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Anthony Baker

More options Jul 29 2005, 11:58 am

From: Anthony Baker <anthony.ba...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:58:18 -0700

Local: Fri, Jul 29 2005 11:58 am

Subject: Re: [43F Group] Re: DEVONthink Professional is out

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Been using DevonThink for a bit and man, it's well worth it.

The one issue I'm having, however, is that while I can store items
(grouping, tagging, etc.) and search on them quite easily, would be
great to be able to build some kind of personal taxonomy that I can
browse.

Am worried that as I load DevonThink up with wonderful data that I'm
forgetting about stuff I have stored. Now, I might come across it in
a search, but you FIRST have to know what you're searching for. I
find personal taxonomies (based on tags) great, because it provides a
view whereby you get a list of the topics you've got data on and the
volume of one over another.

Anyone know if this sort of thing is possible with DevonThink?

Oh, and one other item: The service they've got included that allows
you to grab and store copy from ANYTHING using CMD + SHFT + ) is
awesome.

Would love to hear how folks are using the app...

On Jul 29, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Merlin Mann wrote:

> It's definitely an amazing app--mentioned a while back on 43F:
> http://www.43folders.com/2004/12/devonthink_inte.html

> It seems like one of those apps--like Emacs, Quicksilver, or
> Tinderbox,
> I suppose--that most rewards the dedicated user. A casual user might
> not benefit from using it for only _some_ info purposes, but, I can
> tell you, I've seen some amazing stuff people can do with loyal use of
> the app (mostly just over-the-shoulder demos).

> I think in some ways I do a _really_ dumbed-down version of what SBJ
> does, but with del.icio.us. When I'm researching a project, I can use
> the del.icio.us tags and descriptions to herd relevant pages into
> their
> own little pen and then make them easier to pull out later. It's not
> nearly as semantically promising as Devonthink, of course.

> Anyhow, I'd love to see something like a screencast of a Devonthink
> jedi at work. I'm a big conceptual fan of the program, but I too would
> enjoy a live demo highlighting the new features working
> together--especially the "reward" moment when all the grunt work pays
> off.

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