The theme was released GPL and you can download it and see just how it fits together at http://0102.atlwpusers.com

http://www.penmachine.com/2010/09/ipad-spontaneous-wedding-album

As useful as it was for me, it was even more useful for everyone else.

2. No Mac version of the business version (with basic Gant Chart Integration)
- The main reason I’m looking at this in the first place (and would consider the price-tag) is
its ability to simply go from Mind Maps to Timelines (for customers) to Project Tools (for management)

Without those 2 then its just a piece of over-priced mind-management software, at x2-x3 the price of its competition. No way am I paying $300 for a piece of Mac softtware thats not directly compatible with the rest of my Mac and PC colleagues, and just does a timline (something that you can find 10 programs for $25 on google!).

Its a real pity though…many Mac users dont have project management software, and something to go from mind-management to a timeline to a project-view would be really, really nice…
but dropping computability with the incumbent in mind-management, and removing the one feature that would justify its high price-tag (basic quick project management), means its just massively over-priced mind-management with a time-line…..

Disappointing.

By some coincidence I’m currently researching tools to help me through and found your contest. I’m no longer able to do traditional paper and pen note taking, outlining and drafting. It’s very painful and the results are illegible. I still haven’t adjusted to a paper free workflow and I hope Scrivener can be part of a solution. I love doing research and mind mapping my ideas but the writing is where I fall down. It’s become a recurring nightmare. Any tool to help is welcomed. An iPhone has become a replacement for my memory. I fill it with random thoughts that pop up through the day and in the middle of the night. I want to have somewhere meaningful to put them so I can actually make use of all these snippets. I think Scrivener may be the perfect home for them.

I’ve had some help with equipment but not much can be done about my inability to sit upright for long, poor concentration or general cognitive problems. Efficiency during writing time is essential as I’m so limited in capacity. The prospect of writing on my Alphasmart Dana and importing to a Scrivener project for editing really excites me. Sitting in a painful position at a computer staring at a blank, disorganised or disjointed word processing document is utterly soul destroying. I have dictation software but when it comes to free flowing thought I’d rather type. Also, I’m plagued by vocal problems, both physical production and word finding, so dictating will never be a panacea for me.

Scrivener would completely revolutionise my workflow and give me the ability to be academically successful again. As a student (and a disabled student with extremely limited capacity to supplement my income at that) I would be delighted and very grateful to receive a free copy of Scrivener. Like another entrant I don’t want to beg but needs must! I must also apologise for any errors in my entry as I’m extremely tired but unfortunately I only stumbled across this contest just before the deadline so it couldn’t wait.

Many thanks for considering my entry.

I am currently researching for my doctoral thesis. As it’s not too long ago that I’ve made the switch to Mac OS X, I’ve tried to postpone the decision on which software to use for writing the thesis.

After a short look on Pages, I don’t think it would be an interesting option for writing academic publications. It feels too limited (or reduced to mainstream functionality). Although Office for Mac 2011 looks promising, its 2008 version still seems to have difficulties regarding interoperability with its Windows versions – especially on larger documents. So the major benefit of still using Microsoft’s Office suite seems limited. Due to their experiences, a couple of friends couldn’t recommend using OpenOffice/NeoOffice for my purposes. Eventually, Latex seems to be more targeted towards those heavily involved in formulas, which I’m not.

In contrast, Scrivener looks like a great way not only to write but also to prepare and organize the actual writing process (e.g. with the corkboard or outliner). I had already heard very positive things regarding Scrivener from David Sparks on the Mac Power Users podcast (http://macpowerusers.com/2009/06/mpu-005-word-processing-and-writing), its review on his blog (http://www.macsparky.com/blog/2007/12/8/review-scrivener.html), and another screencast (http://www.macosxscreencasts.com/en/review/scrivener-review-teil-1-gewinnspiel-rabattaktion/ and http://www.macosxscreencasts.com/en/review/scrivener-review-teil-ii-gewinnspiel-rabattaktion/). Having had a first look at it during a test run, one can get a good impression how it’s really taylor made to the needs of “professional writers”.

Writing a doctoral thesis means a lot of initial research. Scrivener seems to be of great value especially in this field. Its integrated research support functions would sure be of great help to me and would probably facilitate the switch from researching to actually writing – which seems to be the most tricky part.

Especially with the 2.0 version (and its new features) around the corner, Scrivener would be a great tool. I’d be very glad to win. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in your contest.

Even something as “simple” as WordPress…launch a fully functional website in 15 minutes or less? It still astounds me.

Regardless, getting back to more long-form writing (I know you never left it, nor did I), will do well to help people grapple with tech.

And if they still need help, we can always write a book about it!