Evernote

Taking notes can be as simple as copying a piece of text and pasting it in a Notepad document, but if you opt for this method, you will soon find yourself with a large, disorganized and incomprehensible text. The best solution is to look for a specialized application for taking notes. Evernote provides an excellent set of tools for this purpose. Besides organizing notes, which is a seamless task, you can also attach files, screenshots or recordings to your notes, share them or synchronize them between several computers and mobile devices.

The user interface may look a bit convoluted at a first glance, for first-time users, but its controls are very well organized and there are also a few startup tips, so you won't spend any time looking for a specific button, regardless of what you intend to do. You can view existing notes and edit them or create new ones on separate panels. When it comes to editing notes, the application provides you with standard tools, for changing font and paragraph settings, highlighting text and so on, but it also allows you to attach files, record your voice or take snapshots with your webcam and attach them to your note. Furthermore, you can assign reminders to individual notes, tag them, share them over the Internet and more.

Finding and managing notes is also easy. To avoid mixing notes on different subjects, the software allows you to store them in separate notebooks, which you may create in a different section of the interface. If you need to locate a specific note immediately, you can simply type its name or any word from within the note and the application will instantly display everything that contains your word. Another interesting feature is the possibility of organizing notes by location. You can assign various details to a note, including a geographical location. If you specify a location, you can access the interface's Atlas section, where you can find your notes organized based on the specified locations.

The best part about Evernote is that it can make your notes available anywhere. All notes can be synchronized with an online account and accessed anywhere in the world, on a web interface. What's more, the application is available for iOS, Android, Windows and Blackberry mobile devices. When you synchronize your notes, they will be made available on these devices as well.