Comments for Greg Gerrand http://www.greggerrand.com Amiable Basilisk Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Writing and ideas by Skimma (Sarah B) http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Skimma (Sarah B) Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:09:59 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/#comment-329 Hey Greg, like you, I have the issue of too many ideas, and often relate to the comic you put there as an example of the problem. There's no real solution except just to get them written down in some form or another which is what you seem to be doing any way. Glad to see writing's become a priority for you again though. :-) Hey Greg, like you, I have the issue of too many ideas, and often relate to the comic you put there as an example of the problem. There’s no real solution except just to get them written down in some form or another which is what you seem to be doing any way. Glad to see writing’s become a priority for you again though. :-)

]]> Comment on Writing and ideas by Anthony http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Anthony Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:22:43 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/#comment-324 I searched for a free application for my mac and settled on evernote. I just wanted searching and tagging abilities like the mac address book has. It works ok but I've seen better note applications for the mac for around $20-30. I just realised that Google had a notes programs but they have discontinued support for it. I have been thinking about these kind of programs more recently as I have been heavily researching web 2.0 stuff, I think there is room for improvemnt in this kind of area, perhaps like a wiki on speed or is that acid? I searched for a free application for my mac and settled on evernote. I just wanted searching and tagging abilities like the mac address book has. It works ok but I’ve seen better note applications for the mac for around $20-30.
I just realised that Google had a notes programs but they have discontinued support for it.
I have been thinking about these kind of programs more recently as I have been heavily researching web 2.0 stuff, I think there is room for improvemnt in this kind of area, perhaps like a wiki on speed or is that acid?

]]> Comment on Writing and ideas by benconservato http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-323 benconservato Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:48:29 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/#comment-323 Ahh all those pieces of paper are hard to let go of. Good luck with getting it all t work for you. Ahh all those pieces of paper are hard to let go of. Good luck with getting it all t work for you.

]]> Comment on Writing and ideas by KB http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-322 KB Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:48:06 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/#comment-322 Hi Greg, Not negative at all - I was just wondering how you would see something like this working, that's all, as I'm always up for suggestions and trying to improve Scriv to make it as useful as possible. Wow, great to hear you changed to a Mac to use Scrivener - thank you! All the best, Keith Hi Greg,
Not negative at all – I was just wondering how you would see something like this working, that’s all, as I’m always up for suggestions and trying to improve Scriv to make it as useful as possible. Wow, great to hear you changed to a Mac to use Scrivener – thank you!
All the best,
Keith

]]> Comment on Writing and ideas by Greg http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Greg Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:10:27 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/#comment-320 Hi Keith Hope I didn't sound too negative - I should point out that I like Scrivener so much as a writing tool that I changed operating systems (and computers!) in order to have it. What I'm probably after is another program entirely to work in concert with Scrivener. I still haven't found the right one (it may not exist yet). Cheers Greg. Hi Keith

Hope I didn’t sound too negative – I should point out that I like Scrivener so much as a writing tool that I changed operating systems (and computers!) in order to have it.

What I’m probably after is another program entirely to work in concert with Scrivener. I still haven’t found the right one (it may not exist yet).

Cheers

Greg.

]]> Comment on Writing and ideas by KB http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-319 KB Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:08:19 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/09/25/writing-and-ideas/#comment-319 Hi Greg, Yes, when I call Scrivener a "project management" tool, I do mean as in "managing a single project of writing", as that is indeed what it is geared for. What sort of thing do you have in mind for making tracking different projects easier? The problem with trying to manage different Scrivener projects is of course how they could be scattered around your hard drive, you could move them, delete them or take them to a different computer and so on. This would make it very difficult for Scrivener to track them beyond the standard file system methods it uses now. And I strongly believe that individual Scrivener projects should be single .scriv files rather than having one large database containing all projects, for various reasons. But feel free to drop by the Wish List section of the forum, or just drop me a line directly, about how you would see such a feature working. I can't promise anything, of course, and the 2.0 feature list is more or less closed for now (long as it is), but I do like to hear ideas for improvements. All the best, Keith (Scrivener developer) Hi Greg,
Yes, when I call Scrivener a “project management” tool, I do mean as in “managing a single project of writing”, as that is indeed what it is geared for. What sort of thing do you have in mind for making tracking different projects easier? The problem with trying to manage different Scrivener projects is of course how they could be scattered around your hard drive, you could move them, delete them or take them to a different computer and so on. This would make it very difficult for Scrivener to track them beyond the standard file system methods it uses now. And I strongly believe that individual Scrivener projects should be single .scriv files rather than having one large database containing all projects, for various reasons. But feel free to drop by the Wish List section of the forum, or just drop me a line directly, about how you would see such a feature working. I can’t promise anything, of course, and the 2.0 feature list is more or less closed for now (long as it is), but I do like to hear ideas for improvements.
All the best,
Keith
(Scrivener developer)

]]> Comment on Epic by Skimma (Sarah B) http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/05/15/epic/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Skimma (Sarah B) Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:43:41 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/05/15/epic/#comment-288 Hey, this looks familiar ;-) Hey, this looks familiar ;-)

]]> Comment on - by Greg http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/06/08/754/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Greg Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:35:42 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/06/08/754/#comment-282 I don't think I was having a very good day. I don’t think I was having a very good day.

]]> Comment on - by Sarah H http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/06/08/754/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Sarah H Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:38:05 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/06/08/754/#comment-281 Umm, I just see a black square. Trick? Umm, I just see a black square.

Trick?

]]> Comment on Meanjin and comics by Greg http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/04/26/meanjin-and-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Greg Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:31:28 +0000 http://www.greggerrand.com/2009/04/26/meanjin-and-comics/#comment-254 Thanks! There was actually meant to be a conclusion, but I was writing this very late at night! I might finished it tomorrow... The article is very good for what Nicki, Ord, Queenie and the others say, and the chance to see some Hamlet pre-publication. Can you imagine an article in Meanjin interspersing interviews of a group of key Australian literary authors with half-truths and myths about the history of the novel, a schoolboy's history of the trial of DH Lawrence, trivia such as the Japanese reading novels on mobile phones, and repeated statements that novels aren't just comedies of manners anymore? Thanks! There was actually meant to be a conclusion, but I was writing this very late at night! I might finished it tomorrow…

The article is very good for what Nicki, Ord, Queenie and the others say, and the chance to see some Hamlet pre-publication.

Can you imagine an article in Meanjin interspersing interviews of a group of key Australian literary authors with half-truths and myths about the history of the novel, a schoolboy’s history of the trial of DH Lawrence, trivia such as the Japanese reading novels on mobile phones, and repeated statements that novels aren’t just comedies of manners anymore?

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