Comments on: Organizing Ministry in DevonThink Pro http://gatheringinlight.com/2009/11/23/organizing-ministry-in-devonthink-pro/ Current Blog Project: Six Months With a Quaker Preacher Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim Norman http://gatheringinlight.com/2009/11/23/organizing-ministry-in-devonthink-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-74835 Tim Norman Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:04:45 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/?p=2317#comment-74835 This is so useful - I'm trying to sort out a particular challenge - searching by Bible verse ...so: - I'm looking for functionality like <a href="http://sermoncentral.com:" target="_blank">http://sermoncentral.com:</a> i.e. (1) I want to find a talk or some notes on John 5:45-6:8, but I don't want to find all the docs with just the word 'John' in it, and docs on John 6 might be useful, as might docs on John 5-8 (2) I want all documents relevant to John 5:45 - 6:8 [i.e. this goes over a chapter into the verses in the next chapter]? (3) More simply, I might want all documents relevant to John 5:35 - 45 - It would also be useful if a search for revealed all Devonthink documents with e.g. John 5:45 -6:8 anywhere in the text, but particularly highlighting those where it is a primary focus: i.e it may be referenced in many documents but is a particular focus of only some such documents... What route would be best? I'm wondering about the new tagging functionality which has just come out Thanks Tim This is so useful – I'm trying to sort out a particular challenge – searching by Bible verse …so:
- I'm looking for functionality like http://sermoncentral.com: i.e.

(1) I want to find a talk or some notes on John 5:45-6:8, but I don't want to find all the docs with just the word 'John' in it, and docs on John 6 might be useful, as might docs on John 5-8
(2) I want all documents relevant to John 5:45 – 6:8 [i.e. this goes over a chapter into the verses in the next chapter]?
(3) More simply, I might want all documents relevant to John 5:35 – 45

- It would also be useful if a search for revealed all Devonthink documents with e.g. John 5:45 -6:8 anywhere in the text, but particularly highlighting those where it is a primary focus: i.e it may be referenced in many documents but is a particular focus of only some such documents…

What route would be best? I'm wondering about the new tagging functionality which has just come out

Thanks

Tim

]]> By: wdaniels http://gatheringinlight.com/2009/11/23/organizing-ministry-in-devonthink-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-74561 wdaniels Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:20:48 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/?p=2317#comment-74561 I didn't know they were going to be doing tags in a new update, I think that will be a great use for them. I am always kind of hit or miss with tags, not always sure how to use them. I didn't know they were going to be doing tags in a new update, I think that will be a great use for them. I am always kind of hit or miss with tags, not always sure how to use them.

]]> By: wdaniels http://gatheringinlight.com/2009/11/23/organizing-ministry-in-devonthink-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-74562 wdaniels Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:20:48 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/?p=2317#comment-74562 I didn't know they were going to be doing tags in a new update, I think that will be a great use for them. I am always kind of hit or miss with tags, not always sure how to use them. I didn't know they were going to be doing tags in a new update, I think that will be a great use for them. I am always kind of hit or miss with tags, not always sure how to use them.

]]> By: Tony Steward http://gatheringinlight.com/2009/11/23/organizing-ministry-in-devonthink-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-74560 Tony Steward Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:32:21 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/?p=2317#comment-74560 Love this post - LOVE it. Digital organization is so different than physical organization, but most of our systems come from physical frameworks. Wes thanks for the time you spent writing this out and sharing. I wonder how tagging, when released into Devonthink could change things up a bit. For instance instead of organizing by book of the Bible you could organize by series (since that is the grouping that best matches what you need at hand as you work on it) and then could tag the series and messages by book, biblical characters, theological elements, and topics. Then tag searches, especially once you have a few years of content, could provide entire new series or perspectives on content for writing and reference. Does that make sense? Love this post – LOVE it. Digital organization is so different than physical organization, but most of our systems come from physical frameworks. Wes thanks for the time you spent writing this out and sharing. I wonder how tagging, when released into Devonthink could change things up a bit. For instance instead of organizing by book of the Bible you could organize by series (since that is the grouping that best matches what you need at hand as you work on it) and then could tag the series and messages by book, biblical characters, theological elements, and topics. Then tag searches, especially once you have a few years of content, could provide entire new series or perspectives on content for writing and reference.

Does that make sense?

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