Free Software Foundation
Evernote Forever
I am a great believer in open source. I have been using Linux since Core 1.1.51 (with long gone distribution on 40 diskettes, sigh…), but also Firefox, etc. I like open source because more often than not, these tools are great, even too some extent better than the professional competition. The reason? Feedback. But this is for another post.
This post is about exceptions to the rule. And Evernote would be one of the few exceptions to the rule for me. I have, for a long time, struggled with post-it notes, notebooks, software sticky notes, text files, word documents, pictures organization, etc. And since I am using Evernote the struggle is nearly over. There is a reason to this: this simple note taking tool has grown into a nearly all-encompassing personal information manager. It can handle your notes, your doodles, your pictures. It is possible to clip data from the web or other applications, and find it back 
What is neat about this tool is the tagging and linking “a la Web”. Where most other information managers are still relying on hierarchical structures (i.e. trees), Evernote attaches tag to your notes and enables you to find them through these tags. For instance, if you have a number of projects, you can copy-paste research notes within Evernote, and tag them appropriately, with all the overlaps and links you want want between them.
Even better? With the coming version, your notes will synchronize, which means you can create and access them from anywhere, including your Windows Mobile or java-enabled mobile phone.
If you want to get Evernote, you can go right there!