[seivadmas]

I'm sure Quiver is slick software but so often I have seen flashy tools suck up more time and effort in using them than other, simpler solutions.

If you want to make quick notes, there is absolutely no better tool than a notebook and pencil.

It's time tested and been proven to work for the past 2,000 years. It offers the minimum possible barrier between your thoughts and the page. It allows completely free expression with no limits on what characters you can type or where you draw your lines. You can erase and rewrite arbitrary areas as many times as you want using an eraser. The battery will never run out, it's very cheap and there's no screen to smash if you drop it.

FYI this isn't the opinion of some ancient luddite who still thinks we should be programming with punch cards. I'm 25 and have been hacking and playing with computer hardware and software since I was 12.

And I still think a moleskin pad and mechanical pencil is hands down the absolute best UI for crystallizing thoughts. If you are using anything flashier you are wasting your time on the tool rather than the substance of what you are thinking.

[pdenya]

It's code notebooks, not an idea chart. It's evernote for programmers which is something a lot of people need since all the evernote-esque tools suck at handling code.

> If you are using anything flashier you are wasting your time on the tool rather than the substance of what you are thinking.

I brainstorm at a keyboard fwiw. Different strokes.

[TbobbyZ]

I agree with this to some extent. I'm a sucker for a new moleskin notebook.

But, it is such a freaking pain to copy code down into a paper notebook. I've been doing it for a few weeks now and I feel I spend more time copying down the code than actually programming somedays.

Also, my handwriting is horrible.

[seivadmas]

Well I don't tend to actually write much code out by hand. Usually I use a notebook for sketching out ideas, thoughts or todo lists.

For copying out code I use the same text editor that I program in.

[azeirah]

I agree with you. I made my own open-source note-taking software (built it with love <3), and even though I use it a lot, it does not, will not and can not replace my notebook.