Re: [Tb] Tinderbox, OmniOutliner, and GTD

I am new to Tinderbox, but my early experience mirrors Nik's comments. I am
excited about the idea of Tinderbox, but the lack of a decent manual and the
fact that actions are not obvious, means that I too gravitate back to my
older programs like Inspiration and Notetaker. I haven't given up on
Tinderbox, but I am forced to gather hints and tips from users on the
internet to do some things that ought to be really simple.

On 6/19/06, Nik <gerber_at_inik.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting that, Lee. It pretty much encapsulates my own
> experience with TinderBox.
>
> While TB is an excellent program that can do some amazing things, it
> is especially good at dealing with large amounts of information,
> which it can store as little snippets. While it was once one of the
> only games in town, there are now dozens of snippet keepers,
> outliners, mind-mappers, and idea trappers on the Mac and the PC.
>
> Of all these programs, the very best are those specifically designed
> to play well with others. TB stands almost alone among applications
> which do not permit you to input new items directly from other programs.
>
> Because of this, despite my great enthusiasm for the potential of
> TinderBox, my TB documents sit unused, dusty, and forgotten. Instead,
> NoteTaker, OmniOutliner and text files make up the majority of my
> thought tracking. Through Applescript, services, contextual menus,
> and LaunchBar, I can quickly track what I need to track and stay in
> the "flow" of my work.
>
> TinderBox's export abilities, while laudable, also require a great
> deal of tweaking and help to make them reliable. Meantime, open
> standards like OPML have made other programs communicate seamlessly
> without any requirement that I write a new text export.
>
> It's a shame, too. TinderBox is AMAZING and powerful. But it's also
> VERY HARD to do VERY SIMPLE things.
>
> --Nik
>
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Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 00:09:20 EDT