![]() At the top are a few items: Inbox, the default repository for new files I drag into the program Tags, which I don’t really use Mobile Sync, a reception point for items that come in through the DevonThink ToGo mobile app, and Evernote, which receives clippings I make with the Evernote app. When I fire up the program and open my Dissertation database, I’m met with the menu you see below to the left. But my fellow Mac-owning archival researchers looking to build a digital database may find something of value in the ensuing description of the DevonThink process I’ve come to rely on over the past year. I should also note that the program is only available for Mac - I know, I know - so if you haven’t been sucked into the Apple vortex, this post won’t be of much use to you. I have no doubt that someone with more technical skill could wring much more from it than I can. I should say at the outset that I can claim no particular expertise with regard to this program. Like ABBYY FineScanner, it’s quite pricey ( $149.95 after a 150-hour test-drive), but coming up on 15 months together I couldn’t imagine my life without it. ![]() In a post about the wonders of ABBYY FineScanner back in May, I promised to write about another pillar of my archival process, the database management program, DevonThink Pro Office. The Amazing Generosity of Academic Research in Brazil.December 1978: Uruguayan Torturers Commemorate Human Rights Month.The CIA Channels its Inner Authoritarian.The Armed Left Confronts Torture: São Paulo, 1970.ABBYY FineScanner for Archival Research.Digital Resources for Study of the Argentine Left.Rodolfo Walsh and the Politics of Violence: Part I. ![]() Rodolfo Walsh and the Politics of Violence: Part II.Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, CIA Edition.Maricá’s Solidarity Economy in The Politics of Care.DEVONthink Professional Office extends DEVONthink Pro with three additional modules: Pro-grade email archiving, paper capture including optical character recognition, and integrated Web sharing (search only. Or copy the content to your iPod! The possibilities are only as limited as your imagination. You can even collect and organize data from the Web for your own use, enrich it with sound and movie files from your hard drive, and then export the finished product as a Web site or to an Apple Pages document to print, should you so desire. Use it as your document repository, your filing cabinet, your email archive, or your project organizer DEVONthink can do it all. ![]() And if the files are not digital yet, digitize them with DEVONthink Pro Office. Boasting a refined artificial intelligence, DEVONthink is exceedingly flexible and adapts to your personal needs. It is your second brain, the one and only database for all your digital files, be they PDFs, emails, Word docs, or even multimedia files. DEVONthink is the solution to the digital age conundrum. Questions eventually pop up, like where do you store all of this stuff? How do you organize these very different file types, and even better, how do you find the exact file you're looking for the second you need it? It's almost as if you need a second brain just to keep your digital life straight. From shopping receipts to important research papers, your life often fills your hard drive in the form of emails, PDFs, Word documents, multimedia files, and more. DEVONthink Pro Office is a knowledge base, information manager, and much more. ![]()
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