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![Daily Log 2.0
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As I’ve continued to refine my daily log with more details I realized I needed to turn this into a database if I was going to get what I want. My first thought was Bento since it’s cheaper and easier then FileMaker Pro and I was hoping the iWork integration would be slick and seamless. I was half right, I love the layout and I love the data I’m collecting and what I have here is most of what I want in this. There are a few things missing however.
Graphs, I was really hoping to get a visual graph out of this the way I had it in Numbers. No luck, workaround may need to be to export the data to Numbers, have it build me the data and then bring a screen shot back into Bento as Media. Lame work around that isn’t super practical.
No way of keeping things in sync with iWork, sure I have iCal, address book and mail integration but making a graph would be so much easier if it could automatically send it to Numbers and query the result.
I know, it’s a database right? Doesn’t mean I don’t want to save the databases as specific documents, or at very least store it where I want it. Where I want it is in my Dropbox folder, not down in my user library. This is my major complaint with Evernote too, I wish they could just save down to a human readable structure with separate files for each container.
I’m pretty happy with this, but I’d still like to take it farther, I’m going to keep messing around in Bento and I just downloaded FileMaker Pro and I’ve got another project that may require learning it so maybe I’ll kill two birds with one stone.
Come on though, you know this is sexy.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/nShK71u4pjq80m9maqVUMy92o1_500.jpg)
Daily Log 2.0
[Click the image for the full size image after the jump]
As I’ve continued to refine my daily log with more details I realized I needed to turn this into a database if I was going to get what I want. My first thought was Bento since it’s cheaper and easier then FileMaker Pro and I was hoping the iWork integration would be slick and seamless. I was half right, I love the layout and I love the data I’m collecting and what I have here is most of what I want in this. There are a few things missing however.
- Graphs, I was really hoping to get a visual graph out of this the way I had it in Numbers. No luck, workaround may need to be to export the data to Numbers, have it build me the data and then bring a screen shot back into Bento as Media. Lame work around that isn’t super practical.
- No way of keeping things in sync with iWork, sure I have iCal, address book and mail integration but making a graph would be so much easier if it could automatically send it to Numbers and query the result.
- I know, it’s a database right? Doesn’t mean I don’t want to save the databases as specific documents, or at very least store it where I want it. Where I want it is in my Dropbox folder, not down in my user library. This is my major complaint with Evernote too, I wish they could just save down to a human readable structure with separate files for each container.
I’m pretty happy with this, but I’d still like to take it farther, I’m going to keep messing around in Bento and I just downloaded FileMaker Pro and I’ve got another project that may require learning it so maybe I’ll kill two birds with one stone.
Come on though, you know this is sexy.
