While going through the MacHeist nanoBundle 2 purchase, that one of the items was MacJournal. I already own it, so I gifted it. But it caused me to take a peek again at the application—the last time I used it was back when it was freeware and had a taco.

It occurs to me that it might make a useful reading notebook to complement my Kindle (and my iPad next month). I haven’t been keeping track of the copious clippings and notes I take with it. Here is my first attempt:

Here is the process I am trying to use:

1. Create a journal in MacJournal called “Reading Notebook.”
2. Import all the Kindle Clippings I’ve not clipped up as entries
3. Create an entry for a book I am reading, tag it with some search terms in the inspector.
4. Search and cut the related Kindle Clippings out of the various notes, and paste it to the bottom of the book entry.
5. organize, summarize, and delete as I go.
6. Import kindle clippings often and delete often.

We’ll see how it goes. I made out some stubs for other ideas for journals.

1. Organizing Journal – keep a record of my failed attempts at self-help.
2. The Woodwork – I’ve stored unfinished drafts for blog posts in a myriad of places: Things, folders with the title, TextEdit RTF documents, and drafts on the blog. I plan to consolidate them here. Note that MacJournal has a “publish to WordPress” feature, but I don’t think it’s robust enough for me. I’ll continue to use the website, and maybe ecto, if I have the wherewithal.
3. Things to Buy – Things is getting too cluttered with a lot of stuff that I don’t plan on buying for years. Delicious is in the same state. (I’ll still use TaskPaper for last-minute organizing before a major purchase and other maintenance purchases.)

For most notetaking, I’m still happy with opening an RTF, dropping it into a folder, and using Spotlight (via Leap) to find things. This just formalizes a fraction of it.

Purchase MacJournal with 6 other applications on MacHeist (2 days left!).