Seriously, why didn’t I think of this before? My method of writing notes on pieces of scrap paper needed work. The paper creates clutter. I lose them, and then find them again several months later when the note isn’t important anymore.
As a by-product of working through the Thirty Day Challenge, I’ve realized that Google Notebook is incredible. All I need to do is click “Open Notebook” and type my note. And it’s always there. It doesn’t get lost. I can add and subtract information as I need.
And in one of the videos, Ed Dale demonstrated that you can be on a website and if you find an interesting tidbit to save somewhere, you can highlight it, right click, and select the option that has it automatically go to the bookmark. Awesome.
Now, I just need to go through all the leftover scraps and transfer my notes and start throwing things away.
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Google Notebook is really good for copy-pasting things from the net, but what if you’re in a context where you’re actually taking notes in class or in a meeting or just need to pound and collect some plain text?
If you want a pure text note taking solution that is absurdly quick, barebones, and focuses on data entry check out http://www.ayenotes.com for taking notes online.
AyeNotes was wired for text only notes. Its key feature is that it provides clips for frequently used strings. These can be templates you type, terms you use (action items, research, etc.), or it can be programmer-esque things like HTML and Markdown.
The site also autosaves the work and provides keystroke. If you have the site remember the login, everytime you go to http://www.ayenotes.com to take notes online you are dropped right into the new note screen. To get your data out, you can email or download the note in multimarkdown format.
That does sound like a powerful tool – thanks for sharing it!