James LaRue - myliblog

I do a lot of writing. Often, I just make notes - article or project ideas, for instance. But sometimes, they have more business-critical implications: a speaking engagement, with full scope notes and travel arrangements, for example. Other times, I'm sketching out a longer piece of writing. I have complicated my life with gadgets, of course: an iPad, an Android phone, an Android tablet, a laptop that dual-boots Windows 7 (which is how it came) and Ubuntu (which I prefer). So I never know which gadget I'll have in hand when a new idea comes to me, or I want to work on something I started on another gadget. Dropbox is a help. I can stash docs, spreadsheets, and presentations there for use by several programs. Google Drive can be handy (although I find myself drifting away from it). But I've noticed a distinct preference for a few characteristics in my software tools lately: * clean, open, minimal UI, very simple formatting. * one or two panes - structure on the...

Just to help myself remember this. CherryTree is a fast, two pane, hierarchical notes taking program. It looks, feels, and works very like Notecase, with a few exceptions. What it has : easy and logical commands for creating the outline (left pane) tree. wonderful commands for the editing of the text (right pane) node. In particular, I like the checklist to do option. It automatically inserts "[ ]" at the beginning of the line. Click that, and it strikes through. In Notecase pro, the to do is on the tree, and a space bar strikes it through. That might be more logical for task management with lots of things to be done on the right. Fantastic commands for quickly arranging the reordering of PARAGRAPHS. Alt-Up, Down. What it has not : spelling check word count. But it's not a bad, free alternative to Notecase Pro. And is available for Windows and Linux. I also just ran across something called Kabikaboo , a Python-based outliner. It DOES have spell check...