Comments on: Internet note taking http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/ 14+ years of practical experience developing web systems for clients both huge and small, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, APIs, AJAX, XML, Apache, etc. Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-75 John Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:02:13 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-75 Ack! Time to abandon ship again. Ack! Time to abandon ship again.

]]> By: Dave http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-74 Dave Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:57 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-74 Looks like you're in good company--Google has stopped using Google Notebook as well. http://googlenotebookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/stopping-development-on-google-notebook.html Looks like you’re in good company–Google has stopped using Google Notebook as well.

http://googlenotebookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/stopping-development-on-google-notebook.html

]]> By: bastich http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-71 bastich Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:02:10 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-71 First of all, thanks for creating Writer. I never had any use for online notes before. I still use the good old notebook for note-taking chores. I'll try all the links here and see if I can make use of it. First of all, thanks for creating Writer.

I never had any use for online notes before. I still use the good old notebook for note-taking chores. I’ll try all the links here and see if I can make use of it.

]]> By: Chris http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-27 Chris Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:25:37 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-27 I agree completely with Google Notebooks' shortcomings as you have described them here. I have felt for a long time that I would use it a lot more than I already do if the input was friendlier. I've never heard of either of the apps shared by Dave & Greg - thanks guys. I'll look at them. I agree completely with Google Notebooks’ shortcomings as you have described them here. I have felt for a long time that I would use it a lot more than I already do if the input was friendlier.

I’ve never heard of either of the apps shared by Dave & Greg – thanks guys. I’ll look at them.

]]> By: Faraz http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-26 Faraz Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:55:37 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-26 Thank you for the comparison, I use Google notebook right now and was very curious about using Evernote but didn't know exactly what I will be getting in return or giving up. I sort don't like that they have put 500MB/month bandwidth limit on even the paid subscriptions. I just finished reading Andy Hunt's book "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning" (http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning) and am looking for a way to merge mind maps + photo notes (whiteboard diagrams) + audio clips (meeting notes) into one place. I like the visual UI of mind maps to shape ideas but it would be really cool if I can include multi-media notes to mind maps. Thank you for the comparison, I use Google notebook right now and was very curious about using Evernote but didn’t know exactly what I will be getting in return or giving up. I sort don’t like that they have put 500MB/month bandwidth limit on even the paid subscriptions.

I just finished reading Andy Hunt’s book “Pragmatic Thinking and Learning” (http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning) and am looking for a way to merge mind maps + photo notes (whiteboard diagrams) + audio clips (meeting notes) into one place. I like the visual UI of mind maps to shape ideas but it would be really cool if I can include multi-media notes to mind maps.

]]> By: John http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-24 John Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:12:48 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-24 Thanks for the links. I'd heard of Freemind before but never tried it. AyeNotes is completely new to me. I'm going to go give them a whirl right now. Thanks for the links. I’d heard of Freemind before but never tried it. AyeNotes is completely new to me. I’m going to go give them a whirl right now.

]]> By: Greg Kim http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-21 Greg Kim Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:35:35 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-21 A bit of a minimalist approach is AyeNotes as an alternative to take notes online. One issue with note taking on the computer is that the user is too distracted with things like formatting, etc. and yet none of the solutions help with data entry online. AyeNotes is sort of the antithesis to Evernote and Google Notebook in the sense that AyeNotes provides users for frequently used clips as shorthand (as if they were taking quick handwritten notes) that expand to longhand. In addition to creating text substitution macros, ayenotes turns out to be really useful if you write HTML or markdown for blogging. You can create macros for h1, h2, p, etc. that make the beginning and end tags and put the cursor in between them (you set the cursor with an **). There are also command key equivalents and auto-save - so a lot of the usability issues you're talking about go away with this simpler solution... it's worked really well for me both in a class context as well as professionally. A bit of a minimalist approach is AyeNotes as an alternative to take notes online. One issue with note taking on the computer is that the user is too distracted with things like formatting, etc. and yet none of the solutions help with data entry online.

AyeNotes is sort of the antithesis to Evernote and Google Notebook in the sense that AyeNotes provides users for frequently used clips as shorthand (as if they were taking quick handwritten notes) that expand to longhand. In addition to creating text substitution macros, ayenotes turns out to be really useful if you write HTML or markdown for blogging. You can create macros for h1, h2, p, etc. that make the beginning and end tags and put the cursor in between them (you set the cursor with an **).

There are also command key equivalents and auto-save – so a lot of the usability issues you’re talking about go away with this simpler solution… it’s worked really well for me both in a class context as well as professionally.

]]> By: Dave http://watson-net.com/blog/internet-note-taking/#comment-19 Dave Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:11:30 +0000 http://watson-net.com/blog/?p=101#comment-19 I use Freemind. I'd really like something with a web interface so I could get my notes anywhere, and I'd like something with bookmarking, but for serious notetaking and organizing I have yet to find something that works as well and as fast as freemind. Its multi-platform, and I use jungledisk so that I can access it from all my computers securely. I use Freemind. I’d really like something with a web interface so I could get my notes anywhere, and I’d like something with bookmarking, but for serious notetaking and organizing I have yet to find something that works as well and as fast as freemind. Its multi-platform, and I use jungledisk so that I can access it from all my computers securely.

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