Advice needed on how to start a new PIM program

[Dennis Brown]

Ken Ray and Jim Ault,

Thanks for the hints.  They will come in handy.

Jonathan Lynch,

Thanks for contacting me off line with suggestions about Task Mage.

This could become the basis for what I want to do.

As usual --and not to be taken for granted -- this list has come  
through for me.

Thanks a lot,

Dennis

On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Dennis Brown wrote:

> Hi Rev Gurus,
>
> After spending 2 days looking for a outliner or database program  
> for OS X that can solve a specific personal PIM need, I have come  
> to the conclusion that I will have to make something in Rev for  
> myself.  I looked seriously at Note Taker, Omni Outliner, iList  
> Data, DEVONthink Pro, and not so seriously at a lot of others, but  
> each one had one different serious limitation that made it not work  
> for me.
>
> Here is what I want to do:
>
> This is my personal investment ideas PIM
>
> I envision that this will be a stack of cards --one for each  
> investment idea.
> Cards will have a number of fields with specific information about  
> an investment or potential investment --no brainer
> I need to be able to cut and paste text from RTF emails or HTML web  
> pages into a big scrolling field, like a blog of info. --limitations?
> I need to be able to drag and drop JPEG images from a screen  
> capture program onto a card. --never did this before?
> I will need to have a summary card that contains a table of a line  
> of formatted info gathered from cards that meet certain criteria -- 
> no brainer
>
> The problem I see is that in Rev all the cards have to be in memory  
> at the same time.  This stack could become large over time, as I  
> don't want to discard old stuff, but want to keep it for future  
> reference.  I could possibly take the big stuff like the images and  
> save them in a folder to be displayed on demand --perhaps even  
> using Preview.
>
> Another approach would be to use a database program like  
> altSQLight3 perhaps (I have not looked at that one yet).
>
> The catch is that I need to have it running by MONDAY (yesterday  
> really).  That means that I need to find something to use as a  
> starting point stack that I can just edit to get me off the ground  
> faster.  Most of my time will need to be taken up by interface  
> design, not a lot of time for learning how not to mess up the  
> data.  I know most of you Rev experts could create the whole thing  
> in a day or less from scratch.  However, I have spent the last year  
> learning how to crunch numbers in large arrays and generate graphs  
> on a one stack, one card application.  I have more than a few  
> things to learn about pushing data around in different formats -- 
> without much time for trial and error.
>
> This seems like such a generic thing, that I am sure there are  
> hundreds of similar things already done.  I just don't have time to  
> find and look at all the possibilities right now.  I am hoping that  
> my needs will ring a bell with a few of you, and you can point me  
> in just a few directions so I can get to work right away.
>
> As always, your expert advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
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