Most of the stuff you mentioned already but I'm a pen-whore so I do not write or plan without one of the following to write with: <br><br>- <a href="http://www.zebrapen.com/products/pen/f-301?c=30">http://www.zebrapen.com/products/pen/f-301?c=30</a><br>
- <a href="http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Product/Sharpie_Pen.html">http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Product/Sharpie_Pen.html</a><br>- <a href="http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival">http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival</a> <br>
<br>And of course an army of Moleskines, my iPhone's default notepad, evernote (already mentioned) ... I also used to use the website: <a href="http://www.mind42.com">www.mind42.com</a> for mind-mapping and collaboration with colleagues and Google Documents for the official documents. <br>
<br>I've been looking for a cool cloud-to-iPhone ... iPhone-to-cloud application to draw out ideas which used to be super easy when stylus' were big and PDA's rampant, but it's hard to draw now using your finger. Meh, I don't know I'm hoping some good ideas will pop up on this thread though, I could use some more tools to plan projects and take meaningful notes. I hate the fact that you can't organize data within the moleskine... my mind is quite sporadic.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>-Q<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Alberto Gaitán <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alberto.gaitan@gmail.com">alberto.gaitan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Google Sketch-Up! (XP/Vista & OS X).<br>
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Also, Evernote is also available for Windows XP/Vista, too.<br>
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I also use the Resistulator widget (OS X) to quickly calculate resistor values because I'm not qualified to any other way. :)<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 5/17/09 1:56 AM, Gareth Branwyn wrote:<br>
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For my next Make: Online Toolbox (Monday), I'm covering writing tools: Pens, mechanical pencils, drawing/sketching tools (analog and digital), notebooks, organizers, whiteboards -- whatever the tools are that you use to plan your projects. I don't want to get TOO deep into things like CAD programs and the like, more first-order tools. For instance, here is MY toolset:<br>
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Maker's Notebook - for first level of project planning, drawing<br>
Moleskine Cahier pocket notebook (blank paper) - for on-the-go writing/brainstorming<br>
Hipster PDA (3 x 5's on a binder clip) - Lists, quick notes. I keep one of these all over the house - By my bed, by the TV, kitchen, in the john, etc.<br>
Omnifocus PIM (on Macs and iPhone) for dayplanning/project outlining<br>
Evernote (on Macs and iPhone) for spoken notes, web content, picture-notes, etc that all reside in the cloud)<br>
Varsity disposable fountain pen<br>
Pentel mechanical pencils<br>
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So, what's YOUR writing/planning toolset?<br>
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Gareth<br>
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