etc :: notetaker

Download: notetaker.zip (Written for Mac OS X. Should work on other platforms. Requires libsdl).

Often I'll be working on a project when a completely unrelated idea occurs to me. Rather than 1. switch gears to follow up on that idea, or 2. worry about forgetting it, I use NoteTaker to write a quick note to myself and continue with what I was doing before.

I use Quicksilver to launch NoteTaker, and I display my current notes in a bar across the bottom of my desktop using GeekTool. I've also set up NoteTaker to add lines to my .reminders file (used by remind), so that I can quickly add entries to my calendar.

Note: By default, the "notes.txt" file created by NoteTaker is inside the application bundle, in the /Contents/Resources directory. If you compile it for a system other than the Mac, you'll have to specify some different location for the notes file. Also note that my user name is hard-coded (hey, this is a hack, not a polished program, remember?) so you'll have to edit main.cpp if you want to use the program to edit your ~/.reminders file.