DEVONthink – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Switching from DEVONthink to Obsidian

2023-02-05

I have used DEVONthink for ... hmm, ages and ages. And it's a good app. But it's time to switch to something more useful to me.
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Let’s Upgrade to a prior, better version of DEVONthink for Big Sur

2020-11-23

Upgraded my Mojave Mac to Big Sur ... and still using DEVONthink Pro Office 2.11.3.
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Reading Books with Notability and GoodReader

2020-07-25

Recently switched to Notability for Note-Taking on the iPad. It works very well for making notes when reading books as well.
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Don’t let customer support try to justify design decisions

2019-09-21

The conversation about the missing Three Panes View of DEVONthink 3 is an interesting example to me of how not to deal with customers.
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DEVONthink 3 — Where the heck is DEVONthink going?

2019-09-17

DEVONthink 3 looks sleek (if colorless) and comes with new features. More important is what they ditched, and possibly whom.
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DEVONthink and iOS Disk Space

2019-09-13

The iOS version of DEVONthink (2.7.2) changed how it handles preview images — resulting in massive amounts of space being used for ... preview images.
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Kanboard and DEVONthink

2019-03-16

Yep, that's DEVONthink. One of the few apps that continues to surprise me ... positively. Today: How nice it is to have DEVONthink working together with a (seemingly) equally nice Kanban App.
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Warning: Do a backup of your PDFs before you update to macOS Sierra

2016-09-25

Seriously: Before you update your Mac OS, do a backup of all your PDFs. Sierra seems to have a few crippling and infrastructure destroying problems with PDFs.
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Looking back at the postings of 2015

2015-12-26

Postings of 2015 ... somewhat sorted for a quick overview/recap.
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Organizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects (presentation/video)

2015-08-22

A presentation that gives a short overview of creativity, organization, and the steps you can do to organize your creativity. Plus some reflections on recording a presentation at home.
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The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.