What is Digg?57 Comments
- flashpitt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13A friend and I have started using Google Documents for notes. You can share among other people if you want and of course access them on other computers. I keep a Firefox bookmark tab dedicated to quickly accessing a certain "notes" document.
http://docs.google.com/ - Flagg3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11http://www.google.com/notebook works for me.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11And for Linux: http://www.beatniksoftware.com/tomboy/
- bhavi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I havent tried Ever note but I will say that OneNote is pretty good, especially in 2007. It takes a few minutes to get used to. But once you do the entire experience is what I'd call 'intuitive'
- LordSkywalker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I'm ghetto. Still notepad for me.
- ActiveMatx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Try Samurize. Takes up little ram and cpu, and has a huge community.
http://digg.com/software/Display_text_files_on_your_desktop - foshizol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I use Google Notebook all the time. It's been a big help at work. I also use Freemind, a mind mapping software that works with Windows, Linux, and Mac. The problem is it sometimes freezes on OS X. But you can't beat the price it's free.
- driya2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Onenote is good for organizing simple class notes. I find Onenote "sections" more intuitive than Evernote's "tags".
If you wanna go one step further, check out mind mapping software. It's especially good for organizing ideas before starting a paper or essay, but you can also use it for lecture notes. Most of my coworkers use MindManager, but FreeMind works just as well. http://freemind.sourceforge.net - drader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The best I've seen/used: http://www.tiddlywiki.org/
Fast, lightweight, easy to use.
If you need it secure/d, put it in a truecrypt container ;-) - nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5ye, especially with a tablet.
- Naga10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What about Journler? http://journler.com/
I looked into Voodoo Pad, and it wasn't bad, but Journler blows it out of the water. It's donationware, unless you're using it commercially, which then it becomes shareware. Basically the creator thinks broke college students just wanting to organise some thoughts don't have to pay for it, but multi-million dollar corporations do.
Good idea. - myheaditches, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Yes.
- YoshoKatana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I use freemind a lot for school notes. For other notes / todo lists, a simple txt file openned in notepad is awsome. They can be searched, they're ligthweight, and they can be openned on any system (windows, osx, linux, etc)
- tsunamisteve, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7As I've said in every other "Best note-taking app" stories on Digg, VoodooPad for Mac by Flying meat software. This always gets ignored by these lists and is probably the best note-taker out there.
- bart9h, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I just use a draft in Gmail: compose a message to myself; after editing, just use the "Save now" button, then go back to Inbox, leaving it in the Drafts folder.
No need of another interface, it's right there, acessible everywhere. - trencher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I actually get a lot of use out of zulupad http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/
They have a builds for Mac and PC. - crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Basket for KDE is amazing as well. Among other things, it can store images and program launchers, and stuff from the clipboard, and it also lets you store your baskets heirarchically (is that a word?) so you could probably set up some sort of GTD system with it if you wanted to. (But if you're using Ubuntu, grab the latest version from their website... the one in the official repositories is ooold...)
- afrazkhan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Google Notebook becomes ultra useful once you start using it with it's official Firefox extension.
- GuyHitByTruck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That looks promising, but does anybody know of a comparable open-source alternative?
- bdickason, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm a big fan of Freemind, an open source 'mind mapping' software that allows you to quickly jot down a bunch of notes and move all your ideas around freely via mouse or k/b. Lots of quick copy/pasting, etc make it very useful.
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ - GuyHitByTruck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2..but it's only intuitive AFTER you get used to it?
- LocDawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I use Dixon Ticonderoga no2 with college ruled paper.
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I write everything on my brain.
- cgoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've been using Hottnotes: http://www.hottnotes.com/
A few bugs but it's in a beta phase. Very nice for quick notes similar to those 3M Post-Its we paste all over our desks and monitors. - hiscity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really like mempad. (65Kb)
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/win/index.html
Tree style index in left frame. Right frame for text. Any www style web address is automatically active, otherwise use http:// or mailto: or file: to make a link immediately active. Simple, free, and very effective.
http://www.sixfiles.com/forum/download-tiny-but-powerful-1309.html (reviews)
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/win/index.html (source)
http://forum.maxthon.com/lofiversion/index.php?t39174.html (other products) - mogden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I prefer DarkRoom. All I need is something simple. It's fullscreen, minimalistic, and easy to use. All I could ask for.
http://they.misled.us/dark-room - nbwt, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5umm ... am i the only one still using vim in a terminal window?
- Forever-Zero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'll be heading to college next year and I'll definately be looking into these. This story actually helped me quite a bit, I didn't even think to search for this type of app.
- obrienslalom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Guess I'll trow my 2 cents in...
Best organization note taking app in my opinion. I use it with my tablet. Also syncs with blackboard and outlook.
http://agilix.com/gobinder.aspx - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I use notepad.............What?
- darkbird, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I personally use the gnome application tomboy for taking notes, it's lightweight, is always and, and even has search capabilities, but then again, I'm just a random linux user ranting about linux apps.
- bede, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Absolutely agree. An amazing bit of kit.
- AltonMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like Google Desktop - there is a scratch pad there that is pretty simple to use like a digital version of a post-it note.
- unitethenations, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love this app. Hope apple buys it because the developer has integrated it into ilife so well.
- adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ok. Not exactly a notes taking app but a PIM with a notes app :-)
http://www.essentialpim.com/
Thats what I use for notes. - adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Open source alternatives.
sunbird: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
chandler: http://chandler.osafoundation.org/
I like Epim better, and I don't think that those two apps take notes or sync with pocket pc. - laceration, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I looked at so many and have even written my own--not close to putting it all together. I've got stuff all over the place incl. bookmarks and rss feeds, which would be cool to tie in. One of the things I use that is really cool that hasn't been mentioned is... a pad of paper and a pen!
- indiekiduk, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1tree murderer
- randomc0de, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1tomboy rocks! I love how TFA only mentions non-free software
- SwabTheDeck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My new MacBook shipped with a program called OmniOutliner pre-installed on it. I've only played around with it a little bit, but it seems more suited for taking school or meeting notes as it is based around multiple nested notes that you can add letters, numbers, or roman numerals to, much in the way that classroom notes are generally written. It's easy to manage just using the keyboard and all of the sections are collapsible. It can also export these notes to a variety of standard formats like plain text, RTF, HTML and OPML (which I've been led to believe is some sort of xml outline standard format). If you don't already have it installed on your mac, you can check it out here: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/
- pandaro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I find OmniOutliner to be very intuitive - I think it's more usable than anything else I've ever tried. Also check out http://kinkless.com, and http://backpackit.com.
- skeeto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Count me in on the props to EverNote. I've used it for a while now. Very good program and you can't beat free (unless you need the handwriting/features). I think I first heard about it on the old Screen Savers show.
- incubus13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1looks nice... I'll give it a shot :)
I've been looking for a good mind mapping app, so thanks for the tip :D - leopardhunter, on 02/18/2009, -0/+1Micro Logic's Info Select was the original tree-based notes application. It's still the best. I haven't tried the 2007 version, however.
http://miclog.com/ - cybercrak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Jott anyone?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/10/jott-to-convert-cell-phone-calls-to-text/
http://www.jott.com/
I find this to be pretty badass, and useful. You can thank me later. - jopsen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, almost... I actually run a MediaWiki to do my note-taking in school... It's also a nice way of sharing you notes and homework with your mates... And LaTeX beats both m$ Equation and MathType...
But you can't really hack WikiMedia in assembler... since it's written in php so that might be a little hard... - Scatropolis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I use TreePad lite for all my note/organization needs. Very simple
http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/ - PeteyUK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1for me a pen and paper is the only software I need. Unless I need to copy some overly complicated info. In which case ill end up using word or whatever.
- digitally5, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2try ginko-biloba instead. improves brain features
-
Show 51 - 55 of 55 discussions
Browsing Digg on your phone just got easier with our enhancements to the 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is