Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-05 Thread Alan Chandler
On 04/08/10 19:13, Gary Roach wrote: Hi; I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book that I might want to buy in the future and o

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-05 Thread Cláudio E. Elicker
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:13:35 -0700 Gary Roach wrote: > Hi; > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. There is a nice comparison table of "outliners" in [1]. I like keepnote [2]. [1] http://marktaw.com/re

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-05 Thread Gary Roach
Thanks for all of the responses. I thought that since they were so wide ranging that a condensed list might be helpful to others. Obviously I'm not the only one with the problem. In no particular order: Run own (private, locked-down) Mediawiki installation - this allows access where ever

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-05 Thread gauthier . v
> I find Gnote useful for keeping notes and use Orage for > scheduling tasks/events. An (unusual) solution is to have a private wiki. You can store it on your own machine (I do so on my laptop) with a local server, or on a public server with correct management of access. This solution can have

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-05 Thread Tom Ashley
> On 08/04/2010 02:13 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > > Hi; > > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. > > Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible > > projects, book that I might want

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Wayne Topa
On 08/04/2010 02:13 PM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi; I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book that I might want to buy in the future

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Gary Roach wrote: > Hi; > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are > notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book > that I might want to buy in the future and on and on.

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 08/04/2010 04:06 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: Gary Roach writes: Hi; I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book that I might wa

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 11:13:35AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi; > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples > are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, I use Tomboy for th

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:13:35 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are > notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book > that I might want to buy

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Carl Johnson
Gary Roach writes: > Hi; > I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of > information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples > are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, > book that I might want to buy in the future and on and on

Re: Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Gary Roach wrote: > of scheduling things, projects and short term notes. I still am not > sure what to do about those notes that could be around for a long > time like maybe a note on the "proton boron fusion reaction energy" > . I may never use it but would like to be able to find the > informat

Software to handle bits and pieces of information.

2010-08-04 Thread Gary Roach
Hi; I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book that I might want to buy in the future and on and on. This has generated numer