dinkjs Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 So a couple days ago I decide to archive or catelog my woodworking magazine collection. I am using Bento on my Macbook....I do love this program...very easy to use. The reason I am catelloging my magazines is because I am tired of going through every single issue till I find the one thing or article I am looking for. Doing what I am doing is going to make things alot faster and easier. I highly recommend people do this themselves if they haven't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utbigrod Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Wow, what a great post to jump in as my first post! I have a zillion woodworking mags and I do the same thing. Look through them looking for that one plan or one tip that I swear I just saw. I don't have a Mac, so are there any other options out there designed to help with this? Bento looked like a lot more robust than just organizing magazines. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinkjs Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Wow, what a great post to jump in as my first post! I have a zillion woodworking mags and I do the same thing. Look through them looking for that one plan or one tip that I swear I just saw. I don't have a Mac, so are there any other options out there designed to help with this? Bento looked like a lot more robust than just organizing magazines. thanks! You could just do Excel as a very basic option....I bet there are plenty of programs to buy that would allow you to archive....I bet there is something at like a Best Buy you could buy easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 If you're gonna go with a windows based database, I would suggest Access. It's not very intuitive, but very easy to query for searching out specifics, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_in_SD Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I rarely need the entire magazine so I scan and archive articles of interest on my computer as PDFs. I use a descriptive file name so it is easy to find. And I use a Mac and use a program call Yep to give my PDFs the same cataloging ability as iPhoto. I can also use Spotlight to search or use preview mode on finder to flip through the contents. Also, the space bar on the Mac to pop up a preview without opening an application is very handy. I subscribe to FineWoodworking web site, I go to the web site when I find an article I need to download the PDF directly from there. Other mags I just scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_in_SD Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I rarely need the entire magazine so I scan and archive articles of interest on my computer as PDFs. I use a descriptive file name so it is easy to find. And I use a Mac and use a program call Yep to give my PDFs the same cataloging ability as iPhoto. I can also use Spotlight to search or use preview mode on finder to flip through the contents. Also, the space bar on the Mac to pop up a preview without opening an application is very handy. I subscribe to FineWoodworking web site, I go to the web site when I find an article I need to download the PDF directly from there. Other mags I just scan. I've never used Bento except to play with a free trail download. I suppose you could embed the PDF directly in the database so now you can include a lot of metadata to use to find articles -- I'll have to look into that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Slack Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I have a paid subscription to FWW (also online) and I have archived articles on a PDF format and filed them in folders, so it will be easier to find. So far that is what I did. Simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie83 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 I've never used Bento except to play with a free trail download. I suppose you could embed the PDF directly in the database so now you can include a lot of metadata to use to find articles -- I'll have to look into that! I don't know about Bento in particular, but I would suggest linking the PDF files you create rather than imbedding them. I've created a few database apps that use scanned images and I've found that linking them is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFan Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Just an idea, but it may make sense to do them in a format that can be shared. If everyone were to do a few of their magazines, the it would be quite nice to have a complete list of woodworking magazines where each person could select the ones they had. I guess I'm thinking a website where everyone could contribute to a general database. Naturally, that's a whole lot more work to set a website up, but it's just a thought. (Just an index, not the actual PDF's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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