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What do you guys use to organize your information?
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:59 pm
by Die
I'm looking for a piece of software that allows me to organize a whole bunch of random information on my PC so I can quickly look stuff up in it. And by information I mean stuff like todo lists, lists of stuff I need to buy, school assignments, programmer notes and useful code snippets, etc.. Basically all of the stuff that you normally just throw in a textfile on your HD somewhere and then consequently never look at again.
I tried this (free) program:
http://www.evernote.com/en/
(screenshots:
http://www.evernote.com/en/products/eve ... nshots.php)
But I don't really like it. The node structure is a nice way to categorize notes and it supports some advanced formatting (you can copy&paste HTML into it and things like that) but the way it actually orders and displays the notes isn't really what I'm looking for because it mostly bases all its sorting on chronological order whereas I'm more interested in giving each note a name and being able to pick them from a list.
Anyone have any experience with similar software?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:19 am
by glossy
some sort of wiki?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:23 am
by Massive Quasars
Outlook 2003
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:26 am
by dzjepp
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:27 am
by Massive Quasars
Did you think it was worth the $29.95 you paid for it?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:29 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Massive Quasars wrote:
Did you think it was worth the $29.95 you paid for it?
lol. did you realize who you quoted?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:36 am
by dzjepp
pfft. I'm on day 20 of the shareware reminder, and I think after that there's a nag screen. It's pretty good, maybe I'll consider registering a copy.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:38 am
by Bdw3
Do you mean register-register, or registering... o.0
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:58 am
by seremtan
google desktop
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:05 am
by Massive Quasars
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:Massive Quasars wrote:
Did you think it was worth the $29.95 you paid for it?
lol. did you realize who you quoted?
sarcasm meter on the fritz?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:10 am
by Massive Quasars
dzjepp wrote:pfft. I'm on day 20 of the shareware reminder, and I think after that there's a nag screen. It's pretty good, maybe I'll consider registering a copy.
a first
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:11 am
by SoM
pencil n paper
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:36 am
by Massive Quasars
OpenOffice is great, I used it before I got Office 2003.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:48 am
by [xeno]Julios
i just use textfiles on my desktop
got one for phone numbers, one for various ideas, and one for things to do.
for school i have a separate folder for each course.
I dun need anything more really.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:29 am
by 4days
http://www.codejedi.com/shadowplan/
dunno how useful it is if you don't have a palm. i don't use the windows app very often.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:31 am
by Canis
My brain...
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:07 pm
by dzjepp
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:12 pm
by Massive Quasars
Nice.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:13 pm
by stocktroll
hmm never thought of that..... i usually throw everything in a single text file on my desktop (cd keys, certain account passwords, hot chicks id want to google/warez later)
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:18 pm
by bitWISE
stocktroll wrote:hmm never thought of that..... i usually throw everything in a single text file on my desktop (cd keys, certain account passwords, hot chicks id want to google/warez later)
How do you warez a hot chick!? You could become a very rich man with a technique like that.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:22 pm
by R00k
Outlook is my favorite one-stop-shop for info like that. Calendar and/or Tasks for to-do lists that will pop-up reminders for you, Contacts for all your peoples, email obviously, Notes for random things you don't want to forget... And, if you like, there is the Outlook Today that compiles it all on one page you can look at each morning that will tell you what's on your list for that day - or the week or whatever.
It's extremely configurable.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:24 pm
by andyman
riddla wrote:www.realdoll.com
for spring training?
*orders 2 for a threesome*
What I really want to know is if they will bruise realistacly when i beat the shit out of them
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:28 pm
by R00k
No, but their eyes realistically bulge when you choke them...... I've heard.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:00 pm
by Guest
Massive Quasars wrote:Outlook 2003
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Greatest tool of all once you get to know all the functions.
I think that is the most common agenda used in companies.
It even has an alert function to remind you something months later with a note pad and calendar
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:21 pm
by Nightshade
I use Outlook and my Axim.