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DEVONthink: Why?
fade | Jul 27 2006
I admit. The first time I read through the site introducing DEVONthink, I thought, "WOW! That's awesome! An app that organizes all my files intelligently." Then, after about five minutes of wondering how to convince the wife to give me $80, something hit me. I already have something that will allow me to organize any type of file, whatsover. The search function may not be as great, but it seems to do most of the other things DEVON does. It's my computer, or more specifically my OS. I realized I had this same epiphany after getting over the initial buzz of iPhoto as well. Am I wrong? What is the advantage? I realize that I can cross-categorize, but pretty much any OS out there right now lets me do that to with aliases and simlinks. What am I missing? 4 Comments
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 It's not just that it...Submitted by solidsnot on July 27, 2006 - 7:05pm.
It's not just that it organizes them but it associates documents on the relevance of their content. It's AI is fairly good at bringing up all the relevant documents of whatever I'm searching for and showing me their relationships. For example, lets say I'm gathering information about guerrilla warfare, insurgency, and counterinsurgency. If I wanted to see if there were any relationships between Mao tse-Tung, Che Guevara and TE Lawrence then I'd put the relevant terms in and see what DEVONthink spits back at me. Or, if I was just concerned about ol' papa Ho and I searched for him DEVONthink may suggest I take a look at this document that wasn't written by him but due to its content may have something to do with what I'm searching for. DEVONthink is sort of like Quicksilver, sure Quicksilver launches applications but it does a whole lot more. DEVONthink can keep your files organized but, like you pointed out, big whoopie. It's strength lies in its intelligent searches of the stuff you put into it. » POSTED IN:
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