DevonThink 3.0 is available right now as a free public beta. This is a great opportunity to give this Mac-based knowledge base an extended test-drive, seeing that you won’t have to pay a penny until the beta period ends some time this summer.
Here’s the use-case for DevonThink: you write, study, or otherwise manage a ton of information. You constantly find yourself trying to find a citation, reference or other tidbit of knowledge that you are certain is squirrelled away on your hard drive but you can’t find.
DevonThink stores any type of media you throw at it, indexes it and lets you create rich metadata around your information. Then it uses a built-in Artificial Intelligence to help you find your stuff.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. This new 3.0 release lets you perform actions with smart rules. For instance you can subscribe to an website’s RSS feed through DevonThink and then have your iPhone notify you whenever the site posts an article about poodles…or whatever topic is on your radar.
Another great feature – and one that I need to use more often – is the ability to analyze word frequency in a document and see how words and concepts relate to each other in your document. Think SEO analytics on steroids.
I have more to say about using DevonThink as a knowledge base, but for now consider downloading the free beta software and giving it a trial run.
