Shovebox; The Digital Data Dumping Ground

966 days ago in Articles, Contributors, Reviews by John Fuller | No Comments

There is no lack of information retention and note-taking software available to mac users, but one of the emerging players is Shovebox, a new piece of software from WonderWarp.

Unlike some of the other applications available for this purpose, Shovebox acts as a menu bar application, not a program with a huge interface and lives in the dock. There is a window that you can open up for organizing and viewing documents, but many functions can be completed using keyboard shortcuts and the menu bar.

The methodology for Shovebox is also slightly different, as it serves as a dumping ground for information, and aims to make it easy for you to do so. You can import photos, text documents, websites, PDFs, bookmarks, and many other file types. Files are, by default, deposited into the Inbox, which can be then organized into folders, flagged, and labeled with colors.

Shovebox also allows for taking iSight snapshots and writing text files from within the application. In fact, Shovebox is able to ‘quick-jot’ by invoking a keyboard shortcut and writing a quick note. Notes that are created can have comments, keyboard shortcuts, export abilities, formating fonts, and titled.

Luckily, there is also a Shovebox iPhone app. You can read my Macworld review of Shovebox Mobile here. Because Shovebox is relatively simple. it can often be used in conjunction with your current productivity and note-taking system easily. If you’re on the lookout for a replacement to your current note-taking system, Shovebox can be implemented with ease.

It is available for download and purchase on the WonderWarp software. After the 30-day trial, it costs $24.95, while the iPhone app costs about $4.

Scanning Delicious Library

973 days ago in Articles, Contributors, Reviews by John Fuller | No Comments

Taking inventory of your possessions can be an immense task, if your faced with entering information into a database or spreadsheet about every product. Luckily, there’s a much more elegant and easier solution in Delicious Library. With its revolutionary barcode scanning technology, Delicious Library allows one to scan in products using an iSight and have [...]