Software for archiving articles and other documents?

Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Aug 17, 2011 at 07:46 PM

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>If the information I collect is very miscellaneous or random, I will put it into Zoot
>(when at my office PC) or DevonThink on my Macbook. But if it fits neatly into existing
>categories of interest, it goes into my Commonplace Book “Brain” in PersonalBrain.
>There are two reasons I use PB: 1. As a Java application it runs on my office PC and on my
>Macbook, and with the webBrain sync feature, I can keep my “Brains” in sync; and 2. I
>find the visual linkage helpful in conceptualizing my information. PersonalBrain
>also has a deceptively effective search tool, so it’s fast an easy to find anything in a
>Brain, even if it is buried deep down in the hierarchy.
> >It does sometimes take more
>work to use PB in this manner, as it does not have a quick capture feature (like the
>Zooter). But it isn’t too difficult. If I want to capture a web page for future
>reference, I just drag the URL from the address into the open Brain and drop it under the
>parent thought most appropriate. If I don’t know where to put it immediately, I keep a
>thought called “In Box” available and can drop it there. That creates a new thought
>with the web link. I can then cut and paste any of the text into the thought’s note. A nice
>feature of PB is the ability to clip a screenshot and associate that with a thought,
>which opens when you mouse over it—that’s a fast way to capture, say, an address.
>However, unlike OneNote, PersonalBrain does not perform an OCR on the image.
> >I’m
>not recommending PersonalBrain for your solution, just pointing it out as another
>option.
> >Steve Z.

May not go with PersonalBrain, but you’ve given me something more helpful, the “digital commonplace book,” which I realize is exactly what I’m trying to build.