The Teaching Box

I was saddened to hear that Google is suspending work on the Google Notebook application.  As an educator and part time writer the Notebook application has been invaluable in my internet research.It is interesting to read the many blogs and read the comments by the users.  Some are outright distraught, others are not suprised, but everyone seems ready to move on.  “Google Giveth and Google Taketh Away” I guess trusting and becoming dependent on an online application is not  a really good idea.  Now I need to start the search for a replacement.  If you follow some of the blogs that chronicle the ending of Google Notebook there are many applications mentioned.  I am still in the investigation phase and haven’t decided on one yet.

Clipmarks - Share your clippings with otheres - social element
Evernote - Seems to be the most “professional” looking
Zoho Notebook - Looks like they are copying the Google interface
Microsoft Thumbtack - Well Microsoft is a big company. Does that help?
Google Docs - I think that this will be around for a long time
UberNote - Has many options to send notes - promising replacement.

The advantage of these choices is that they all seem to be free, although they do require some sort of registration.
Nobody seems to have a Firefox extension. That is the feature that made Google Notebook so easy to use. The other important feature is Longevity. The application needs to be around, so I am not going through this searching exercise again.

Let me know if you have any other applications that you have found in your quest.

-Loren
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