NoteBook

Does this desktop look familiar? It probably does, because you might find something interesting on the web and save it in a file. Or jot an important note in a sticky. Or flag an e-mail that contains an action item. Do these things a few times and pretty soon your entire computer looks like this desktop. That’s because there’s no good way to keep these snippets of information organized.

If you’re managing a project you hit the same problem, because a project is made up of snippets of information. A project may include some notes you’ve made, some e-mails from a colleague, a spreadsheet with related information, and there’s no good way to organize it all. You could use the Finder to keep everything in one place, but at best it’s an unorganized list.

Circus Ponies NoteBook solves the problem of managing these snippets that don’t have a good home. NoteBook’s documents look like paper notebooks — with pages, tabs and sections — just like the notebooks you’ve used all your life, so they are instantly familiar. And Notebooks are very flexible. Want a Notebook with a single long page of notes? No problem. Need a Notebook with multiple sections and subsections to organize your clients? That’s easy. Unlike other note-taking software, NoteBook works the way you do.

NoteBook combines the notebook metaphor with outlines, which are perfect for managing lists. They are especially good for managing hierarchical lists (a list with subitems), making it easy to organize any amount of detail and then instantly hide it all with a click.

Notebooks can contain text, documents, images, movies, whatever you need to keep together and organized. Add action items to your notes, assign them due dates, publish them to your iCal calendar and phone. Even link to contacts in your Address Book, to put their information just a click away. So when three o’clock rolls around, flip to your client’s page, use the contact link to pull up her number, fill the page with notes from the call, and add checkboxes and due dates to the action items that come out of your conversation. With everything in one place, staying organized is almost automatic.

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