovely plugin that is modeled after, well, CoverFlow. ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
I've been evaluating Evernote for the last few weeks. I like it. A lot. So much that I'm tempted to change over from Yojimbo.
But not yet.
Here's what I like:
Without a doubt, my favorite feature is Evernote's ability to recognize text in an image and make it searchable. I can ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
This is part six of a five(!) part series on capturing everything. Previous entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: ideas
capture everything: out and about
capture everything: the incubator
Jott is a handy little service that lets you call a toll-free number and speak a message. Jott will transcribe and deliver that ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
I think it is pretty clear around here how important Yojimbo is in my workflow.
However, Evernote looks promising. They have both a Mac and Windows client that syncs notes to a server so they can be viewed online or on a mobile device. Plus, there is text recognition for ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
While traveling the past few weeks, I read The Starfish and the Spider for a research project I have due later this month. I read it on my Amazon Kindle. The Kindle experience is turning out to be all I hoped it would -- other than having to turn it ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
This is last post in a series on capturing everything. Previous entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: ideas
capture everything: out and about
capture everything revisited: jott
In a time of growing self awareness a few years ago, I quietly proclaimed myself to be a content creator. I had awakened to the ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
As much as I love Yojimbo, the icon (to the right) has never quite revved my engines. Somehow, the karate kick just doesn't inspire me to tuck away thoughts dredged the murky depths of my soul.
Thanks to my friend Todd, I'm now sporting a new Yojimbo icon that looks ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
This is part 4 of 5 in a series on capturing everything. Other entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: ideas
capture everything: the incubator
capture everything revisited: jott
As I've disclosed my processes to capture every worthwhile thought, discerning readers (or Luddite sympathizers) might have noticed that it seems as if I ...
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