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[frax]

Hi,

What software are you guys using to manage notes and scribbles? I have previously used a wiki for a lot of notes about data sources, software tricks and interesting finds on the Internet, and I have liked it a lot. But I have also used OneNote (part of MS Office) a bit on my laptop for managing meeting notes and scribbles. Now I am looking for a more unified solution...

Part of the problem is that I alternating between two computers - one at the office and my laptop (which is a tablet PC) - both running Windows. It would be nice to have a solution that is accessible and up-to-date between the both machines, but also available off-line. But one can't have everything...

What I like about the wiki - I have been using a custom ColdFusion-based softare - is that it is very easy to create a non-hierarchical cloud of notes, and have them link to each other. Being web/server-based it is also accessible whenever you are online. I don't think the wiki-solution would be ideal for e.g. meeting notes though.

As far as I can see in OneNote, it is not as easy to have small entries and link them - it is more structured (but also easy to search). The problem with OneNote is also that synchronising notebooks between computers requires some hacks.

For now I think I'll continue with meeting notes in OneNote and random scribbles in wiki - unless anyone has any good suggestions... ?

[Hans van der Maarel]

What software are you guys using to manage notes and scribbles?

I use hardware to manage it: an old-fashioned paper notebook. Works great, platform independent, low battery consumption and all

All kidding aside, while it doesn't offer an easy way to link notes together, or search them, it works out great for me especially if I have to sketch out little diagrams and stuff.

[frax]

Hans, my work is split up a bit between home and office (and traveling), and I am not so keen on any paper solution. OneNote is a bit similar to an old-fashioned notebook (but possible to copy and backup etc). But I still like the interconnected-cloud idea of a wiki.