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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The only time in my life I've seriously considered suicide was when I lost the usb drive that had all my novel notes on it. If a major company ripped everything from me because "reasons", I'd be considering homicide instead.

By the way, git is good for more than just software. I keep my novel notes in a git repository these days.

[–] trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I do my writing in markdown. Keeps me from being distracted over formatting. Easily converted to HTML/EPUB for review and editing. git + plaintext + pandoc is a dream.

[–] fadhl3y@feddit.uk 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, same here - I do all my show scripts in Markdown. My editor of choice is IntelliJ. For any non-technical writers here, IntelliJ is like what Scrivener wants to be when it grows up.

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

reads like an ad for that service they plugged

Maybe, but it's a well known writer's tool. I don't think they need to push this angle.

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago

I just realized the other day that one of the updates on my Chromebook automatically installed something called "NotebookLM" on my app bar. Never asked for it. Never even looked at apps on my Chromebook before. But it's there now, and it super secret bloodswap pinky swares it won't steal my ideas or writing. What an odd thing to say on first open.

[–] enthusiasm_headquarters@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

I know it's a big jump from Adobe Cloud (which probably used user behavior tracking and their work to train AI) but it is possible to make great stuff with open source apps now.

The newly released GIMP 3.0 is quite amazing considering that it is free. Is it as good as Photoshop? Maybe it lacks all the features, but it's pretty damn good. If you install GMIC, an amazing suite of tools, it gets that much closer. Inkscape is also professional level for vector work now. Honorable mentions to Krita and kdenlive (for video editing). edit: I shouldn't leave out blender, jeesus.

I left Adobe Cloud 9 years ago. Yeah I had to endure a lot of ridicule and weird looks when I told people that I only worked in GIMP, but more recently, the response is less "You're weird" and more "I need Cloud for my job/it's all I know," which is a positive change.

If nobody ever makes the leap, things will stay the same indefinitely. Don't expect market forces to change things.

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

There was a cool browser extension back in the days that changed the word "cloud" to "someone else's computer" in the articles on the internet. It changes perspective and eliminates a lot of headache this way.

This reframing can be super useful in getting corporate types to understand that storing stuff in the cloud isn't a magic solution, and that it comes with its own problems (especially in terms of data governance stuff).

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

https://takeout.google.com/

You can download stuff off your Google account here. Select what you want, not all or it might fail. Choose format, and wait for the email.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago

Don't use Google trash. Google is evil.

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I'm fully expecting them to straight up delete something... And then release it as theirs any day now

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

The cloud is only part of 321

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

I've not missed cloud functionality since I worked out Proton Drive and Syncthing.

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