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My data bank - Shall I stick to Evernote

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For as long as Evernote has been in existence, I have been adding articles, pdf files, meeting notes, just about anything I thought work keeping, in the great archive Evernote. I scan letters, articles I see in magazines, and my trusty Moleskine pages, I take photos within Evernote of bookshelves. The OCR will, if I have taken the photo close enough, will mean it's searchable. I use it as part of my research, as the little app I have on both safari and Google Chrome Web Browsers , shows any links in my Evernote account as well as the internet. Very usefull for my private notes. But in the last few month, Evernote has increased the premium fee, there is a free account, but my use means I need to pay, so is the increase justified, I sat back and wondered,t has anyone else got a similar product that does all of what Evernote does and more. My list is simple, Google Doc notes Google Keep Microsoft OneNote Mac Pages - Spotlight I have alway used Mac, s...

It's Raining

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OK, it's raining, and going out dog training, looks increasingly a bad option, the coffee shop and pastry, looks like a much better option. In one of those office conversations, I had the idea for overcoming the problem of ceating sections, in Vectorworks where the wall has no detail, no brick coursing or for that matter material heights, I'm trying to work it out, so the moleskin is going to get a bashing today as I sketch and pull idea together. I had an Architect mate of mine make contact with a new job, so it looks like I shall be busy for a few weeks creating two house types and a site plan, plus all the usual details. I have had my paper for ICAT accepted, so its a race to get the paper written, well finished, I have had about 10 pages fleshed out with notes and research needed, so its just a case of head down. I have an appointment with one of the professors who lectures in big data at Birmingham City Uni, next week, so questions pilling up. The CIAT AGM is...