Comments on: In search of a project note organization system for Windows

Question: In search of a project note organization system for Windows

filthy light thief — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:25:50 -0800

I'm looking for a Windows-based (or online/multi-platform) program to organize my various notes, with the ability to sort by contact name, contact phone number, project name, and date(s). More thoughts inside.

I take calls and make notes to myself about a variety of ongoing projects. My projects have individual names, and there could be a variety of people associated with those projects. And there are some people who work on a number of projects, some projects completely unrelated, yet running concurrently.

I would like to be able to quickly jump to the information I entered or received on a certain date, regardless of project, or sort project information by date and contact, or sort information from/about a contact across projects. Is there any database + notation system like this that exists for personal use? Or should I work on a personal system that is more orderly? Thanks!

By: sio42

sio42 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:32:53 -0800

have you tried Evernote? you can search thru everything yet also have it tagged and put in notebooks as you see fit.

there is a windows client for it for offline use, as well as apps for mobile.

By: dougrayrankin

dougrayrankin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:45:42 -0800

Evernote^2

By: TeachTheDead

TeachTheDead — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:23:22 -0800

Evernote!

Tiddly Wiki

PBWiki

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:19:07 -0800

Evernote is great, but since you talked about contacts, Highrise HQ might work too. You need to pay if you're running multiple projects, though.

By: djb

djb — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:43:35 -0800

Batchbook is similar to Highrise, but with better tagging. They have a free plan for 200 contacts.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:29:08 -0800

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into stuff this weekend!