After the success of Ribbon menu interface in Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft later incorporated the ribbon interface in MS Paint, WordPad and many other native Windows applications. Furthermore, it has introduced the ribbon interface to Windows Explorer in the upcoming version of Windows, Windows 8. Notepad however never got the sleek and stylish makeover and [...]
notes
Our world is full of so much information — in fact, a lot of us may suffer from information overload. As a result, note taking has gotten more and more important, both to serve as reminders and to serve as an extension of our minds. I know it really helps my mind to know that [...]
Taking a note of something in daily life is not an unknown concept. Almost all of us have been doing it for long, some purposely by using sticky notes or desk pads, and others unknowingly while making a grocery shopping list. There are many such tools and applications like Evernote and Memonic that we have [...]
Mind mapping is a relatively new method of thought organization — although I’m quite sure it was used informally before word of it spread as a creative and thought organizing tool. I was first introduced to mind mapping in middle school. Back then, we were taught how to use it very carefully: use colors for [...]
The web these days is all about sharing. From social bookmarking to URL shortening, there are umpteen ways to share a liked webpage. But none of it is really personal with a capital ‘P’. The most you can do is add a message with the link. Enter Bo.lt. Bo.lt is a new kind of page [...]
What are you opening Skype for, again? What edits did you have to make to this .doc file? Often I find myself forgetting what I intended to do in my last session with a document. (In fact, there are so many documents to work with that it can get quite messy!) Sometimes, I totally forget [...]
No one can remember everything and that’s why we make notes. Making a note is not tough but organizing and producing it when required takes skills. I used to use sticky notes on my computer and stock notes on my Android to keep track of things but, believe me, it was a painful task. If [...]
With so many thoughts and ideas, people scramble to put them to paper so they aren’t forgotten. Some prefer the good ol’ Moleskine notebook, but it can be awfully inconvenient when it gets lost or if you’ve left it at home. Instead, a lot of people are looking to the cloud for keeping their notes [...]
Note-taking software is nothing new. Suites like Evernote have been around for eons, and have remained popular. Nonetheless, with users starting to want more and more access to not only their notes, but also bookmarks and interesting articles, a service bringing all this together was bound to come into the world. This service named Memonic [...]
Recording your thoughts is a habit that has widely been embraced by the masses. More and more people have invested in Moleskines and notepads, and there are tools like Google’s Notebook web app that facilitate quick note taking. Thinkery is a bookmarklet available for all browsers that allows you to quickly capture anything that comes [...]
When you find a webpage that contains interesting stuff, you may want to share it with your friends. Though there are many services that can help you do that, most of them merely share the original webpage. If you want to point out certain things on the page with annotation, it isn’t usually straight-forward. This [...]
Many computer users prefer notepad for taking notes. Recently we covered Scribbly, a quick desktop note taking & emailing tool. If you use Google Chrome and would rather prefer staying in your browser and take notes right inside it then Chromepad will help you. It is a useful extension for Google Chrome and is very [...]
The notepad in Windows is probably the most popular way to take notes quickly. However, there are better tools available for the purpose which are more effective and save the time of opening notepad, taking notes and then saving it on your PC.
Digital notes serve as the perfect replacement for traditional paper notes and stickies. It helps you declutter your workspace by reducing paper usage. While Windows notepad is the easiest way to create and save a note, there are better apps available online. One big advantage of using an online note-taking tool is that you can [...]
