Lately, I’ve created myself a strange method of saving notes, URL, to-do list by using GMail (or Google Apps GMail). Yes it’s silly in some way but yet it’s effective. I don’t use a standalone mail application (Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, Mac OSX Mail) to manage my email and rather comfortable accessing my mails through the standard web-based mail interface.
Here’s how you do it.
- Copy anything text, URL
- Open your GMail account
- Click Compose Mail
- At the Compose Mail page, put a Subject or left it blank. The recipient or To should be left blank. Paste back what you copy before. Edit or add something to suit your need.
- When you’re done, click Save Now
- You can access it back by going to Draft. Or you can create a unique label for it for easy access from Labels list at the left hand corner.
I opened my email almost everyday so this way it’s nearly impossible to skip or forgot what ever notes that I saved there in the Draft.
You might also find Google Notes helpful.
mellow_bunny, not thinking of using another Google Service. I’ll probably forget about it.
Kinda messy :P. I use Opera’s built-in Notes feature… or Vista’s Sidebar thingie.
Tim, not working for me. Before, I’ve use Dashboard Stickies (OS X) and Firefox’s Sticky Notes addon.
i always use this note functions…wemmm..very usefull…BTW why nuffnang did’nt show ads on our page..
This really is a neat idea, I just started doing this the other day as I was stumbling the Internet, so that I could add different cool websites to my list of resources. Very good idea, certainly much faster than sending yourself an email.