It is fashionable for those who collect and then distribute information to describe their workflows and the tools that are involved. I have a workflow that begins with reading content from multiple sources. When the content I consume is online, I use extensions added to my browser to temporarily store content so that I can go through it after my “research” phase to generate what I write. What I require in such situations is an extension that is often described as a clipper.
I have tried several different content collection tools but mainly rely on Evernote. I do pay for Evernote ($42) as an Apple subscription. You may see the price listed as $69 or even $99, but use Apple to subscribe if you to use this service at the $42 price. This post is not about Evernote, but it does have several features I see as worth the money and it works great on the devices (mostly Apple) that I use.
I read a review of the One Note Clipper as a favorite Chrome extension elsewhere and decided to take another look. Microsoft does offer a One Note clipper and there is a free online version of One Note.
The process with a clipper is first to locate a web page you want to keep and then activate the clipper from the icon menubar. The clippers I use both offer options for storing content in different ways. Storing here means the download of the content to the tool – One Note in this case. The Full Page option stores the content as you see it in the browser. The second image shows the One Note interface allowing access to the content that has been stored. In this case, I was collecting information about pruning my tomatoes.
I like to collect first (after skimming) and read more carefully later. I want to highlight in this more careful reading and this does not work with the full-page format. Use article format if you want to highlight. The stored content will look different but can be accessed for annotation.
Microsoft discontinued the desktop version of One Note for the Mac some years ago. The web version works fairly well and does allow a free option.
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