On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net>wrote:
> > 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/<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: My favorite combination thus far hands down is LaTeX stored in a git repository. When I am on one of my osx systems I use Texpad ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texpad-latex-editor/id458866234?mt=12 ) which is absolutely great. When I am on any other system I use git+vi/vim to clone and edit the LaTeX files. This has proven to be extremely effective, for example I was recently at an Engineering offsite where I took notes live during the event and at the end of the event with minimal editing I had a 63 page PDF of meeting minutes. I have also experimented with using git + Markdown files however I love the ability in LaTeX to include graphics, syntax highlighting, generate pdfs for printing, etc... -- ~Wayne Wayne E. Seguin wayneeseg...@gmail.com wayneeseguin on irc.freenode.net http://twitter.com/wayneeseguin/ https://github.com/wayneeseguin/
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