
They all have a smartphone but they don’t use email at all. When I pull my iPhone out and have to get a note written down asap it is so much faster than Notes.Ĭraft: Teaching 12-15 year old kids is… interesting. What I like about Bear is that it’s so fast.

I’m about to decide if I cancel it this October and just use Notes. I already had a Bear.app subscription, so I’m using it for now.

Apple Photos, Apple Calendar are great and they are all I need in this area. Pages, Numbers, Keynotes are much better than anything else for my use-case.

I’m using Safari because IMHO it is the best browser on Mac. The old Macbook was cluttered with stuff, so I decided to take a more Apple centric approach and keep using as many Apple apps as possible.
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I had my Macbook Pro 2011 for 9 years when I upgraded to the new M1 MBA. I’m not completely against it… if it is a reasonable price or if the app offers functionality I really need on a daily basis then I’m ok with that.
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Programs like MindNode or iThoughtsX are better for free flowing brainstorming at the early stages of a project or article. A program like OmniOutliner is great for the more structured, detailed and refined process. Outlining for my purposes is used to refine the detailed structure of a project that initially begins as a mind map. An outliner is linear by design–it limits free form thinking which is the hallmark of mind maps. One should never say never!įair question! I use the three because they work differently and as a result impact my thinking in different ways. In fact, I wrote on this very forum that I was never writing in anything but markdown. I think the enthusiasm (which I’m NOT criticizing) for markdown in this forum and certain podcasts caused me to be unnecessarily concerned about lock-in. The reason I feel comfortable using Pages (or Word) for writing is that I can export to plain text if needed and/or I can convert any file using DEVONthink so I’m not concerned about future proofing as much as I thought I needed to be. And, as I wrote here, it is easy to create a “focus mode” in word processors. My one exception is I use Obsidian for my research files. I’m using Pages for most of my writing so I can have the advantages of rich text without the clutter and encumbrances of markdown.

That said, I’ve gone "back to the future." I also like Ulysses but I’m adverse to subscriptions. I might use if for a long essay, article–20 pages or more. I’m only using Scrivener for a book length project. I’m with you, I would not use it for something like sermons or presentations. It requires a bit of a learning curve to compile from Scrivener. I’ve tried Scrivener for sermon writing, but can’t get the output how I want it.
