Notational Velocity
Merlin Mann was on the most recent episode of MacBreak Weekly and recommended a great Mac OS X app called Notational Velocity. Given that I carry my MacBook Air around with me everywhere I go, I find it is a nice machine to take notes with or get some writing done. I think Notational Velocity does an excellent job of getting your notes and ideas recorded quickly and easily. It isn’t an app with fancy looks and it doesn’t go crazy with features which is what makes it so great.
If you take notes with your notebook computer, give this app a try. All the commands you need can be done with keyboard shortcuts making the experience fast and easy. All of the data is held in a database by default. If you’d prefer to have your notes as individual files (making them searchable with Spotlight), you certain can. If you decide to keep it all in one database file you have the additional option of using encryption. It’s very accommodating.
You can sync the notes to “the cloud” and your iPhone with its built-in integration with Simple Note. I haven’t tried this yet but it seems like a great way to keep everything in sync. I intend to look into this synchronization soon.
If you like to take notes and would like to do it in a fast and simple manner, definitely try out Notational Velocity.
