Debrief Notes

Debrief Notes is quick and responsive, performing as an all-day working tool. Notes, folders, and calendars are handled intuitively for organizing your work.
Debrief Notes emulates spiral notebooks, file folders, work in progress, reference material, tasks, cases, etc.
The note card view lets users rearrange the notes in any order. The calendar view can gather material for status reports and reviews. It can create future notes useful for planning.
Note threads are produced for action items. End notes can be produced for publications.
Debrief is able to handle multiple notebooks to manage work, studies, career, and a personal life.
The install and uninstall are easy and well behaved. The Basic Edition is free of charge, with no advertising or nags.
Even the Professional Edition is inexpensive. This is a great tool for organizing notes and ideas. And it loves laptops.
Here are some key features of "Debrief Notes":

Note Organization

Âï¿­ Notes are the core purpose of Debrief. Make a note one time, and view it in many different contexts. They can be viewed by date, like a journal. Or by subject folder, like files in a drawer. And they can be viewed within additional contexts of the features mentioned below - tasks, contacts, reading, etc. Of course, notes are searchable too.

Note Decks

Âï¿­ Notes can be displayed in a similar fashion to index cards, arranging notes in different orders to produce drafts for whitepapers, articles, or books.

Note Flags

Âï¿­ Mark notes as favorites, work in progress, attention required. Refer to them later with only one or two mouse clicks.

Index

Âï¿­ An index can be maintained for topics that span across subject areas, like an index in a book.

Reading List and Library

Âï¿­ A reading list may be maintained, which builds a library for which research notes may be taken and end notes managed.

To-Dos, Assignments, Discussions

Âï¿­ To-Dos, Assignments, and Discussions can be managed in Debrief. While the task features are robust, notes may also be taken with each task and later viewed within different contexts.

Issues, Changes, Risks, Decisions, Milestones

Âï¿­ The Case feature supports a "systems management" approach for man-aging work like: issues, changes, risks, decisions, milestones, and so on. Notes and tasks can be included with each case.

Contacts

Âï¿­ Contact information can be collected, for very quick access to phone numbers and such, and notes can be associated to individuals and companies.

Status reporting

Âï¿­ Display a view of notes, tasks, and cases, for input into status reports.

Accounts and Passwords

Âï¿­ Store user ids in one place for those web sites you visit.

Outlines

Âï¿­ Create outlines for use in brainstorming, or organization.

Reports

Âï¿­ Materials can be exported in various formats, e.g. word processing and spreadsheets, based on context.

Reminders

Âï¿­ Gentle popup reminders each day.
Limitations:
Âï¿­ 30 days trial for the Standard and Professional version