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Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 9:10 PM UTC

kmill wrote: post #57

craigst wrote: post #25

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Can I ask why you don't use it anymore? (I'm founder at LT) Anything we could do to make it more of a post-school app for you as well?

Here are a few things I can think of: 1. My Dropbox folder of paper pdfs is a total mess, only made manageable because I use JabRef to open them. From within LiquidText, I have a hard time finding the papers I want. Being able to find papers again at all seems to be the main productivity boost in my math research right now, and JabRef has been great for that, even though it doesn't do fulltext search of the pdfs them…

Wow, thanks for the great insights! Re: 2. Very much agree, we have a "vision" for addressing this, but it'll take time. Re: 3. Desktop apps coming! :) Re: 4. Ahh, yeah, for iPad version, it really shines with Pencil.

And thanks for the 2016-era feedback. Some of that should be better now.

And honored to hear Jofish recommended us! LMK if you want in on any of our desktop betas.

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 9:12 PM UTC

chid wrote: post #68

craigst wrote: post #49

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Yes, but desktop versions are coming. We're testing Windows in beta now! (I'm founder @ LT)

I just picked up a Windows tablet for work - any chance I can join the beta?

Yes, sign up for Windows updates on our website; we'll be doing another round of invites in like 2 weeks.

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst » Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 9:13 PM UTC

29athrowaway wrote: post #74

craigst wrote: post #53

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It's in beta for PC now! (I'm founder @ LT)

All PC operating systems? You mean I can get it for BSD or Linux?

Sorry...I should've been clearer. PC-Windows only. :( But Web version is planned to come in the future.

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 1:44 AM UTC

craigst wrote: post #45

solarkraft wrote: post #29

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How about a Linux version? (Edit: Yes, I enthusiastically use a Linux tablet)

Wish we could! Just not enough people yet--have to keep focused on max return on investment. :) But we do plan to make a web version down the line, and remove the platform dependence entirely (or at least largely).

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Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 1:54 AM UTC

craigst wrote: post #45

solarkraft wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about a Linux version? (Edit: Yes, I enthusiastically use a Linux tablet)

Wish we could! Just not enough people yet--have to keep focused on max return on investment. :) But we do plan to make a web version down the line, and remove the platform dependence entirely (or at least largely).

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Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by Eugeleo » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 6:54 AM UTC

chrismmay wrote: post #59

Ok, grammar nazi alert. Who uses the word academical? I had to google it just to confirm it is indeed a word, albeit a rarely used one that is indistinguishable from the simpler, and in my opinion, the proper word, “academic”. A bit like saying “that’s nonsensical” vs “that’s nonsense’. https://wikidiff.com/academic/academical

Thanks for the tip, I am indeed a non-native speaker!

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by Eugeleo » Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 7:15 AM UTC

tduberne wrote: post #11

I am more and more reluctant to use any note taking app. Ideally, notes I take on the book I am reading today should still be available to me in 20 years. No app can offer that kind of guarantee. I switched to using plaintext files, and do not look back. The only thing one needs is to have a clear workflow to make sure notes remain accessible and useful. I like the Zettelkasten method for this (see eg https://zettelk…

I'm torn between a pleasant UX and a portability/low bus-factor of the system I'm using. I don't take any long-term notes in LT though, just some quick ones from text books. I eventually plan to transcribe those somewhere else — still looking for the perfect app to use for the Zettelkasten method.