Note Talkers » Curio (Mac Based) http://www.notetalkers.com Note-taking software from a user's perspective. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Link of the Day: The Zengobi Blog (Maker of Curio) http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/03/06/link-of-the-day-the-zengobi-blog-maker-of-curio/ http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/03/06/link-of-the-day-the-zengobi-blog-maker-of-curio/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:09:31 +0000 Sid http://www.notetalkers.com/?p=129 I was looking for some information on Curio when I came acros the official Zengobi blog.  Zengobi is the maker of Curio.  This blog was launched in January and below is the purpose of the blog.  It doesn’t get updated often enough for my taste but I suspect it will get better.

In this blog we will discuss our company, our products, and our thoughts on Apple and their amazing Macintosh computers. As well as the weather, movies, recent conversations with Peanut, and, of course, the occasional family photo.

]]> http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/03/06/link-of-the-day-the-zengobi-blog-maker-of-curio/feed/ 0 Curio 3.0 http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/03/04/curio-30/ http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/03/04/curio-30/#comments Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:45:44 +0000 Sid http://www.notetalkers.com/?p=128 I am in the process of writing reviews for different note-taking applications, but in the meantime I will post brief descriptions and screenshots of the programs from their developers.  Today’s program is Curio, a “Brainstorming Studio.”

Curio is the ultimate project-based brainstorming and document management application — a truly flexible and powerful project-based environment for gathering and shaping your ideas, and managing all the documents associated with your creative project. No other product on the market has the features and the intuitive interface to promote creative exploration.

Curio is available in several editions with features fine-tuned for professionals, K-12 students and teachers, and home users. We even offer an extremely low cost Basic Edition that offers bare bones brainstorming — Curio style!

Features:

  1. Collecting and Sketching
  2. Planning and Researching
  3. Organizing and Searching
  4. Sharing

Screenshots

sampleStoryboard.jpgsampleSleuth.jpgsampleOrganizer.jpgsampleIdeaspace.jpgsampleDossier.jpgcurioScreen.jpgsamplePresentation.jpg

]]> http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/03/04/curio-30/feed/ 2 Curio 3.0.1 (Mac Only) http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/02/04/curio-301-mac-only/ http://www.notetalkers.com/2006/02/04/curio-301-mac-only/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:34:27 +0000 AdminID http://www.notetalkers.com/?p=70 I really wish I hadn’t sold my Mac recently, because this looks like a cool program…

Curio 3 by Zengobi and the features that I found interesting…

  • ” Curio is the ultimate project-based brainstorming and document management application”
  • Idea Spaces looks similar to OneNote, but in the StoryBoard screenshot there is a windows pane with a table of the image file details and a rating which peaked my interest.
  • The Dossier screenshot really peaked my interest. Collapsible sections and Form building. I would love that.
  • Project Center for additional organization and categorizing.
  • Other features like Search, autosave, tags, notepaper/stationary, outlines/bullets/numbering, flags/checkboxes/ratings, full screen presentation, export, grouping, and more.
  • Additional features for Restrictions, Shapes, a Library (index of Curio files), ScrapBook, and more.

Overall it looks very interesting and I wish I could give an actual review/comparison. If you have used this program or decide to check it out, please leave a comment on this post to let others know what you think of it.

It might be time for me to re-invest in a Mac. I bought the last one mostly to try DevonThink, which is highly rated and reviewed. I liked it, but was working primarily on a Novell based project at the time and didn’t have the time/effort to use the Mac. I joke that I’m holding out for an Apple/Intel Tablet, but my pockets are nowhere close to that deep, so an eBay search for an older G5 might be the reality.

Found via FurryGoat post about Shawn’s Thoughts post.

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