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20Jun2009

NoteBook Versus NoteTaker Outliner Free Form Database Software

Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 05:03PM

NoteTaker and NoteBook

This month we take a look at AquaMindsNoteTakerand Circus PoniesNoteBook.

I have gotten more mail requesting a look at these two than any subject other than thelegacy outliners.of these give their own joy depending on how your mind is sculpted. I can recommend either. Both push the user interface and feature envelope into new territory in slightly different ways, and they compete against each other. Both are on a fast track development-wise and would be good candidates for partners for the future, but they are different enough in their underlying philosophies that they will find distinctly different user bases.

I admit that I got into the business of writingAPTOprecisely because I was confronted with these two applications. I am a heavy outliner and use several programs intensively. Moving part of my life into an application is a heavy commitment, and I was already in love elsewhere. I had to upgrade, but to which app? And for what use?

This forced me into a period of introspection about outlining possibilities and tools, the results of which grew intoATPO. The idea is that your typical Mac user has a clever imagination that wants to spin up great stuff. How that imagination moves is largely dependent on the tools used and—most importantly—the philosophy behind them. Read More>>

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