I wrote a while ago about how I thought KeepNote was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Since then the enthusiasm has wanned when sometimes it had quirks that annoyed me but yet I am still using it. This is what I’ve learned about the amazing program that is KeepNote. Continue reading »
Dec 232010
As a young adult I have so much to learn the almost anything I learn benefits me. Especially with computers where just about learning anything is a positive because it gets me closer to understanding all there is in technology and effectively using it all. With so much to learn though I need to prioritize and so this will be my list of things I will be focusing on this year on learning and hopefully mastering. It’s not just computer goals but because I’m so heavily in to computers they are pretty big to me. Continue reading »
Sep 042010
I really like OneNote but its Windows only. That’s just not going to work for me. But it REALLY REALLY is an amazing piece of software. OneNote is the only reason I still install word instead of other programs. Specifically why I NEED Office 2010 instead of just installing maybe 2007. REALLY that’s the only real reason for installing office for me. All my other stuff I could do in Google Docs or in Open Office. So here comes to my overall problem with this, I’ve been trying to switch to Linux for a while now. I know me and many people out there would be happy as can be in Linux if we could just get OneNote to work there, and that’s also considering that I assume you think like I do in that I don’t think a downgrade would be good from 2010 because the 2010 version really is the best version. I know OneNote 2007 can be installed with Wine/Crossover in Linux but its not with the new ribbon bar or some of the other features that I find very important to me. Well my solution to all these issues is Keep Note. I’ve only used a little bit, and I haven’t figured out how exactly I am going to transfer my notebooks from OneNote to Keep Note but I love it. I’ll tell you why…
First of all it’s open source which should be a major plus to any potential Linux user. It’s cross platform and written in python. It saves its files as separate files/folder structure on the computer. The files it’s saves are generally HTML files, but you can add any file to the notes in Keep Note. It keeps everything in an index as a node which all can have sub nodes. Basically I can make a note and then attach a file, lets say a video, and then I could attach more notes or files to that video. And all of you guys out there that need tagging, keep note’s tagging isn’t exactly SUPER powerful, but you can change the icon on any node so you can makeshift a system with that. Personally I never really too advantage of tagging so I don’t really need something that powerful as OneNote. Finally, Keep note is just simple, small, and quick. It’s a great/powerful alternative to OneNote and once I figure out how I am going to get all my notes from OneNote to Keep Note , and actually do it, I’ll be over into the Linux world for the foreseeable future
Aug 182010
I’ve begun working on a new .NET windows quick launching application to give Keepnote the same functionality as OneNote that has it’s own special taskbar icon that allows very easy note creation.
Look at these screenshots
I’m not sure where I want to upload the code to or how since it appears wordpress doesn’t like uploading random files (figures…) but I’ll figure something out eventually.
