Sticky Yojimbo SOHO Notes Focus
I know I've talked about this before but now I'm ready to do something about it: I have too many notes and things in too many places. In my head, in Mail, in Stickies, in my Documents folder, in Backpack... too much stuff in too many places. I'd feel a lot better if I had everything in one place.
And yeah, I'm using Backpack but I'm not sure if that's the ultimate solution for me. Price is a factor; I'd rather not pay an annual fee to use software. I'm old-fashioned that way.
I've had the same issue at work with projects and am trying out OmniFocus there, mostly because it allows for due dates and the like. For home I need to track lots of different types of things - including some with due dates. But man, having it scattered is really bothersome.
I downloaded Yojimbo and started working with it but to be honest, it feels immediately like I have to jump through hoops to add stuff. For instance I wanted to add an item in a list of things to buy. I could add just the item's description as a note, but then I wanted to add a formal title and tags. I know, I know, I don't have to - but then I'm not exploiting it properly. Blah. That's an extra step right there. For me it's easier to crack open Stickies and just add a new one there... but then it's over in Stickies, when I probably want it in Backpack.
On top of that after I was using it, I thought, "Man, I forgot about my WSFL links on delicious!" I've got a whole category of public and private links dubbed Will Save For Later - usually videos, which I don't watch at work. I would love to have the ability to bring those into the organizational system. That's a bonus feature but if any one of the programs (online or off) did that, I'd seriously consider it. (It could even be via an RSS update of my delicious, now that I think about it, so long as I could restrict by tag and allow private links.)
So. That said, I need to track:
- stuff to buy for myself
- stuff to buy for others
- projects around the house
- online projects
- dates to replace little things (Brita filter, etc.)
- cost comparisons for food items (mostly stores v. Costco)
- receipts
- houses and condos
- UPS/FedEx tracking numbers
- BONUS: YouTube videos
- BONUS: delicious links
Some of this sounds like a super bookmark tool, one that doesn't force me to use something like realtor.com's lame lame "Save this!" feature. And, a lot of these can be distilled down to Safari links, really.
Features I need:
- Offline access. If I'm on a plane or on the train, I don't want to be tethered to the web.
- Online access. Likewise, if I think of something at work I'd like to tell my machine at home about it with zero fuss and, if possible, zero extra cost.
- Searchable via Spotlight and/or QuickSilver (latter preferred)
- Optional due dates on items
- Non-crappy interface
- Reasonably priced (up to US$40)
- Ability to link stuff would be nice (ie, do X then Y)
- Sure would be nice to have simple math or (!) spreadsheet functionality on board, so I don't have to farm it out to Numbers... but this is a big big stretch.
- Quick, easy way to get information in - don't make me fuss with tags and titles and stuff.
Sounds like I need a computer!
So, anyway, Yojimbo looks like a close-but-no-cigar. I'm going to download SOHO Notes and try that too. Anyone have any thoughts on this stuff?
