The solution to Notes?

Maybe this’ll be the solution to my notes dilemma?

Things I used:

• GMail
• Thunderbird

Is it really that simple? Here’s what I did.

1. Created a ‘Notes’ folder in my GMail account. Set it as the default templates folder in Thunderbird.
2. Created a plus sign GMail address, and a GMail filter to put all email to here in the Notes folder.
3. Write my note in a new email. A sample one might look like this:

To: Me+notes@someone.gmail.com
Subject: @Music @Money @ToDo
Message: Ask Dan about that £10 I lent him – maybe use it to buy tickets for that Gig?

Now, to save the note, either hit the send button, or save it as a ‘template’ in Thunderbird.

Checklist: Offline access? Yup, through iMap I can access the notes offline. Online web access? Yeah, just log in through GMail. Portability? Of course! Email can go anywhere, so I can have my notes on any platform, sync’d whenever I need them. Features? Uh huh, the subject line acts as tags, and I can search the notes through GMail’s powerful search front-end. I also have permanent notes (when I send the email) and ongoing editing notes (by saving them as templates). I can embed HTML into them, too.

Ok, it ain’t perfect…yet. It’s the best solution I have so far, and I intend to stick to it for a while – Google are managing my email, my calendar, my search, my photos, and now my notes!