This combination of Simplenote and Notational Velocity is perfect and, what’s more, it’s free. This is something to sit on the desktop for quick note taking and you can be sure that all your ideas will be in your pocket when you leave home or office. There are keystokes for all the editing you’ll need and it works without a mouse. Absolutely no colour, no icons, no frippery. JustNotes is marginally prettier and reminds me of Apple’s Notes, but Notational Velocity has a very minimalist and straightforward presentation that I really like. Both Notational Velocity and JustNotes attempt to do the same thing and both do it well.
I’ve tried both the desktop applications and Simplenote on the iPhone. There’s also a Dashboard widget called DashNote.
And I was even more interested to hear that the Simplenote website offers synchronisation with a number of Mac desktop applications including Notational Velocity and JustNotes. So I was fascinated to hear the enthusiasm in a Mac Power Users podcast for Simplenote, a free iPhone app that does just what it says–simple, quick text notes. If your iPhone is out of wifi or 3G range you have a problem. And the Evernote iPhone application is particularly slow and downloads only what is needed at any particular time. I end up stuffing it with PDF files, images and all sorts of other files with the result that it isn’t the quickest application for opening and searching. Evernote is reasonably quick for text entry, but the problem with Evernote is that it is just too convenient. And OF is relatively slow to start if you want instant access to a note. I can make notes in OmniFocus, but the entry process can be a long-winded (it is, after all, a powerful application for managing tasks and projects). Quick notes, either entered on the iPhone or on the Mac, are essential sync material because you never know when you’ll need them. Even the iPhone app has to be synchronised over a local wifi and there is no sync between Macs. Bento, which I otherwise adore, is a big culprit here. Frankly, an application that doesn’t support data synchronisation is practically useless. Favourite apps that do this well are OmniFocus (which I sync via MobileMe), MacJournal (MobileMe), Evernote (proprietary) and Dropbox (proprietary). As bare minimum, I look for sync across Macs and iPhone/iPad and it has to be sync via the cloud rather than local wifi 1. I love applications that synchronise over as many platforms as possible.
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