Hi Folks,
It seems like I struck a chord with this query. Thanks for all the
thoughtful replies.Thought I'd summarize for the group (though I expect
more replies will keep coming).
1. It seems like there are still a lot of paper and pen/pencil fans (not
just me). A couple of big day planner fans (key comment: keep
everything on one calendar).
2. Quite a few comments re. paper-like tools:
- One very strong endorsement for the livescribe pen, using dropbox for
sync across machines.
- One comment re. that voice recording might be useful, once
transcription software gets better (except for noise level issues in
data centers).
- At least one other Newton and Palm Pilot fan out there. (I still
pull out my old Newton once in a while, and wonder why nobody has put
together something with as clean a "notepad" interface, for say an
iPad.)A couple of people share my opinion about the inadequacy of
notebook-like applications for the iPad. FYI: Circus Ponies Notebook is
a really cool electronic notebook, but it's Mac/iPad only - kind of a
show-stopper. Tapos (http://tapose.com/) is an attempt to bring the
Microsoft Courier concept demo
(http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/)
to the iPad - but it can't seem to pass through Apple's hoops to get
into the app store.
3. Software that various people indicated they're actively using:
Multiple comments re. using wikis (particularly mediawiki)
A fan of Notational Velocity + Dropbox
One fan of MS OneNote, with a comment that it doesn't play well with others.
One positive, one negative comment re. Evernote.
Glimpse
emacs org_mode
"Toodledoo with TaskUnifier on linux and Ultimate Task manager on Android"
"Org mode + mobile org on Android", with the comment that "It's not so
suited for multiple users .. You'd probably want to use the html export
from org mode."
A suggestion to put configuration related stuff in an SCM, "using the
descriptions for checkins as your notes."
3. Some other software that folks have pointed to, and a couple that I
found courtesy of google - but that nobody reported actually using:
https://github.com/arthurfurlan/logbook - doesn't seem active
http://midas.psi.ch/elog/ - a shared electronic logbook, nice timestamp
and tagging capabilities in addition to the chronological entries -
doesn't seem an active project though
http://bourilko.web.cern.ch/bourilko/caves.html - a collaborative tool
that captures shell interactions for posterity - again, doesn't seem active
http://murdoc.sourceforge.net/ - sort of a combination logbook and more
structured notebook for capturing system related information - can't
quite tell if it's an active project
Thanks again folks, and I hope this summary is useful.
Miles
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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