If its highlights were readable by other pdf editors and it had export to DT among its otherwise good choice of export options, I would adopt it. But it is a very new app and it seems a rather close system in which I don’t have as much control of my notes as I have in DT. This is an app that I think targets rightly what I am looking for. I suspected this when testing MarginNote X, and I tried to solve it with blank pdfs used to combine mind maps from different pdfs. It’s very, very hard to curate a large mind map over the long haul. I also disliked that it cannot store pdfs, the format of most of the sources I work with -text rendering of pdfs is just not a good enough alternative, due to ocr mistakes and that I need pagination for citations.
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I liked its chart (also possible via opml with Tree app) and outline views, but found its map view visually convoluted, based on containers that are a visual nightmare permanently in need of manual resizing. Are there any other benefits in combining both apps?ĭo you actually use TB? I have only tested it, albeit superficially. I understand that files in DT can be pasted with their hyperlinks in TB. I have checked the characteristics of both to see if I can adapt them into my workflow in macOS, and I will look into that blog.Ĭonsider Tinderbox – nothing is better for working with notes over the long haul – and it plays very well with DEVONthink. If you have access to Windows, look into ConnectedText Have you investigated the Zetllekasten concept? Check out Manfred Kuehn’s “Taking Note” blog.
No, my scripts don’t capture content – I’m usually exporting links to PDFs and I don’t want 80 pages of dreck inside a node in iThoughts, etc., If I ever find that script I’ll put it up here. I frequently use iThoughts (Mac and iOS) for quick capture and organization and then pass the map into Tinderbox via copy/paste or OPML. A Tinderbox-based Zettlekasten with links to document in DEVONthink is very doable. If you have some spare scratch consider Tinderbox – nothing is better for working with notes over the long haul – and it plays very well with DEVONthink. If you have access to Windows, look into ConnectedText (also one of Kuehn’s favorites).
Mind mapping is great – though in my opinion mind mapping is a detour on the way to some where else. Man, that’s an endless trek – I’ve been wandering down that path for years and have never been satisfied I know where I’m going. I expect this workflow to be precarious because the mind map won’t be integrated in DT, so any changes in the mind map will have to be manually entered in DT. One way to achive this would be being able to visualize the notes in a mind map.
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