Is there anything like Yojimbo but simpler? Some program for me to jot notes and clip things that doesn't reformat text or give me tons of filters? Yojimbo and Evernote are both too bulky for my tastes. Anybody have any recommendations?
My personal favorite is the woefully outdated (but free) xPad. http://getxpad.com/ It's no longer developed, and has a few annoying bugs and interface quirks, but it comes the closest to my ideal. It's basically just a notebook of RTF (with images) pages.
The simple magic for me is that you can just Cmd-N and start typing, and then when you're done, Cmd-R to rename/title it. No saving, obviously, but also no shift-tab or clicking in a title field. There's also a services menu shortcut for clippings: Cmd-Shift-X.
Contrast with Yojimbo (and many others), where a new note defaults to the title field. You have to either press enter twice or tab three times just to get the cursor to the note field. Even the "Quick Input" panel asks you for a title and tags first.
And that's a list from what I've been using for note taking: emacs org-mode. Though lately I've been a bit torn between using org-mode and something like Evernote, particularly due to its device synchronization. I would really like to hear other people's thoughts about this.
Oh, and if you don't like Yojimbo and Evernote, you might want to check out Voodoo Pad.
I also use org-mode for this. All in all I am pretty much happy with it. What would be a plus with one of those Cocoa-base boxes is inline images an rich text. On the other hand I have now a nice file-folder structure which is nicer for scripting.
Look at shovebox. It's too simple for me to use exclusively -- it lacks many of the archive/organization/retrieval features that my app of choice, EagleFiler, boasts - but it's got the quickest input I know.
