[Mallrat]

I'm a writer who currently uses Word to jot down ideas for scripts, novels, characters,etc.

Problem is, I have like says 1000 ideas over the past 8 years and it's hard to find them quickly. I have to go throw them and hope the title of my document gives insight to what I wrote in the actually document.

So i'm looking for an journal/note program that I can just scroll throw the titles and instantly see what's in them without having to double click. But I always want it to be one that is easy to backup to CD so I don't lose them. One where they have a backup folder that I can find without much hassle. I'm sure all the programs save the files, but are they easy to transfer to a new computer 3 years from now?

The two ones I found that look good are sharware programs called XNIPPETS and iOrganize. Very simple. I demoed some of the other ones like Omni Outliner, but I found them not having Apple ease of use.

So I guess I'm looking for what Apple might name "iNewton" if they added it to their iLife package. What is the most apple like ease of use note program if all I want is to organize my ideas and find them as quickly as looking at a 3 ring binder with handwritten notes.

Maybe I already found the two best programs.

Thank you.

[Mithras]

Some swear by Notational Velocity, despite the freaky web page.

[TheIceMan]

Try Yojimbo. There is already a thread discussing Yojimbo on this forum. And finally, here's a Macworld review and a Macnn review of Yojimbo.

I was a DEVONthink Pro registered user, but after playing around with Yojimbo for a few days, I purchased it.

[Mallrat]

Yojimbo looks pretty good, but I'm running Panther and you need Tiger.

Notational Velocity didn't have a way to organize by subfolders like "comedy ideas" or "horror ideas".

Any other suggestions. Thanks

[meelk]

how many ideas have you actually used? As in, produced something from.

[lavar78]

StickyBrain

[Mastrap]

You might want to look into Ulysses. Specifically written with writers in mind.