Josh Young

One of the things that I’ve become extremely interested in over the last several months is how to get more organized and find a way to sift through all of the data that I come across on a daily basis. I just read an announcement earlier on lifehacker.com that Google Labs have unleashed yet another awesome product. It’s called Google Notebook, and it’s a great way to keep track of snippets of things that you stumble upon on the web.

But then I read a comment from someone who mentioned Clipmarks, which I had never heard of before. So, I checked both of them out, and I’ve gotta say, I like them both. I like the feel of Google Notebook - it’s familiar, just like all of Google’s other tools. But I also am extremely impressed with Clipmarks. It seems to be more powerful than Notebook. Both have great integration with Firefox, so that’s good too.

Both of them allow you to highlight or “clip” things from the web pages that you are on and then save them, tag them, add them to collections, etc. Then, you can go back to your page and look at all of the snippets that you’ve saved instead of having to glean it all over again from whatever site you were on.

I’ve also been using a TiddlyWiki for sort of the same purpose, but that’s more similar to Google Notebook than Clipmarks. Anyway, if you’re looking for something to organize what you find on the web, check them out. They’re all free, so sign up for an account and test them out.