[TriLUG] Web-based note taking application - similar to KeepNote

[Ben Pitzer]

Ron,

Check out Evernote.  You can get a free account, or a paid acct for
$45/year.  The difference is really in the 40mb versus 500mb monthly upload
allowance, and SSL encryption.  There are Mac and Windows clients offered
(no Linux yet, though it's been requested alot on the forums, I believe), as
well as iphone/ipod touch, blackberry, and Palm Pre mobile apps, but all of
your notes are also accessible on the web.  With the clients, you can also
create "local only" notebooks, as opposed to ones that sync, which I use for
my work.  You can attach files to notes as well, though the free accounts
only support PDF, image, audio, and 'ink' files, which refers to the app's
ability to handle "written" notes on tablet PCs.  Given that you have other
file types that you'll want to include (Word docs, specifically being the
issue here, as the notes will handle the HTML and text data natively), you
will probably want to consider the paid account, which may be a turn-off for
you.

Still, I've been using it for 3 years now, and I will swear by it.  I've
gotten my wife and about a dozen other people here at work hooked on it.

-Ben Pitzer


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Chris,
>
> Unfortunately, I have tons and tons of PDFs, word docs, html, and txt files
> I need to manage.  Trying to shove all those into a single html file
> probably won't work.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> -Ron
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Christopher L Merrill wrote:
>
>  I've only been halfway following this since I didn't have anything to
>> offer
>> based on the original criteria.  Is it necessary for the notes to be in
>> separate files?  Would something like a wiki work?
>>
>> I've started using TiddlyWiki for organizing most of my misc notes.  They
>> describe it as a "reusable non-linear personal web notebook".  I'd call
>> it a self-contained wiki.  I'm quite impressed with it - taking notes is
>> easy and searching/tagging them is a snap. Since I first looked at it many
>> years ago they've added a plug-in architecture for adding new features and
>> automatic backups.  It all runs in the browser - no server required.
>>
>> http://tiddlywiki.com/
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> Ron Kelley wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks to all who responded.  After thinking about this for a while, it
>>> appears I need something slightly different than I originally wrote.
>>> Currently, I have all my notes, docs, etc already categorized under my
>>> "export" folder on my Mac.  What I *really* need is a way to quickly create
>>> a hierarchical representation of the files/folders in html format.
>>>  Essentially just a script that can index the data and build an
>>> "explorer-like" view of the website.
>>> As for editing/adding the content, I can use Kompozer (or other tool) to
>>> add new content on the fly or simply drag/drop data into the existing folder
>>> structure.
>>> Does anyone know of such a cgi/perl script that will index a folder and
>>> build a tree-like view?  I know you can simply point your browser to the
>>> directory and navigate that way, but I want something a little cleaner.
>>>
>>
>>
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