Store everything in MacJournal
Mariner Software today announced the release of MacJournal 3.3, the companys popular journaling and blogging application for Mac OS X… MacMinute
Just yesterday, I was planning to try out MacJournal again. MacJournal was the first app I’ve tried to store everything in… pictures, blog entries, to-do lists…
However, with the advent of Spotlight and Quicksilver, I’ve stopped using any “notebook” application. I just dumped everything in the Documents folders because I know that with a few keystrokes, I can find anything I want. I’ll try MacJournal again and see if it’s still relevant to my needs.
terry chay 11:04 AM on February 23, 2006 Permalink
I am trying the same thing with DEVONthink. It’s not exactly MacJournal (which is more date-oriented), but it has a more robust Spotlight search (can search related words), a see-also features for lateral searching, and a “classify” button for semi-automatic categorization into your folder hierarchy. It also has some nice scripts/services for getting content you are browsing or e-mails you read into it. If you still prefer Spotlight, you can import some of the content while keeping it in the bundle so it is still indexable by Spotlight.
As with Spotlight, things seem to work best when the content you are archiving is put into small snippets instead of huge documents. Sort of like an “index card” organization system, instead of a huge catalog.
BTW, there are many other programs out there that try to tackle this. Yojimbo is a new entry from Bare Bones software, and the venerable StickyBrain has been around since pre Mac OS X. A lot of my friends like to use VoodooPad, but I stopped using it when I found how to get wiki links working in DEVONthink.
Hope that helps, and keep us apprised of what works with you.