It’s a good article, except for the part where he suggests that Apple’s move to Intel will make it easier to produce Windows versions of OS X apps. Because that won’t be any easier than it was before — comments like this betray a real ignorance about how software is written.

Sigh.

But yeah, we Mac users have some sweet tools available. The non-pro version of OmniOutliner came free with my new(ish) Powerbook, and I’ve found it indispensable.

I wish he had noted that Office’s OneNote is a rip-off of NoteBook and probably NoteTaker.

I have been using KGTD for a few weeks now. Now it tells me what to do! Some of the things that are getting better:

1. Daily review I keep putting in detail here, and building on it. For instance, I have learned 30 new Japanese words.

2. Weekly/Monthly reviews I am on target and on the path toward all my goals.

Check it out!

I would really like people to start adding to the 43 folders wiki with review suggestions for GTD.

So are there any Linux or Windows homages to OmniOutliner yet? I’d love to check it out. OmniGroup’s website doesn’t even have a system requirements specsheet for the program, much less word of a port.

hi Merlin! You made me buy a PowerBook 12”. (A week later my Girlfriend sold her notebook and got herself a iBook. And now I’m talking my Dad into another iBook.)

KGTD is life-changing. True. Thanks, big thanks actually for that!!!

But two other things:

1. Quicksilver constantly crashes on my brand new system. It’s unreliabe and therefore frustrating. IMHO it’s somewhere between vaporware, demo and pre-alpha. Or maybe I’m too stupid for it.

2. I don’t exactly get the hype on Devonthink. Is it really worth 75$ more than Finder, which can do similar work? What am I missing on?

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Re shtikl’s comments:

Nisus Writer Express, Omni Graffle / Outliner and Devonthink make a really sweet combo for me. With Devonthink I drag files that would be all over the place on my machine (it’s even less tidy than my desk if that is possible) and there they are filed ready to search. I find I end up searching for data and not just to find files.

I regularly back up the data and hold offsite. It stays open on my second screen when I’m working and I can cut and paste data or read references from inside one application. I’ve never had this kind of thing before. Awsome.

He doesn’t cover Hog Bay Notebook (or HBN, now Mori) - which is a pity as for my mind it is the best of the lot. Lightweight, fast, easily configurable. Although Notebook is a good runnerup. DevonTHINK takes so much of a computer’s resources, I don’t know how people abide it, if they run other apps concurrently.

I know you’re a die hard Omni Outlinner kind of guy, but just thought I’d bring to your attention the opensource Mac App MyMind. While it doesn’t have all the extra bells and whistles of Outlinner, it is free, fast and… doesn’t have all the extra bells and whistles. ;)

Excellent article. Glad they mentioned Omni Outliner too. Where would I be without that little gem.

Great article. Thank you very much for the link.