In a quest to help organise meeting notes, web design projects and software development projects, I have looked at some note taking applications to aid with this. It is also largely influenced by Ed Dale too. It became apparent whilst working at client’s office on their new staff rota software that my notes from our meetings took up several different pages of my trusty pad, and that I had to then read through the different pages, which were intermingled with other clients notes, to find the correct ones. I then had to translate my writing into real English – a task that is easier said than done! After Ed had introduced many new users to Evernote and Simplenote (which is a Mac only application) I decided it was time to look into the Microsoft OneNote product that comes with several versions of Office. So far I haven’t looked back! Indeed I am translating all my notes from the pad into English and typing them up on OneNote as it allows me to have different notebooks on different subjects, so I have a Clients one for example. In the Notebook you have Sections which enable me to sectionise my info about that client, e.g. Meeting notes, Specification notes etc. and within each section you can have multiple pages, so a page per meeting or module of the software. Not only that but you can add photos, video & audio recording into your notebooks, and text within photos becomes searchable! Amazing! I can even sync up with my Windows Mobile! However, there is another note taking app, which is my 2nd choice desktop app, but 1st choice mobile app, which is Evernote. It is completely cross platform with web & mobile versions for all platforms, and desktop versions for Windows & Mac. The mobile application on Windows Mobile is simply awesome, very easy to use, and looks great. The beauty of Evernote is that it is a cloud based product so you can send a photo straight from your mobile device and it will appear on your desktop when you sync up or make notes in the office and take them wherever you go. Again, Evernote supports several different media. Look out for a post on each of these great note taking applications as developers we all look for other people’s great work.