Web based note-taking

I usually fill out a notebook in about one and a half month! I bring it around everywhere in my bag and I just could not live without it! -at least I would not remember much without it!

I have given been looking for a good way to digitalize this for quite some time. I am just annoyed that no one have come up with a good solution, or something resembling a good solution for this!

I have been speculating on using the extra inches of a wide screen computer as a notebook. But as I have yet to acquire a new, wide screen notebook computer that is no use.

The Opera Web browser's note feature is the closest thing to a good note-taking user interface I have seen. But it is not Web based and as the browser in general both look and act likes crap on Linux… Well, it just would not do the trick!

I would really like something Web based. Or something synchronizing with a local client! Something doing what IMAP does for email. Only for notes!

Tomboy is popular on Linux and are included with quite a few distributions. However the note windows are just that, big, ugly windows with huge icons! This can of course be customized, but only so far! Another problem with Tomboy is that it can be a memory hog from time to time.

I guess the world is not ready for real, digital note-taking yet! So I just got to stick to my old, tree made notebook for a while longer…

…and yhea, the site name came from my notebook obsession! And the coincident that notebook could also refer to notebook computer which is a common search query.

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7 comments

I use Google notebook myself, not the best solution I guess, but an easy way to keep track of the notes considering the fact that I'm more or less like a nomad when it comes to computers. I use up to 5 different PC a week. And well, having all information stored online really helps alot.

Link: http://www.google.com/notebook/

Comment by Kent Vegard Evjen (Subscribed) at 2007-01-16 @573.

There is only one problem involved in using Google's services… I do not entrust them with all my personal data. I think many of their services are great, but I do not find them trustworthy at all.

Thanks for bringing up Google Notebook, though! If you got other options I would be more than pleased to hear about them too!

Currently Opera's note feature is what works best for me.. Except that I cannot put them online or access them from any other computer than my own! Really a bummer.

Comment by Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-01-16 @674.

iDisk with its "Documents" folder.

Comment by Magnus at 2007-01-16 @789.

Which would require me to open a text editor, and it would reqire me to have iDisk for Windows installed on PCs or iDisk for (never heard of that though.)

Any good solutions then?

Comment by Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-01-16 @840.

I prefer using webdav. Its great for Document handling. Combining webdav and eZ Publish will give you a full Document handling system.

eZ Publish also gives you a lot of possibilities editing and handling you documents. Convert to PDF? No problem. Its just a click away. Its more work getting this up and running, but its worth it. If you miss a future, make it.

My point is, why use iDisk or Googles services when you can have everything on you own domain and be able to develop and enchant the futures of a allready large open source community?

Comment by Alexander Davidsen at 2007-01-16 @920.

I think Scrybe might be perfect for you. Take a look at their introductory video (on the front page), and read about their ThoughtPad.

PS: Is HTML allowed in comments here? I didn't care to take the chance in case.

Comment by Břrge at 2007-01-17 @081.

"Which would require me to open a text editor, and it would reqire me to have iDisk for Windows installed on PCs or iDisk for (never heard of that though.)

Any good solutions then?"

Jesus…
Are you this obnoxious by nature, or are you just trying real hard?

First of all iDisk is web-based:
http://idisk.mac.com/magnus.damli-Public

If you remove "-Public" you get to input the username and password, and from there you can upload and navigate through your entire iDisk.

The public folder is just… public.

It's not free, but if you expect to get everything handed to you for free, you're in for a real surprise, cause the world's not free at all.

Comment by Magnus Damli at 2007-01-21 @910.