I used the new update today for some academic writing and love the new dashboard and the grammar check is really useful.
This is a case of new features that really shine, rather than features for the sake of keeping subscribers happy.
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With all due respect to Blanc’s work, I am now cringing on a regular basis (to the point where I have recently removed TSS’ feed in my reader) when I see him describe his « writing workflows ». He writes for sure and makes a living writing, but he’s writing short articles about the tech tools he uses for writing those very pieces.
Producing a thesis, a novel, a saga, an essay, these are the true tests of writing workflows. That’s where shortcomings show. I respect the work of journalists, but I don’t expect them to be able to show me efficient, long-term writing workflows - unless they have a few books under their belt. Blanc is the same and I would appreciate more humility on the part of the TSS people when they talk about « writing workflows ».
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I haven’t read enough of his material to have an opinion as such. I will say, however, that I found the webinar to be simplistic and rather obvious. I’m sure it was helpful to some but I don’t need a webinar on how to find a place to work and to focus. I was hoping to hear information about how to effectively and efficiently use the app for complex writing. Unfortunately, I believe the webinar was a platform to sell the course. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that; they have a business and need to make a living. I was just disappointed with the overall depth of the content, which was lacking.
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That was the obvious premise of it to begin with, I think. If anything what was unfortunate was how little they sold the course by specifically showing what it offered.
Correction: the initial rollout price is $79 instead of the ‘normal’ $99, but the time-limited webinar link (which is still active) actually brings the course down to $49.
I appreciate that Ulysses offers a new IAP trial with every major release.
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