Capturing Information

For a succinct overview of note-taking programs (which include capturing photos, web pages, and other unstructured information), take a look at Farhad Manjoo’s articlein today’s New York Times. It covers Windows, Mac, and cloud-based solutions.

If you want to avoid typing everything, be sure to look at Dragon Naturally Speaking. It’s a top-notch dictation program that lets you use your voice to create and edit text.

I use Microsoft OneNote(although as I move more to putting everything on the Internet and wanting device independence, Evernoteis increasingly attractive) and Dragon. They are different solutions for different needs, but both reward frequent use with productivity gains and new ways of thinking about information and working.