[MlMt] Devonthink

[Howard Wettstein]

Thanks, Sean, for that. What's the best way to get started with DT? It 
looks formidable.
Howie

> Sean Johnson <mailto:sean at ttys0.net>
> September 1, 2016 at 7:19 PM
> I’m also a happy DEVONThink (and MailMate) user, and even more so 
> since recently migrating from Evernote.
>
> Just wanted to mention that if you’re affiliated with a University 
> (student, staff, faculty), there’s currently a 40% off sale through 
> Sept 18th. I’m pretty sure I initially bought DEVONThink via one of 
> these sales. Anyway, just wanted to drop that bit of info into the bucket.
>
> http://www.devontechnologies.com/discounts/students-and-educators.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> sean
>
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> Jan Erik Moström <mailto:lists at mostrom.pp.se>
> August 29, 2016 at 4:40 AM
> On 26 Aug 2016, at 13:00, Jan Erik Moström wrote:
>
>
> I actually had to check and I bought Devonthink in 2003 and upgraded 
> on 2006 (to the Pro Office version, don't think that was a "normal" 
> update) and in 2015.
>
> So compared to apps like EndNote, Lightroom, etc I think it's fairly 
> cheap.
>
> = jem
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> Jan Erik Moström <mailto:lists at mostrom.pp.se>
> August 26, 2016 at 4:00 AM
> On 26 Aug 2016, at 4:32, Roger Bohn wrote:
>
>
> It's all a matter of what perspective you have. For mail archiving 
> only, sure ... but if you want a place to store information in general 
> it's one of the best apps around.
>
> Price, initial buy yes, but the upgrade fees has been pretty widely 
> spaced ... I've probably had DT for 10-20 years (I have no idea) and 
> think I've payed for upgrade once or twice.
>
> = jem
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> Roger Bohn <mailto:r2newslet at gmail.com>
> August 25, 2016 at 7:32 PM
>
> Devonthink is overkill - it has a lot of document management 
> capabilities that are not needed. (And the price reflects it.) 
> Managing PDFs, taking notes and excerpts from them, linking among 
> documents, built-in OCR, and on and on.
>
> For about 10 years I have used EagleFiler for archiving email. It’s 
> written by the same person who does SpamSieve, and managing giant 
> email is one of its main use cases. $40 and well supported.
> https://c-command.com/eaglefiler/
>
> I would only consider Devonthink you have OTHER uses for it. If not, 
> check Eaglefiler.
> Roger
>
> On 25 Aug 2016, at 7:38, Howard Wettstein wrote:
>
> Prof. Roger Bohn
> Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy
> UC San Diego
> +1 858 381-2015 cell/text Blog: Art2science.org
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> Howard Wettstein <mailto:howie at ucr.edu>
> August 25, 2016 at 7:38 AM
> I’m intrigued by comments about Devonthink. Could someone give me a 
> brief description of the program and how it works? I don’t mean a 
> technical account, just a short message about how to use it, what it 
> does, etc. Or a link to where I can find such a descriptions. I’ver 
> used Evernote for years, love it, and it seems there is overlap.
>
> Thanks.
> Howie

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