Scrybe beta updated - now includes ThoughtPad

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Scrybe beta updated - now includes ThoughtPad

by Jason Clarke Jan 15th 2007

Scrybe, that web-based PIM I was dying to try, has released a major beta revision which now includes the widely anticipated ThoughtPad functionality.

In Scrybe there is a Planner pane which contains your calendar and tasks, and now the ThoughtPad pane which contains web clippings, or simply text and images as notes. These notes can be organized into different Labels (essentially tags), making it easier to locate relevant information when you're looking for it. Basic formatting like bold, italics and bullet points are included, but this is definitely not a full-featured word processor.

The ThoughtPad includes a browser at the bottom of the window that provides thumbnails of the clippings you have stored. This can be useful when scrolling through a number of related clippings to quickly locate a specific one, particularly if you're like me and your mind works in a particularly visual manner.

Yet again the latest update of Scrybe feels quite polished, and is very much usable. If I have any misgivings about using Scrybe as my productivity application of choice, it would be the user interface decision to confine task management to a relatively small corner of the Planner pane. As much as I need to keep an eye on the hard landscape of appointments I have scheduled, I typically find myself spending more time managing the tasks that need to fit in between those scheduled appointments. Working in a tiny corner of an application 80% of the time feels awkward, and demotes Scrybe (for me, at least) to the status of Worthy Productivity Application, but just not for me.

Tags: Flash, GTD, Notes, productivity, Scrybe, ThoughtPad, Web Clippings, WebClippings

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

gary said 8:46AM on 1-15-2007

im in the beta trials and the software is really slick

I guess my problem with the whole concept is that i keep my tasks, contacts, calendar, and email all in outlook 97 which works just fine (especially in office 07) and syncs with my bt enabled samsung d600 so I keep all my task and appointments on the go

As far as notes go...One Note has web clippings and a whole slew of features (like integration with Outlook!!!) that are really advanced

I guess my question is....whats the point if outside the slick interface Office takes care of everything? Maybe if you need to access your data from anywhere...but come on...who doesnt remote desktop or have a laptop these days who power tasks in PIM software anyway?

gary said 8:46AM on 1-15-2007

sorry about the typos

Office 07 not 97 HAHA

Robert Markowitz said 12:22PM on 1-15-2007

It's very frustrating that Scrybe has gone beyond Beta of the original concept (by introducing significant new functionality) yet those of us that have expressed interest in the product are still barred from it because it's still in Beta.

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