Organize Your Information In One Place

It all started with bookmarks in the Internet Explorer toolbar. A way to keep track of my favorite sites. Then bookmarks were not enough as I started researching projects on the web. I was printing out the articles to save them, so I had the full versions at my fingertips, without having to search through a bookmarked web page.

Next I started using Evernote, a great free product for clipping web articles with the touch of a button while I surfed, and the ability to add notes, reminders, etc. Evernote was just the ticket, until I started traveling more and using a laptop in addition to a desktop, in which case I had a different set of notes on each machine. Well, Google to the rescue, with a type of online Evernote-style product called Notebook.

Official Google Blog: Note this: "Note this" 5/15/2006
Posted by Bay-Wei Chang, Senior Research Scientist

"Search is all about finding the answers you need. Unfortunately, some kinds of questions--like where you should stay and what you should do on your Hawaiian vacation, or what kind of digital camera you should buy, or what the latest treatments for arthritis are--can't always be answered in one sitting, or by visiting one site.

That's why we built Google Notebook--to give you an online 'notebook' where you can organize all your research, add personal notes to it, and share it with others. Google Notebook surfs along quietly with you as you browse, letting you clip and annotate whatever text, images, and links that help answer your question, all without ever leaving the web page you're on."

If this sounds like something you'd like to try, you can find it here

There is a Firefox extension that puts a "note this" button on your toolbar for super simple copying. This is a perfect addition to the wired traveler's online toolbox. Spreading the Google Gospel - Amen.