OK, found a new piece of Mac software that I love. It’s called SideNote, and it’s free.
Do you use Stickies? I do, but there are a couple of things about Stickies that annoy me. One, I have to open the application to start it all the time. And two, when I do leave it open or have it start on login, the notes I have made are all over the desktop and are cluttered looking. OK, so I hate clutter, and Stickies have their place if it’s something I want to remind myself about, but I can also do that in iCal.
For jotting down bits of information, SideNote rocks! And, it’s unobtrusive, just hiding there on the sideline until I need it and when I need it, it’s instantly there for me.
It parks itself along the side of the monitor, out of view. if you want to jot down a note, grab a link, grab some text or an image from a website and drag it there, just move your mouse the the edge of the screen and it pops into view ready for you to fill it’s waiting screen with information. You can have different notes and name them, you can pin the drawer open so that you can drag things into it. It keeps the formatting of any web text or table, and just copies it over with a simple drag and drop.
How nice is that?
Simple, unobtrusive, useful, and…… free!
You can get it here…. SideNote