Any time you buy a used book, you are acquiring a secret history. Whose book was this? Why did they decide they no longer wanted it? How and why did they get the book in the first place? Did they read it, and, if so, did they enjoy it? Sometimes…

This is part 2 of my series of posts about a personal knowledge management application called TheBrain. Find part 1 here. In the past I’ve called TheBrain’s central feature, known as the Plex, a GPS for my information. It’s a map of my data guiding me from one thought to…

After a two- or three-year hiatus, I am back to using TheBrain. I once used the app regularly, but as it evolved — I think going from version 8 to version 9 — it lost the ability to accept emails from Outlook through simple drag and drop. This severely hampered…

Note to the reader: This is the second in my series of short articles featuring Use Case studies for the notes application Legend. See here for the first article. This morning I am doing my morning pages practice in Legend. Actually, that isn’t true. …

A few years ago, when the story came out that Fleetwood Mac had “fired” Lindsey Buckingham for their upcoming world tour, one notable blogger wrote something to the effect that “It’s not Fleetwood Mac without Lindsey Buckingham.” …

We are certainly living in the golden age of note managers. Fueled, I suppose, by the explosion of telecommuting due to COVID, it seems there is a new note-taking, planning, task app every week. There are so many apps coming to market that whole new categories are evolving. One of…

For many kinds of software, case studies are the best way to get an idea about how the app works, and how you might use it. With that in mind, I am starting what I intend will be a series of case studies for using Legend. In my earlier article…

If you Google “Best writing apps for Mac,” three names will inevitably appear at the top of the list: Scrivener Ulysses iA Writer And with good reason. Those are all terrific applications. But being someone who often roots for the underdog, I want to explore one alternative for each of…

I’ve written before about a personal knowledge management application called Legend. Since that article, I’ve fully adopted Legend as my primary information management tool. I am finding it remarkably useful, but it took me a while to become comfortable with Legend. …