![]() If you are looking for low-stress ways to turn your otters into actual writing, nvALT is worth a look. The arguably more exciting news is that Elastic Threads has released new browser extensions for Chrome and Safari that make it even easier to get information (either the current page, a linked page, or selected text) into your notes. That should make things more consistent for users. I mention all of this simply to point to two new developments this week: first, a new version has been released, and with it the announcement that, going forward, nvALT will merge with the main release of Notational Velocity. It’s the easiest way to get from “in my head” to “drafted” that I can think of. More generally, I can say that every piece of writing that I’ve done over the past 9 months or so that’s not an e-mail, a wiki contribution, or a Google Docs collaboration has been done in nvALT. Eddie Smith has often written about ways to use nvALT, and Caleb McDaniel has shown how to use Notational Velocity as an easy task management system (previously linked). LifeHacker has a video showing off the virtues of Notational Velocity here, and Ben Brooks explains some of the strengths of nvALT. Simple formatting is possible, and you can sync your notes across machines in a variety of ways. If what you’re typing matches text you’ve already entered, those notes come up for possible editing if what you’re typing is wholly new, then the app creates a new note. The basic idea of the app is that you just start typing. nvALT is a fork by Brett Terpstra and David Halter/Elastic Threads, of Notational Velocity, which is designed to be as friction-free a way to take notes as possible. My policy on email: I get a lot of email, I mean a lot - not as much as I did when I was in commerce, but still what could justifiably be called.NvALT is a Mac application that lies between conventional text editors and elaborate external-brain programs such as Evernote, DevonThink, and OneNote.A few provocative questions for the Presidential debate: A lot of people have lists of questions they want asked at tonight's (or any) Presidential debate.Artists Stand Naked: All these writing exercises, many under time constraints - “Please do a character development using dialogue and no descripti.It completely mesmerized me for three days. Tower Defense: I lost Saturday, Sunday and Monday to the cutest little game called Tower Defense.In the future there are no right angles!: Have you ever noticed that all representations of the future have no ninety degree angles? From EPCOT to Worlds Fair, ovals a.AIG Extracted From The Government, or What A Recovery Should Look Like: Bob Benmosche wins where so many have failed.(Somebody alert the New Yorker, or at least Merlin Mann.) Makin' a commotion.: So what’s this web site all about? Here are a few ideas.None of them are pay-for click or sponsored links. I do not run adds on Dougist notes (tumblr), and I’m not really sure why, but the reason is probably the same as the one that drove me to disconnect from Google. ![]() I live for the day that I can run ads from The Deck, or Fusion any other non-google agency. I pulled it because of the issues everyone has with Google.
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