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Brainstorming and project management with Curio
It's too bad I didn't know about Curio from Zengobi when I was writing the Get Organized post, as it seems to take quite an interesting approach to collecting, jotting down and organizing information. Billed as an app that "promotes visual thinking gathering and shaping your ideas", Curio definitely seems to be more like a sketchpad than many other similar applications. You can literally place anything anywhere on the page, and includes tools for sketching and drawing - just look at the screenshot which includes an image, lists, an embedded video and some chicken scratch.
Curio doesn't stop there though. It also includes a project center, presentation mode, a powerful search companion, tags, LinkBack support, project archiving, web/.Mac publishing and iPhoto exporting. I haven't played with this app yet, but I'm downloading a demo as I type up this post to play with later. Some features, however, are only included in certain editions, so check out Zengobi's feature comparison chart to determine which edition is right for you. A demo is available, while full licenses start at $39.
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Victor Agreda, Jr. said 8:27PM on 7-13-2006
Or for that matter, the notebook app from Circus Ponies...
What I get sick of are all these "editions." Look, it's an Apple, not a PC. Vista has 6 versions, not a doodle pad app, ok? Just makes it confusing for the very people who would buy such a thing. Do your homework, learn your business, and price SIMPLE.
SMB 101.
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David Chartier said 9:22PM on 7-13-2006
While I can agree that software features are sometimes needlessly stratified across editions, I think Zengobi might be within their bounds here. There might not be much of a difference between Basic and Home, but I think their Pro edition and the very business-oriented features it has, are rightfully separated out with their own price point; otherwise John Doe consumers like you and me would be forced to pay for the development time and effort that went into features that we would likely never touch.
Besides, I thought Vista had 8 editions, not just 6. :)
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Anthony said 10:54AM on 7-14-2006
I have never tried Curio but I know of a brainstorming app that doesn't seem to get the press it deserves (probably because of the price), MindManager. I would go and give tha a look: http://www.mindjet.com/ if you think you could sell it to the powers that be at work.
Its a really powerful app and from what I understand the Mac version was requested by a higher up at Apple.
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Iversen said 1:00PM on 7-14-2006
I can't argue with the point about the editions, but I really can't complain, either; I just run the Pro version and love it! To me, the MSRP--even at the Pro tier--is easily half what it could be for the depth of features offered. Curio's ability to actually enhance creativity WHILE coaxing projects from the abstract to the concrete is nothing short of astonishing.
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mccand said 7:57PM on 7-14-2006
Looks a lot like Microsoft's (sorry, I know that's a dirty word around here) OneNote. Is there anyone out there who has tried them both out, and is willing to offer a comparison?
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jojo said 12:57PM on 7-17-2006
it seems pretty wonderful
thanks for your post
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