AllMyNotes users?

Posted by Ken
Mar 31, 2015 at 02:19 AM

I had a bit of time to look at some alternatives over the weekend, and spent some quiet time thinking about my options a bit more, with the following conclusions. I ruled out CintaNotes because despite offering hierarchical tags, it did not offer tables, rich text, or searching across notebooks. And the entire documentation and availability of additional information on NimbusNote seemed a bit off. I may be rushing to judgement, but I really like to know more about a program, and its support system, before signing up. MyInfo and LeaderTask just did not grab me for a variety of reasons, and I was almost all ready to select AllMyNotes when I went back to work this morning. But, I wanted to give my Office suite of applications one more review before concluding my research.

I first focused my attention on the Task module of Outllook. It was just flexible enough to offer a number of features that I wanted, and with some time and attention, I might have been able get it to work for me. But, in closing out the search, I took one more look at OneNote to see if I could find a way to make it work. And, to my surprise, I found a number of features that I never knew existed. I did not realize that OneNote had icon tags that can be attached to any note. And, for the checkbox icons, the search will allow you to display all of the unchecked tags. The search will also allow you to sort the tags by a number of criteria, and as the search covers an entire notebook, I can quickly find and sum up items that have been flagged accordingly. Very handy. OneNote also offers a very powerful set of formatting features, including tables, so I have a lot of freedom as to how I want to organize and display my data.

So, for the time being, I am giving OneNote a spin. I may try AllMyNotes again, as I believe that the developer has put some very nice features in the program, but I am still trying to figure out what is being offered by him other than that he is not Microsoft. OneNote seems like a very full featured program, albeit an information gathering program, but I can see how it could also be used for task management for an individual. The icon tags and their search and display window are quite powerful if you know how to use them. I am curious to see how this arrangement works out as I try to move forward. It is not the solution that I was expecting, but I am open to trying it, especially since it was where I landed after much analysis.

—Ken