Is there a utilty out there that can do this? If not, want to code it?
I was tinkering with Notational Velocity today and noticed that sometimes a relevant, but half-assed, brainstormy note would fail to come up in the incremental search because I entered the idea without taking pains to include a keyword that I would most likely use for search query. Hence tags.
Next I got the idea that tags would be useful for cross-referencing the stuff I keep in hierarchical folders in Hog Bay Notebook.
What I envision is a services menu utility that will enter, by autocompletion or expansion of an abbreviation, a tag from a predefined index of tags. If a new tag is needed, I would like it added to the index with the first usage.
TB - Interesting idea. I don't know of anything out there, but we can certainly start to spec one out...
So, would these tags then be linked to the file or to a selection in the file? If I have a full Notebook (I use Circus Ponies' product) of information and I want to tag just a page in the notebook, would I be able to?
Just to clarify, you're thinking Spotlight with keyword tagging, correct? - Scott
TB wrote: > Is there a utilty out there that can do this? If not, want to code it?
> I was tinkering with Notational Velocity today and noticed that > sometimes a relevant, but half-assed, brainstormy note would fail to > come up in the incremental search because I entered the idea without > taking pains to include a keyword that I would most likely use for > search query. Hence tags.
> Next I got the idea that tags would be useful for cross-referencing the > stuff I keep in hierarchical folders in Hog Bay Notebook.
> What I envision is a services menu utility that will enter, by > autocompletion or expansion of an abbreviation, a tag from a predefined > index of tags. If a new tag is needed, I would like it added to the > index with the first usage.
I've been toying with this; you could use something like iPaste or CopyPaste, or TypeIt4Me--not services, but easily accessible anyplace-so far iPaste is the winner for me.
in terms of tags, I've been experimenting with tagging files in the Get Info Comments and using File Buddy to search; obviously with Spotlight you could put the tags directly into the file, though having a metadata space for them would be helpful so that the file itself can stay as content only.
TB wrote: > Is there a utilty out there that can do this? If not, want to code it?
> I was tinkering with Notational Velocity today and noticed that > sometimes a relevant, but half-assed, brainstormy note would fail to > come up in the incremental search because I entered the idea without > taking pains to include a keyword that I would most likely use for > search query. Hence tags.
> Next I got the idea that tags would be useful for cross-referencing the > stuff I keep in hierarchical folders in Hog Bay Notebook.
> What I envision is a services menu utility that will enter, by > autocompletion or expansion of an abbreviation, a tag from a predefined > index of tags. If a new tag is needed, I would like it added to the > index with the first usage.
Just thinking out loud (OK, in bits), but why not use a couple of text
clippings in your Quicksilver shelf? Always accessible in just a
couple of strokes: just have a few semi-all-purpose chunks which you
could delete the unnecessary ones in the file itself.
Would this meet your needs? I haven't run into the problem because I
try to clear out NV brainstormy stuff every day as part of my inbox to
some more permanent storage (DEVONthink, in my case, but I imagine
that Notebook would be the same), and so I have the chance to think
more deeply about keywords in a fairly short timeframe.
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:26:30 -0800, Benjaloo <benja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been toying with this; you could use something like iPaste or
> CopyPaste, or TypeIt4Me--not services, but easily accessible
> anyplace-so far iPaste is the winner for me.
> in terms of tags, I've been experimenting with tagging files in the Get
> Info Comments and using File Buddy to search; obviously with Spotlight
> you could put the tags directly into the file, though having a metadata
> space for them would be helpful so that the file itself can stay as
> content only.
> TB wrote:
> > Is there a utilty out there that can do this? If not, want to code
> it?
> > I was tinkering with Notational Velocity today and noticed that
> > sometimes a relevant, but half-assed, brainstormy note would fail to
> > come up in the incremental search because I entered the idea without
> > taking pains to include a keyword that I would most likely use for
> > search query. Hence tags.
> > Next I got the idea that tags would be useful for cross-referencing
> the
> > stuff I keep in hierarchical folders in Hog Bay Notebook.
> > What I envision is a services menu utility that will enter, by
> > autocompletion or expansion of an abbreviation, a tag from a
> predefined
> > index of tags. If a new tag is needed, I would like it added to the
> > index with the first usage.
