
Google Notebook is basically a scrapbook on your computer. Google puts an icon in the bottom of your browser window (see the notebook icon, pointed out by my red arrow?) and you can just click it when you come across something you want to save. Here, I am saving the link to this pretty picture of beach umbrellas. You can save websites, photos, or even just "clippings"- a quote that speaks to you, say - into your various notebooks, and attach your own little notes to it. I have notebooks for everything, from frequently-referenced recipes, to cute shoes I might buy (but need to think about), to a file of inspiration for my future roof deck. It's sort of like "bookmarks", but much, much, better.

Dropbox is a service that was recommended to me by my friend and technophile, Vinny. It's essentially like having an external hard-drive for free, on the Internet. So you can easily save things (think photos, music, and other large files) and reference them without having them take up space on your computer's hard drive. Here I am (in the photo above), saving the beach umbrella photo to my photo file in my Dropbox. You also receive a "public" folder, which gives you the ability to create a link to download any file in your Dropbox (a great way to share things with friends- it's how I can post downloadable pdf's on this site). And, if you want to access those files, all you have to do is click on the pic of the box on the menu (pointed out here by the red arrow).
There- See, that wasn't so bad, was it? For my next trick, I will attempt to explain the Amygdala to a room full of brain surgeons.
1 comment:
oh my goodness, this is perfect! My Bookmarks Section of my browser is a TOTAL mess and I have like 10 different little notebooks of ideas floating about!
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