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Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:37:42 +0000

[…] just need to make sure that the email marketing company you use translates the HTML to plain text. Plain text is exactly what it sounds like: Just the text of the email. (There are programs which convert HTML to plain text, like Markdown, […]

By: Ahmed Fasih

Ahmed Fasih — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:48:43 +0000

I use Emacs/Aquamacs with org-mode and git with github.com for outlining, exporting, and editing (editors make git forks and send me patches). Org-mode markup isn’t as widespread as Markdown, but very similar, and might be appropriate for some readers (especially if scripting-literate or lisp-lovers).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:37:58 +0000

Kerim, this thread pushed me to start looking into these kinds of programs, mostly because I was looking for a better way to really start pulling a lot of stuff together. Too bad my Mac died last year, since a lot of the really good stuff seems to be made for them. The good thing though is that Scrivener is now on a Windows platform, so that helps. So far Scrivener is looking good, useful. Thanks.

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Ethnography.com » Blog Archive » More on Tooling — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:02:17 +0000

[…] should note here, that Kerim at Savage Minds has recently written about his use of Markdown. Further, Savage Minds has a wonderful collection of how-to posts on […]

By: Kerim

Kerim — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:43:18 +0000

@Carlos, I’ve used WorkFlowy. There actually is an iOS app for it now which works offline; however, in my experience it was very buggy and I ended up deleting it.

@Tanmay, I don’t know writeapp, I’ll take a look. Thanks.

By: Tanmay

Tanmay — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:10:52 +0000

Wonderful read there! Markdown has been getting a lot of traction lately and that’s a really good thing!

Being an advocate of Plain Text myself I’m pretty sure you’ll like this app: http://writeapp.net/

By: CarlosFM

CarlosFM — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:25:24 +0000

For outlines at the early stage (brainstorming), and general list maker, I really like WorkFlowy. You can work your way through lists and sublists easily and intuitively with a few keystrokes, and add text in a non list way. Tagging function is great. Only downside is that it’s a web app so requires an internet connection, plus side is that it makes it accessible from any device (mobile apps included). You can also export lists in plain or rich text format.

For redaction I like the outline function of of MS-Word. Synergizes well with the navigation window. I haven’t touched Libre Office in a while but I think it has this as well. Now MS-Word formatting can quickly become a pain for documents over 50 pages…

By: Kerim

Kerim — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:33:45 +0000

Thanks @Henry. Marked can do this as well, but I haven’t yet gotten around to teaching myself LaTeX… It never seemed worthwhile before, but as I do more work in MD it might be time to learn.

By: Henry Farrell

Henry Farrell — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:30:57 +0000

Have you tried Pandoc for converting from/to Markdown into/out of a variety of formats? It is not perfect, but for the most part works pretty nicely. If you are just interested in converting to LaTeX, the Multimarkdown guy has a nice plugin for Textmate and Textmate-compatible programs (nb there is a native converter in Textmate, but it doesn’t work nearly so well).

By: Todd S.

Todd S. — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:55:12 +0000

Interestingly, the outline example appeared nested in my RSS application, so I did get the full effect.