I used MS ONENOTE quite happily on my former PC to store all kinds of info on many different subjects.

YOUR FAVORITE MAC EQUIVALENT? ^_^

Just switched to Mac, yayyy!
(MCP 13″)

Just put all my 2800 Outlook contacts into Google Contacts.
Now am wondering how to sync them with my iPhone.
(And, how I could have them offline as well, if possible.)

Is there a way to have all 3 locations going (Google Contacts, iPhone & locally on Mac, even when offline) and this all smoothly auto-synching?

Thanks in advance,

Falk

thanks,

Mtn Jim

I am a frequent listener of MPU and I have gotta say it’s awesome.

I was wondering you you or any of the readers have any input of weather to sync using files or database, and weather to use NV default folder, Dropbox or Both.

I understand there is some issues when using a single DB and DropBox i can see where that may go a bit haywire, but is this still the case if one uses ABOTF “A Bunch Of Text Files”.

I hope someone out there can help me,

Mahalo,
Aloha,

Doc

It’s just lots of hassle to me to use apps that sit behind a login when I can use items in my dock to go right to what I want and in some cases (mail.app) work offline with that content.

Is for example Hazel going to save me the twenty-something dollars?

It’s amazingly cool that folks enjoyed this eppy as much as I loved doing it. Aren’t D&K swell hosts? Love this format.

FWIW, if there’s stuff I mentioned that didn’t make sense, that you can’t find, or if anything just got lost or contorted in my ridiculous machine gun delivery, I’m happy to follow-up with any needed clarifications or pointers.

Not to make work for our talented and busy hosts, but if Katie or David wanted to collect any loose ends that were unclear to people, I’d be happy to answer any questions here or elsewhere.

Plus, I hope it goes without saying that I’d be honored to be back on this august program any time. Like I’d said, while I’ve had my own reasons for shifting overt focus away from how-tos and implementation, that doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s super-useful when done well by people. As is very much the case here.

In fact I think my two fave things about the ep were

1. the DEEPLY nerdy depth of some of the discussion, and
2. the fact that for almost everything we talked about, there was a sensible basis in _how_ or _why_ we think this option is a good choice. Not just THAT we think you should do it. (to me? the former is art and science; the latter is politics and religion)

Anyhow. Long comment (as usual). But I did want to definitely express my gratitude to everyone for their kind words. I sincerely hope you all have lots of good luck converting your ninja skills and newly found time into making the work you care most about.

Excelsior!

Anyway, it is amazing how you keep the shows fresh and intelligent. I never stop learning which will certainly keep me coming back for more!

I thank you!

One from me: I’d to hear in detail what Merlin thinks about Snow Leopard.

Also, Gmail’s tagging (labeling) ability is second to none. The keyboard shortcut support for tagging is also supreme.

I haven’t used Mailplane, but I’m thinking about downloading it. I just can’t get away from Gmail, but anything that enhances it further is worth a shot. If Merlin gives it his blessing, you have to at least consider it.

As other people have mentioned the version of NV that adds Markdown display support is what people should consider using if they use Markdown. It was done by Steven Frank of Panic. His version can be found at

http://github.com/panicsteve/nv/downloads

Ronn, NV has an option to pull from a list of text files instead of a database. So, put all your text files in one directory and you can edit them with TextMate or with NV.

Great tips from Merlin, though I have to call him out for websearching for that app while pretending to still be paying attention to the hosts

I did find, however, that there is a ‘version’ of NV that accepts MarkDown. It shows a rendering of the MD in a screen below the note.

I’m a MultiMarkdown newbie, and honestly I haven’t used Notational Velocity, but I’m very interested in it after seeing Merlin’s qqq method.

For me, MultiMarkdown is a promising way to write in a simple text editor so that I can get out of other more distracting interfaces. I’ve never been a fan of composing in web-based blog editors like WP, but I’ve done it anyway because it takes too much effort to convert to html. MultiMarkdown is the ultimate solution for that.

I’ve also started using Scrivener much more in the last few months, and I’m looking forward to its compatibility with MultiMarkdown.

What is the relationship with, or how to you integrate, MultiMarkdown and Notational Velocity? I hear Merlin talked about both, but don’t seem to fully understand how you would utilize both. What am I missing?

Thanks!

Someone should start compiling Merlin Mann quotes. The one about tasks being ducks you should shoot instead of ducks you should raise is priceless.

Keep up the good work!

Rich

I am not sure this is what he mentioned, but I found thru google.

http://dougist.com/2009/08/file-system-infobase-manager/

In it, see just above “How’s it work?”. two links to AmberV’s posts there.

Keep up the cool shows.

I know this isn’t the right place for this, but I just listened to your guest spot on ThinkMac’s review podcast on the cell phone booster.

In it, you mentioned the AT&T MicroCell. I am luckily in one of the markets for it, and I got one last week. I’m a college student who spends 95% of my time at school. However, at home, I’m in the middle of a 50-mile-wide dead zone (the coverage maps say that, too). I got a MicroCell so that I can have service at home, at least in my house, instead of having to rely on Google Voice while I’m home.

Since I got it, everything has changed. It is AWESOME! We have a simple DSL connection at home, and the call quality is equal to or even better than it is in the middle of 3G coverage area (Chapel Hill, NC). The 3G data speeds are also quick, too, faster than in a general 3G area, though they are dependent on the speed of your internet connection.

In terms of pricing, it was $150, and there’s no monthly fee. It uses your original iPhone minutes and data plan, so it’s the perfect device, as far as I’m concerned.

Once again, thanks guys. Really enjoyed this, look forward to what you’ve got in the next podcast.

Tom- Merlin was talking about Services in Snow Leopard. We did an entire episode on this subject. It’s episode 11, and you can find the link and all the shownotes with links here: http://macpowerusers.com/2009/09/mpu-011-services-and-macworld-2010/

Kevin- I looked all over for the Proxi application, it appears that it is no longer available, sorry.

Tom- Go over to the Scrivener website (link in shownotes) and click on their forums. You can then search through for AmberV. I looked for a way to link directly to her posts but apparently you cannot do so until you’ve subscribed to the forums.

Julie- You instead of listening to the show in the video player you can download it to your computer or, better yet, subscribe in iTunes. Then you can pause and start and stop as you please.

Merlin mentioned something called this service or disservice – had a search online and I can’t find anything on it. From what I gathered, it was about creating custom services in OS X and there was a web site with lots of scripts users had written and uploaded to share. Has anyone got a link?