Many academics who use Macs swear by DEVONthink for organizing their research and files. Over at AcademHack, there’s even an entire category devoted to academic uses for the program.
I was intrigued by the organizational abilities of this program, and mourned my Mac-lessness. However, there are some alternatives for us with PCs. I’ve listed a few of the most promising DEVONthink replacements by price:
EverNote (free)
MyInfo (free 28-day trial, then $50)
AskSam (free 30-day trial, then $150 and up)
Nota Bene (free 30-day trial, then $249 and up)
Any other ideas for DEVONthink alternatives for Windows?
Addendum: This seems to be a current topic! I just discovered this thread over at The Efficient Academic group, which may also lead to some good suggestions.
Filed under: Computer, Files, Mac, Organization, Research, Software, Tools, Windows
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[...] thought that it could be a good centralized solution to DevonThink for those of us on Windows, with the added bonus of being available from any computer. Sort of like a personal Google [...]
Google Notebook has some flaws in terms of organization, but if much of your research is coming off the web it’s an excellent way to keep “notes” on the bits of web sites you’re reading. You can highlight single paragraphs off a loooong web page and store them, along with your notes, and a link back to the original (or cached) page. And it’s available from any computer since it’s all linked to your Google account. And, of course, it’s free.
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[...] never used, and can’t because I don’t own a Mac.In the comments, someone posted a link to Windows alternatives, which is nice, but, like many people, I find myself working on different computers in different [...]
Although not really comparable with the apps mentioned, you should take a look at cross platform wikidPad
http://wikidpad.sourceforge.net/
I used EverNote sometime ago, but it got ditched for Microsoft OneNote, for some reason I can’t remember. I believe it was that EverNote takes up a lot of memory and disk space, unlike MS OneNote.
inspiration.com doesn’t advertise as this sort of application, but I use it as such and it’s very inexpensive. It’s more of a mindmapping tool, but the outliner is excellent and links out to documents, urls,…
[...] of their favourite programs. Mac users have an array of delightful programs for academic work (DEVONthink, I’m looking at you), but even us Windows users have some favourite standbys. Why make the [...]