Quick Look: Google Notebook
A new Google tool I enjoy using that I haven’t seen much press about is the Google Notebook. Tied to your “master” Google account (the one you probably have already for GMail, Adwords or Desktop Search), this handy utility installs as a tiny icon in the corner of your browser and gives you a way to quickly copy snippets of content, URLs, and nearly anything else you find to it. What’s cool is that all you have to do is highlight what you’re interested in, right click, and select “Note this” to copy it to your Notebook.
To peek inside your Notebook, you can click the icon in the corner of your browser to open a small preview or choose to view the whole thing as a page. The thing I like best about it (and what I think you’ll find useful as well) is that your Notebook effectively “moves” with you from computer to computer. If you’re at work and want to remember a URL, right click & copy it to your Notebook - when you’re at home, log in to the Notebook and you’re ready to pick up where you left off with all information perfectly preserved.
I know I’m never sure which computer I’ll be on, so this is a great way for me to write myself little notes about things I want to blog, URLs I want to re-visit or even snippets of code I use over and over again. As Google says,
“That’s why we built Google Notebook–to give you an online “notebook” where you can organize all your research, add personal notes to it, and share it with others. Google Notebook surfs along quietly with you as you browse, letting you clip and annotate whatever text, images, and links that help answer your question, all without ever leaving the webpage you’re on.”
Update: I thought I’d post a few links to public notebooks I’ve created. These are just a few of legally-focused ones:
- Personal Injuy Notebook
- Family Law Notebook
- Criminal Defense Notebook
- Medical Malpractice Notebook
- General Info Notebook
Technorati Tags: Google Notebook, Google tools
[...] I use Google Notebook to write out my lesson plans and save them for the following semester to tweak and review. I never knew where to put these before, and I like this place, because it’s so easy. I also hear good things about Clipmarks. This handy utility installs as a tiny icon in the corner of your browser and gives you a way to quickly copy snippets of content, URLs, and nearly anything else you find to it. What’s cool is that all you have to do is highlight what you’re interested in, right click, and select “Note this†to copy it to your Notebook.To peek inside your Notebook, you can click the icon in the corner of your browser to open a small preview or choose to view the whole thing as a page. The thing I like best about it (and what I think you’ll find useful as well) is that your Notebook effectively “moves†with you from computer to computer. If you’re at work and want to remember a URL, right click & copy it to your Notebook - when you’re at home, log in to the Notebook and you’re ready to pick up where you left off with all information perfectly preserved. [...]