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superboyac:
I have read this thread and all or most others on organizing and I wanted to get some feedback.

What has been on my mind is finding a note repository or PIM that is capable of presenting a view of all my saved notes or appointments or tasks and to me this is important, not just their respective titles or headers but a more detailed view. There are examples that come close like Do-Organizer and others which have 'reports' but I believe these are more tailored for printing purposes. May be what I am looking for is to have my notes arranged on the screen like a mind mapper but again may be.

Any thoughts? Point me to one discussed in this or other threads that may come close? :)
-rgdot (October 25, 2009, 11:10 PM)
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There aren't too many of these that I have encountered.  It is a feature that has been discussed in this thread somewhere in these gazillion pages.  I think the feature is useful, also.

The only programs that I know of that do something like this are Onenote and Evernote, with Onenote probably coming the closest.  In Onenote, in case you don't know, all the notes can be spread out over the screen showing their full contents.  In Evernote, the full notes are all visible, however they are organized vertically only.  The benefit in Onenote is that all the notes can be laid out however you like.

Paul Keith:
@rgdot,

Btw app has switched to notezilla these days.

With regards to aggregation... hmm... could you clarify?

Maybe if you describe what you think sticky note fails at, it would be much easier to get an idea of what you're looking for.

rgdot:
I need to re-visit Evernote, though I don't want or don't need to use any web features. But that does remind me of the thumbnail view of notes it had (?) which is also a good possibility. Onenote I am one of the few I know that has never used. Might be time to try.

I looked at Notezilla and it says "Stay Neat: Organize sticky notes inside folders to avoid clutter on your Windows Desktop." Does that mean I can view stickies within the program window instead of on the desktop? It would be nicer not to use desktop but if I have to then sticky programs in general may be an option, if nothing else.

I used the word aggregation in this sense. If a program supports tasks, reminders, appointments, etc. I want everything to displayed in this view that I am imagining.  I guess, probably wrongly, I associate stickies with short reminders when I am hoping to have maximum amount of details in front of me.

One that I have comes across is Pigeonhole (I have no affiliation to them at all) that is probably the most promising yet but I want to keep looking.

superboyac:
Pigeonhole still doesn't show all the notes in their entirety.  Really, check out Onenote.  I was looking for a screenshot of it doing what you wanted but I couldn't find it.

rgdot:
True, that is partially the reason why I want to keep looking.
I will try Onenote.

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