2024

Bookmarks. I’ve tried raindrop.io, omnivore, and pinboard. Pinboard is still my workhorse. Compact and easy to search. Dropped raindrop.io – too noisy for me. Keeping omnivore, but not really sure it’s going to be needed.

Read more

I just loaded up KeyboardMaestro a couple of days ago. I have to say it’s slicker than snot.

Read more
2023

I should get rid of duplicate apps. Too many do almost the same thing.

Read more

THERE IS NO ONE TRUE APP FOR HANDLING NOTES

I’m trying to limit the number of apps I have bits and pieces of knowledge stored in, but there is no one true app. Some notes require diagrams, some require tables, some require databases that can be analyzed for patterns. Well-organized folders and tags help with the multiplicity of formats. I’m moving to plain text when its the right medium, but sometimes it is not. For example, I had a scheme for moving all of my OmniFocus items that were not immediate to TaskPaper format and managing that separately, but found as I started moving stuff that I really like having all the project tasks in one spot.

Read more

Found Pins for Pinboard. That should help a bit. I’ve been looking for a better way to get stuff into pinboard. This seems to be it. This should pair nicely with Omnivore.

Read more

Pinboard or Raindrop? Decided to stay with Pinboard for now, but it desperately needs some housecleaning.

Read more

Now using Omnivore to collect long form posts that need some time to digest. Such as this one: On ChatGPT – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry.

Read more

I was thinking of using Chat GPT as a way to break writer’s block – kind of like morning pages but on a particular topic. Something to grease the skids. But $20/month for Chat GPT Plus is a bit steep for that.

Read more