Looking for Information Application
I am looking for a good way of storing information, things like serial numbers, lists, code snippets, etc. Some of the info is personal so I don’t want to use a web based application. I looked at “Circus Ponies Notebook”:http://www.circusponies.com/store/index.php?main_page=notebook&sub=organize, but I am not sure I want something that is outline based (it is hard to store a code snippet as an outline). I am also looking for something that works on OS X.
Another requirement is that everything is stored in one app/file, I don’t want to have to continually load up different files. I would also like the application to store my information in some form of plain text so if the app stops being developed or supported, I still have access to my info.
I am currently demoing “Yojimbo,”:http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/ which is meets all of my requirements except the last one–the information being stored in plain text.
Anyone have any suggestions?
1passwd rocks my world. It doesn’t store it in plain text; it stores it in your keychain making it secure and backup-able (if that’s even a word hehe).
Try using a personal wiki like Tomboy, VoodooPad or even Instiki. I use KwikWiki (a Java wiki I wrote myself) and run it on my laptop. It stores everything in plain text files so that Spotlight can index it and it has its own full-text search as well.
I used Flexwiki as a personal wiki for the most part of a year. It stores the pages as text in the filesytem.
In the end, though, I went back to regular text files. I describe why here:
http://www.bugfree.dk/blog/2006/12/04/text-files-vs-personal-wiki
I don’t think we’ll stop developing Yojimbo any time soon, but you can always export your data by dragging individual items, or choosing the FIle->Export menu item.
I am using twidllywiki myself, it is a portable wiki that doesn’t require server..totally based on javascript and stored everything in plain text..hmm, plain html
It also supports tagging system, so it is nice for categorizing stuff.
I am using tiddlywiki (http://www.tiddlywiki.com/) myself, it is a portable wiki that doesn’t require server..totally based on javascript and stored everything in plain text..hmm, plain html
It also supports tagging system, so it is nice for categorizing stuff.
Journler’s worth a look too. It’s similar to Yojimbo.
I haven’t taken a look how it stores it’s data though.
http://journler.com/
Many thanks to all who posted suggestions. I am still investigating which one I like best. The suggestions all seem to split between two different ideas:
* the ability to store and categorized lots of bits of information (yojimbo, journler)
* and the ability to put lots of information into one document (voodoopad, tiddlywiki)
I can definitely see a use for both and I may have to pick one solution from both categories to fully satisfy my needs.
Thanks for writing this.