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Note Taking Tips?

I'm in my first year of university and trying desperately to come up with the best way to take notes on my mac...

I've been looking into notae and yojimbo (I like the tagging features alot, but dislike that I can't put in pictures and such) but have heard good things about journler and devonthink.

The problem with Notae (which I used today) is everything is in SQL databases which is going to make it difficult. Plus most of these apps REQUIRE you to make a new database file rather than a bunch of text files which it will database and collect, etc. I've also heard wiki's are a great way to take notes but have no clue how to do so on my mac.

So please, if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them. I'm sure there are many like me who also would love to know any suggestions for great apps for us Univeristy kids.

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Firefox Extension Zotero

You might also consider taking a look at the Firefox extension Zotero. We are working on this open source solution for research management at the Center for History and New Media, and it may well be another good option for you.

Here is a screencast tour of the tool and here is a screencast demoing its note-taking capabilities. See also a previous 43folders discussion of it and a recent piece on Zotero from Inside Higher Education.

 
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