Yesterday, I wrote an overview of my digital note taking process. Today, I will delve a little more deeply into the textfiles-in-Dropbox workflow, showing examples and screenshots from specific apps. If you have not yet read the previous post, I suggest you do so now. To summarize that earlier post, all my notes are text … Continue reading nvalt, Notesy, and Friends
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BitTorrent Sync as a Dropbox Replacement
In which I compare BitTorrent Sync to Dropbox and a few hardware solutions
A few months with SpiderOak as Dropbox replacement
Dropbox in Decline Back in April, Dropbox changed their terms of service, implying they lied about who can access your stored data. The ToS changed from “we simply do not have access to your data” to “well, yeah, our employees technically do have access to all of your stored data, but just trust us that … Continue reading A few months with SpiderOak as Dropbox replacement
Trunk Notes lookups from the desktop
Trunk Notes Overview One of the most useful apps I have discovered for the iPhone is called Trunk Notes. Effectively, it is a “wiki” or series of interlinked notes, that you can carry around in your pocket. I actually don’t use it so much for the interlinking — tagging and search are plenty enough for … Continue reading Trunk Notes lookups from the desktop
Markdown, PlainText, Dropbox, and shell scripts
I am a big fan of Dropbox, the automatic folder syncing service that keeps a document folder synchronized across all of your computers and handheld devices. I became a bigger fan when I found iPhone apps like PlainText, which acts as a Dropbox-synchronized notepad. You can write notes on your desktop, then see and update … Continue reading Markdown, PlainText, Dropbox, and shell scripts