Comments on: Writing tools – Journler

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:46:42 +0000

Hey Jacob,

I keep threatening to try Evernote, but never get around to it. I'm resisting, resisting, because it would be like a new toy I'd have to work on customizing and importing all my data. I find the iPhone capability alluring, as well as the sync (a real missing point for Journler)

But somehow I get a little antsy about using a server based system.

Scrivener is great! I use it for my big writing work. And now I'm using Bean for my little writing. (It has a great outliner, a very light weight OmniOutliner)

Thanks for stopping by.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:24:37 +0000

Mmmm. Nice write up of Journler. It’s perhaps my current favourite app for general note-taking, though (as you know, Doug) I’ve been considering the way I store information about projects recently. One thing I forgot to mention in my own write up (http://www.jsamlarose.com/2008/11/systems/) was that I also use Scrivener. For all of my creative writing, Scrivener’s what works best for me, and with the way you can manage and reorder sections within a longer piece of writing, I think it’s a decent tool for drafting and developing a broad range of written works.

One question: have you tried Evernote recently?

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:12:55 +0000

knmartin:

Thanks for the reference. I posted a short piece about the Low Fi Manifesto here...

The Low Fi Manifesto, Data Architecture, and Journler

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:08:48 +0000

Hey Nichelle,

I think I mentioned this before but the support forums at Journler are great. If you are having crashes I'd bet the crew over there can help you out.

One of my adoptions issues was similar to yours. Journler is very flexible and powerful, and sometimes you just don't need all the stuff that it can do. I started with a hierarchical folder system with a few categories, and then started to exploit tags, and smart folders. Recently I've begun using tabs and labels. I guess my point is: Turning a bunch of stuff off at first is not a bad idea, you can always start using more features later.

By: Nichelle

Nichelle — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:21:16 +0000

Thanks for your comment. I think Journler is going to be really useful for me. The smart folders are very efficient although there was a learning curve because I was used to thinking in hierarchical terms for collecting information (despite using smart folders for my email and iTunes, etc). My brain wanted to create folders and then put the appropriate info inside them but the beauty and ease of this program is that the info goes in first and then they are grouped and categorized. Unfortunately my free trial has been crashing on me. My computer probably needs an overhaul. But, I am considering purchasing the license for the program.

By: knmartin

knmartin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:10:20 +0000

You may also find Karl Stolley’s “Lo-Fi Manifesto” interesting. I’m curious how you would think it relates to Journler.

By: ZZamboni

ZZamboni — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:59:08 +0000

Very nice article about Journler. I use it to keep all sort of information: research, project proposals, writing papers, personal stuff – it’s my one-stop information repository. The smart folders and the tagging and search abilities, together with the ability to attach any file to an entry, makes it possible to simply enter all sorts of information in there without worrying too much about classifying it in advance. It’s really a wonderful program, it is always open on my Mac (on its own space, next to Things).

By: babouk

babouk — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:51:28 +0000

Hi, I am just exploring journler ... and it seeems to be THE application I was lookng for! Your article is a good motivation for me. It shows me that I'm on the right track. I was looking for something to write down my notes and to link part of them together. Also I was dreaming about integrating media files into my notes, but I did not believe it would be possible ...

Thank You!

By: Harish

Harish — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:48:46 +0000

Very useful info. Thanks…

By: NovaScotian

NovaScotian — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:15:20 +0000

As you apparently have, I fell in love with Journler on first tryout and couldn’t imagine continuing to use SOHO Notes any more. When Phil Dow responded very helpfully (along with other forum members like justG, Nanotechmama, Bluefrog, and too many others to mention, I was hooked. Because I’m an avid AppleScripter (and one of the moderators of bbs.applescript.net), I was particularly interested in extending Journler for my own use; scripting it to provide functions that weren’t built in that I share with the forum that has taught me so much. Thanks for the honorable mention.