Bringing back some of my best apps for Windows

Even though Windows itself can be a struggle, there are some great apps I get to use again. After building a solid workflow on the Mac, I wanted to replicate that as best I could. Because of that I’ve brought back: RightNote AllMyNotes Organizer Breevy ClipboardFusion Scrivener for Windows Even though the full Office Suite is installed, I prefer to use RightNote rather than OneNote. That’s a little sad actually, because I truly enjoyed OneNote 2003 and 2007. I used to have several hundred OneNote documents. But, RightNote is my choice now and holds all my work notes. I have tabs for my Notes, for Sprints, for SQL commands, and automation fragments. More will be coming as we dig deeper into different projects. I have my Jira tickets set up in a task list so I track what I’ve worked on, what I completed, and it’s easy to copy my results into Jira. AllMyNotes is where I store notes about […]

🏷 Time for SummerFest 2021

We’re at that time of the year where you can save a bundle on some of the best Mac apps available during SummerFest 2021. From the list available, there are at least 3 must have tools, DevonThink Office Pro, DevonAgent, and Scrivener. DevonThink Office Pro is note taker, document manager, and central hub of information. I’m still sporting version 2, so now might be a good time to upgrade. Every note and document of value is stored in DevonThink Office Pro. I can always find what I’m looking for. It’s been running steadily for years. DevonAgent is where I go when I really want to look up information. It’s an incredibly efficient way to find information that goes beyond the usual top 10 results. It can perform searches in the background, filter results, exclude topics, exclude sites, skip over duplicates, skip ads, and extract the information you’re really looking for. There’s a wealth of information beyond the first page Google […]

🤦‍♂️ Two months with Windows 10

Since switching jobs, I’ve moved back to using Windows 10, an OS I haven’t used in the past. I dabbled with Windows 8, but never took up the mantle to upgrade to 10. I used the tools to prevent it. After using it daily for 2 months, I find it…interesting. Some of the big annoyances: Weekly system updates that require a reboot. That reboot can take 10 minutes or two hours. There’s no way to know. And all apps have to be manually restarted and restored when finished. Application updates that interrupt work to do their business. Again, not a simple 30 second restart. It’s a slow process and every document has to be checked if it needs to be saved, then reopened manually. Giant tooltips everywhere. Not a small one with a single tip. A wall of text that covers what I’m looking at. A tooltip shouldn’t look like a user manual. Giant mail notifications. Just like tooltips, the […]

Quick reaction to the WWDC event

I’ve been watching all sorts of reaction videos from the “experts” and find a mixed bag of what people think. Some are completely underwhelmed. However, that seems to stem from not getting a peek at the next tier of MacBook Pro. Regardless of leaker news, what made you think they would appear at WWDC? There’s no reason to do that. I thought the new features across the OS range were quite good. Not earth shattering or ground breaking, but better than the features we didn’t have the day before. I love the idea of being able to control a Mac, MacBook and iPad using the keyboard and mouse of one system. That is some serious flex as Marques put it. I like the fitness/health features for iOS. The monitoring and data sharing is impressive. About the only let down was no mention of iPadOS tapping the full power of the M1 chip. It’s disappointing, but not the end of the […]