Scattered, but accessible.

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I've confessed (numerous times I'm sure) that although I try to teach people to file things logically as they write, I rarely practice what I preach. My practice is basically "write now, file (if ever) later". Which is why I was elated when Copernic released its desktop search tool, which I then promptly replaced with Google's similar tool (which isn't necessarily faster, but has for me a better interface, and seems to take up much fewer computer resources).

I'd still like a tool for marginalia, but for my own notes, desktop search gives me what might be called a two-pronged approach to finding notes. After all, as long as I can successfully remember a significant word in a note I'm trying to find (or if, planning ahead, I type into each note the name of the article or page it relates to) a simple search on the contents of my hard drive will retrieve it.

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Go to: In the margins of cyberspace.