Thought Collector Needed

[VanMac]

Hey.

I'm looking for a nice little piece of software to collect thoughts and ideas on different topics.

Something that I can organize, catagorize, enter text and maybe graphics.

Not wanting to use a Word or Excel document. I have to assume some of you use the type of thing I'm looking for. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[eva01]

Does stickies allow graphics in it?

 

[paleck]

http://www.circusponies.com/pages.aspx?page=products

What about something like this? When I switched I almost bought it for myself. It seems to have good reviews from the Apple Store, but they don't have the updated version on there.

 

[treysmay]

inspiration all the way

http://www.inspiration.com/productinfo/inspiration/index.cfm

I have extreme attention deficit disorder and without this program i will curl up and die. in your case it would help you fine a thought algorithm to work from. its truly amazing.

 

[hayduke]

viJournal

I use viJournal as a lab book, to do list, and idea organizer. It works well for me.

 

[RacerX]

Some recommendations...

MacJournal 3.1 (MacJournal 2.6.1 is a free version)
DEVONthink Personal 1.9.4 (recent write up can be found here)
NoteBook 2.0 (based on NoteBook for NEXTSTEP)
NoteTaker 1.9.8 (also based on NoteBook for NEXTSTEP)
OmniOutliner 3.0.3​

That should give you a good start. This area of development is pretty rich on Mac OS X.

For those wondering what the original NoteBook (that the current versions of NoteBook and NoteTaker are based on) looked like, I've attached a screen shot.

 

[VanMac]

Thanks for all the great suggestions. Much appreciated.

 

[Mechcozmo]

Does stickies allow graphics in it?

Yup. Didn't you ever read the first 3 Sticky notes?