organizing the organization-ing
I actually started something writing something earlier that in the end felt made a pretty decent rant for the MT site, so… that’s where that’ll go once i check it over. :P.
Still trying to get my head around what organizational/clipping software will work best for me. Started with looking at Google Notebook, then i looked into Evernote, Yojimbo, and then DevonThink. The whole thing gives me a headache, honestly, because none of them REALLY seem to do what i want (make it really easy to snag bits and pieces of information, images, etc, and store them in a way that makes it easy to find and browse through them later on). I DID find out two things about Evernote that answers one of my ‘wish it did this’ things - you CAN have notebooks that are local to your computer and are NOT sync’d online (and therefore not using your memory allowance (which is pretty paltry if you are like me and mostly collect images) but the only way to actually put anything in those non-sync’d notebooks is to drag it into the program specifically. Not quite right, honestly.
I still worry that the program really won’t be able to handle the large amount of material i want to manage, which keeps me thinking that DevonThink is really going to be the program i’ll end up using. It’s a bit dated compared to the others (interface needs updating, tagging is a little difficult, etc), but there is a new version in the works that should really bring it to the forefront of information management on Macs… or it will be a total dud. Who knows. Of course, it’s the most expensive of the three. Figures
I had to pass on seeing Hellboy 2 with some friends over the weekend, but when Hellboy 1 was on TV earlier this evening… yeah, i couldn’t help but sit and watch it :) Spent most of the day working on Chapter 10 stuff, making sure i have everything ready to go (which i don’t of course, not really :P) but this comic is pretty straight forward, so i just gotta finish it.
It IS fun to be back into the comic again. As much as i look forward to doing little side stories, i always find myself eager to get back to the main story. That’s good, i guess.
Tags: megatokyo, organization, software, writing
July 13th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
yes… post that MT rant. *holding a pitch fork and tourch*
July 13th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
whoa there buddy {takes torch and puts it out, takes pitch fork} lets be rational! if you kill him youll never get your rant! haha you have to remember Jack. Isnt he about 8 months old? Above all you need to take care of him. speaking of which, how are Sarah and Jack? anywho what im trying to say is, take your time with the rants ok? i can wait.
July 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
=O *takes torch and relights and takes pitch fork*
July 14th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
O_o…how very rude….
July 15th, 2008 at 4:22 am
well this is interesting.. I use a tablet so I just drop everything into OneNote. I just put a couple notes under each image so I can search for it in the future.
*puts out torch and buries pitch fork*
July 15th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
thank you! {sits on spot where pitch fork was buried} well honestly im a bit computer challenged…can someone please explain what we’re talking about?