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Notetaking

How to do the Pulse SmartPen trick without buying one.

June 10, 2010

I got to thinking about how I use the pulse smartpen, and I made a shocking discovery.  I really didn’t need the pen and the paper.  After the break how software and some hardware you might already have can help you simulate the Pulse smartpen and LiveScribe desktop.

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My solution to carrying my Circa Notebook Everywhere

May 31, 2010

I carry my Circa everywhere, but I hated to have to carry my whole briefcase, or bag with me everywhere I went.  I like to use the bag to get into my office, and then I want to carry the notebook around with me.  No, the Circa is not a laptop computer, but a pen [...]

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Why I chose EagleFiler instead of DevonThink

May 18, 2010

For more than a year now I have been using EagleFile exclusively to do my note taking and organization. I used to use DevonThink. After the break I will tell yo why I chose EagleFiler over DevonThink.

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Thoughts for Mac OS X – journaling, organizing and managing notes and information

April 29, 2010

Thoughts for Mac OS X – journaling, organizing and managing notes and information The problem with being someone interested in note taking and management software is people send you links to software. That’s not really a problem, but I feel like I am disappointing the readers when I don’t enthuse over someone’s favorite software. I’m [...]

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New Premium features: Note History and 50MB notes « Evernote Blogcast

April 15, 2010

New Premium features: Note History and 50MB notes « Evernote Blogcast I’ve used Evernote since it was a note taking program for the PC. The main problem with today’s Evernote is that I have all of this with a limit of none. Evernote is great if it meets you needs, but I find myself gathering [...]

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Mechanical Pencils

March 10, 2010

I love pencils. Throughout my life pencils were permitted to be used anywhere. Because of that simple fact Pencils seem to give me permission to write notes anywhere. They are a main staple of my pocket. While I prefer to use the wooden pencils, They neither fit my pocket, nor my bag. To that end [...]

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The Smoothest pen inserts

March 5, 2010

You can’t take good notes if your pen doesn’t perform well, and I’ve found something that will make your pen perform at it’s top level. More on this after the break.

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How to take reading Notes

February 25, 2010

I ran into a situation a few days ago that made me wonder. A gentleman told me he had never been taught how to take notes on his reading. This is a well educated man who made his own note taking system which depended heavily on highlighting. That simply doesn’t work efficiently enough. After the [...]

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Levenger Circa Notebooks

February 19, 2010

When I am reading, or where I can’t bring a laptop, I like to use physical notebooks. My source for notebooks has been Moleskine, and a company in Florida called Levenger. Levenger has their own notebook system that is so flexible it actually took me a few years to wrap my mind around all of [...]

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Something new: PdfPen and EagleFiler

February 18, 2010

As long time readers of this blog know I am a notetaker. I love to look at new note taking programs, but I always seem to come back to my dynamic duo of EagleFiler and DevonThink. Well it might be goodbye to Devonthink. I always keep my eye on the price of any solution I [...]

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