Comments on: DevonTHINK’s Classify Feature

By: Office Timesavers : Productivity501

Office Timesavers : Productivity501 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:02:25 +0000

[...] make it a lot easier to search for the part of the document you are looking for. A program like DevonTHINK or Google’s desktop search can make it easy to locate your documents when you need [...]

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:32:55 +0000

@Rarem – The folders help you find things when they may not be locatable through search. Also the folder names play into the search results making it easier to find things if they are categorized.

By: rarem

rarem — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:01:55 +0000

Thanks for pointing this one out. I love DTP but wasn’t aware of this feature or how easy it is to use. The video is great – simple, straight to the point and informative.

I have a question though – given how easy it is to search even the largest DTP database what is the advantage of adding a folder structure? It seems to me that this is an added workstep that doesn’t add much extra value. I am very curious to hear what benefits you feel it brings?

By: The Balcony » Tuesday Tip: AI, at your service

The Balcony » Tuesday Tip: AI, at your service — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:02:18 +0000

[...] do yourself, e.g. find the best place to file a document. Mark Shead of Productivity 501 has made a great video (thank you!) and you can find another tutorial in our [...]

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:14:36 +0000

@Patrick – Thanks for pointing out Vimeo. I had seen them before, but didn’t realize how drasticly different the quality was. I was looking at just hosting the video myself, but youtube was quick and easy to get something up. I will definitely look into Vimeo.

@Arjun – I have a separate filing system for things that I need to modify. I’m just using DevonTHINK for things that would normally be paper sitting in the filing cabinet. One advantage of this is that it keeps my working files separate from my “reference only” stuff.

It would be very nice if someone could build an autoclassify feature that attaches to the Finder.

@nomoire – I actually thought of that when I put the shirt on, but I was planning on only doing testing instead of actually putting anything up. The test looked useful so I went ahead and posted it. I will watchout for that shirt in the future. Thanks for mentioning it.

By: nomoire

nomoire — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:54:09 +0000

Avoid stuff with a fine pattern on it to wear or in the background – it causes moiré effects that can be a major visual distraction.

IIRC Devon technologies do have some video tutorials on their website for the interested.

By: Arjun Muralidharan

Arjun Muralidharan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:05:25 +0000

The classify feature of DevonThink really is great. But I’ve tried many systems and most are very unfriendly towards certain file types like docx, which I *do* have to deal with occasionally.

As for folder structure, you very well know I’m on ABC

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:47:27 +0000

Thanks for this excellent screencast. The only thing that bugs me a little bit is that you’re hosting it on YouTube.

YouTube might be a good choice if you’re uploading a video of yourself but it’s definitely the wrong choice for screencasts due to its low resolution.

I would highly recommend Vimeo (www.vimeo.com) or at least Viddler (www.viddler.com). Have a look at this example and watch it in fullscreen mode:

http://vimeo.com/481864

Greetings and keep up the good work.

By: Benjamin Michael Goering

Benjamin Michael Goering — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:04:33 +0000

Great video/post. No notice of the dog, and I don’t think there’s much you need to improve in terms of video quality.

Informative though. As I try to move to a “paperless student” system this fall, I’ll keep this in mind.