Writing Software Review: KeyNote

KeyNote may be the most useful program I’ve ever downloaded from the web. I use it not only for writing, but for everything from to-do lists to bookmarks to email and blog post drafts. It’s portable, too — when I worked at a place with computer access, I would carry KeyNote, my current novel file, and a file called “notesatwork” on a thumbdrive and use it for writing and general note-taking whenever I got an idea during the day. I’m writing this post in KeyNote, where I have a long list of posts-in-progress in the sidebar, organized by topic and color-coded by completion. If a program can make my chaotic notes something close to organized, it can do the same for anyone.