I’m looking for template(s) to use Devonthink Pro Office as an everyday diary - journal, adding documents, photos, even movies.
I used to use Day One, but ever since they decided to keep all the data on their servers something really “cracked” in me… if I wanted to give away my personal thoughts and data I could do it myself- no need to pay Day One to do it.
So, I’m trying to figure a way of keeping a diary and journal on DT. Does anyone have anything in mind or even using DT for such a purpose?
Version 3 of DEVONthink includes a template, see Data > New from Template > Productivity > Diary Journal. Although other files can be attached to the rich text document created by the template, adding them directly to the database is more powerful/flexible.
I’m also looking for a nice user experience- e.g. not having to go through single files representing days, but rather being able to go through a visual run of multiple days as a timeline
The Daily Journal template mentioned by @cgrunenberg only works in DEVONthink 3. However, creating templates of your own is fairly easily done.
Why are you not intending to upgrade to DEVONthink 3? We definitely suggest people do as DEVONthink 2.x is in maintenance, i.e., only receiving critical bugfixes like for crashes on startup.
I suggest you choose DEVONthink Pro Office > Purchase to see your specific upgrade pricing. It may be less than you think, depending on when you made your purchase.
Thanks I am using it… one thing missing (am I blind perhaps…) the possibility of the old Clane47 script where he said:
“Edited 12_15_2013 : Added korm’s script for adding a new note in DayOne with a link back to the journal record in DTPO
If you have Day One and the Day One journaling CLI installed, set the appropriate flag to true before running the script.”
I know that that script, as it was, doesn’t work with DT3, but you’re the Master…!