Daily Record Of Events Makes Ubiquitous Capture A Snap
Windows only: Daily Record of Events is a lightweight tool that creates an easy point of entry for inserting notes, musings and other capture-worthy snippets into your organisation system with a simple keyboard shortcut.
Daily Record of Events is an Auto Hotkey-based tool which enables a simple hotkey (Win+N by default) to summon either a text dialogue box, for those who use Evernote or plain text files as their organisation system of choice, or your default OneNote page for those who use Microsoft OneNote for GTD. The screenshot above shows a Daily Record of Events entry in my GTD-based OneNote setup.
By editing the INI file you can change the formatting of the time stamp and entry, what application it will use (OneNote, Evernote, text) and how it will interact with the application you choose. It’s a simple but effective tool for making ubiquitous capture more fluid. In addition to capture in the aforementioned applications, there are also keyboard shortcuts for creating new Outlook messages and tasks. Check out the link below for more features and make sure to read the readme.pdf for instructions on customising your setup.
If you have a favourite method for speedy computer-based capture, let’s hear about it in the comments below.
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@TheOtherHalf: With OneNote, the key is the ultra-impressive "search" which at lightning speed finds any word - even handwritten if inserted as an image. OneNote is nothing short of incredible. The organization is actually superb as it allows you to organize how YOU like to; and then that "search" allows you to find anything no matter *how* it's organized.
Gerard Sorme
@jupiterthunder: Maybe you're an Evernote person then? There's a nice Lifehacker comparison here:
http://lifehacker.com/5297409/battle-of-the-desktop-note+taking-apps-onenote-vs-evernote...
The DROE Tool has some basic support for Evernote, and I'm planning to expand that in the next version now that I've switched back ;-)
@carl_c: Excellent. Thank you.
@Condalmo: From what I can tell, WriteMonkey uses plain text files. If that's the case, then yes, they are compatible. You can use the DROE Tool in text mode (option in the INI file) to make quick notes on the fly as shown in the image above. You can then open the text file using the editor of your choice, such as Notepad, Notepad++, or WriteMonkey.
Will this work with WriteMonkey?
@jupiterthunder: Gonna add my self to this list. I use OneNote, but it's nowhere NEAR organized. Just a big mush of miscellaneous notes.
TheOtherHalf
For those of you who prefer Outlook, here's a VBS I wrote a couple years ago that allows you to quickly add a note (including categories) to Outlook:
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=1641
I also have a similar one for adding Outlook tasks: http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=1642
bobbo33
@jupiterthunder:
Agreed!!
Its a good app, but I just don't feel comfortable with it... dunno why...
RegMan
As of 1517 hours EDT the site is down. Downforeveryoneorjustme.com confirms that.
Lifehacker is in my feed, so I read it daily. Yet for all of your awesome suggestions regarding organization, streamlined production, etc., I'm still a g*ddamn basket case. About the only organizational tool I can be counted on to use is notepad on my smartphone. Even then it's the shorthand ravings of a lunatic...
I frequently read these articles and their comments and think, "Wow, it must be awesome to have all of one's crap together instead of hurtling through life and notes like an eight-cylinder retard."
Jealous commenter is jealous.
/no hope for me, so don't bother :)
nolabar10der
Snagit is great for taking computer notes.. especially the newest version (the previous one I used was the free offer version 7).. Once you take a snapshot of the screen it keeps it automatically and arranges by date/time, application, etc.. I used to take written notes when someone is walking me through something but now I just snap away with snagit and use the editor to create textareas and make the notes there.
malibu66
I've tried OneNote but it just doesn't feel quite right. It's full of potential, I just can't figure out how to make it work for me.
jupiterthunder
@lbrtdy:
Good eye. :D
jupiterthunder
@lbrtdy:
RTFA.
@lbrtdy: Probably because it IS OneNote...
jarhead
Just from the picture of the tabs and the "Unsorted", this reminds me of OneNote a lot.
lbrtdy