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Note Taking Tips?
Adam Schoales | Sep 29 2007
I'm in my first year of university and trying desperately to come up with the best way to take notes on my mac... I've been looking into notae and yojimbo (I like the tagging features alot, but dislike that I can't put in pictures and such) but have heard good things about journler and devonthink. The problem with Notae (which I used today) is everything is in SQL databases which is going to make it difficult. Plus most of these apps REQUIRE you to make a new database file rather than a bunch of text files which it will database and collect, etc. I've also heard wiki's are a great way to take notes but have no clue how to do so on my mac. So please, if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them. I'm sure there are many like me who also would love to know any suggestions for great apps for us Univeristy kids. 105 Comments
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 Keep it lightSubmitted by marklarson on September 29, 2007 - 9:07pm.
One semester I took notes for my 5 classes on one legal pad, all running consecutively... to each their own. There are a ton of Mac options if that's what you want, but you'll need to keep your focus on the content and not on the software. Try to find something where you'll not have to think or fiddle that much. If you're committed to taking notes on the laptop, I have to vote for plain text files. Get something basic and brainless like TextEdit, TextWrangler, Writeroom, etc. And make sure you have a simple, low-maintenance system for naming and filing. » POSTED IN:
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