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What do you use as an Engineer's Notebook? Time for IdeaBook.com?

4ringfan
4ringfan over 10 years ago

I'm trying to come up with the best memory archival tool.  Kind of a digital notebook of sorts.  I'd like something that I can store images, scraps of knowledge, notes, calculations, etc. and have it completely searchable. Right now, it is pen and paper, saved internet links in my browser, dropbox, and images on my phone.  My thoughts are probably scattered and saved somewhere, but they are never where I need them of course.  I can't seem to find anything when I need it.  Maybe I'll just have to blog everything on E-14 and have it searchable that way. Hehe, everyone get ready for my grocery list!  Putting the guys that use pen and paper aside (Sorry, but it just doesn't work for me), does anyone use any notebook apps that they are especially fond of?


The tools I commonly use:  Macbook, iPad, iPhone, and Desktop PC.


Ideally this application would be web based and useable anywhere by any device, it would be scalable and able to store vast chunks of data, and indexed for fast searches.  Suggestions?


Might be time to launch a new internet startup company called IdeaBook or something like that.  Just a white graph paper screen on which one can scribble notes, images, calculations, etc and have them stored like a journal and searchable like a database on the WWW.


Has anyone seen anything like that, or what do you guys use to record your stuff?

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  • vsluiter
    vsluiter over 10 years ago +6
    Hello Mike, I'm using a build-it-myself system, inspired on the work of a colleague. He's keeping memos in Word, and updates those regularly. He "interlinks" documents that have relations with other memos…
  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 10 years ago +5
    I'm a big fan of Trello. Worth checking out. https://trello.com
  • DAB
    DAB over 10 years ago +5
    Hi Mike, I used an old fashioned spiral notebook for all of my professional career. The key is to use it daily to record events, and activities, and very importantly decisions and who made them. Having…
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    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    I'm a big fan of Trello. Worth checking out.

    https://trello.com

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    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    I'm a big fan of Trello. Worth checking out.

    https://trello.com

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  • shabaz
    0 shabaz over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    That does look interesting!

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    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to shabaz

    They also have apps for all of your iThingies and robot devices.

    https://trello.com/platforms

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    0 neilk over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    gadget.iom definite possibilities image

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