Ms. Dahlia, Detroit/Cleveland
Age and Occupation: 24, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, IT System Administrator
Engagement Date: December 31, 2006
Wedding Date: May 2008
Blogging Since: September 19, 2007
Venue: United Methodist Cathedral & historic downtown hotel in Cleveland
About Me: I enjoy cooking, dancing and swimming. I am a geek and apply game theory to my everyday life. Winter is my favorite time of year, especially when spent curled up with good coffee and a book by Madeleine L'Engle.
Nifty Planning Tool
January 28th, 2008 @ 1:04 pm by Ms. Dahlia
Wanderluster has tipped me off to one of the most awesome planning things ever.
Google Notebook.
Seriously. I don’t know about you, but I have, oh, 6.02 x 10^23 pages bookmarked in various folders in my internet browser. (Alright, so maybe Avogadro’s number is an exaggeration. But I have a lot.) And it can be really hard to find the exact “super awesome red invitation” picture that I’m looking for.
Downloading them to my desktop helps with the organization some, but I’m not always good at remembering where my sources come from.
Cue Google Desktop. It enables you to save pictures and text from websites in your own “notebook” which can be divided into various sections. It automatically provides the source for it, and you can also take notes. All it takes is a simple right click of the mouse to post it into your noteback.
All the information you need, in one simple click.
Look at the organization possibilities.
And, if you want, you could share it with others. This, I think, would be a perfect way to share thoughts about bridesmaid attire with your attendants- or rehearsal dinner options with the parents.
This is revolutionizing the way that I store my information. Like bookmarks, but better, because I can access it from any computer, it has the citations, and uses Google’s search engine.
(All pictures courtesy of the Google Notebook tour.)
9 Responses to “Nifty Planning Tool”
Ooh, clever! Thanks for the heads up. I <3 Google and all it’s nifty inventions! 
Wow, I haven’t thought about Avogadro’s number since college chemistry. What an awesome planning tool! I have oodles and oodles of wedding-related bookmarks on my work computer that I would love to be able to access more easily from home. Thanks for the heads up!
Google Notebook was an invaluable planning tool for me … and I use it for almost everything…
Glad I could be help Miss Dahlia! I found out about Notebook just a little too late for my own wedding planning but it is such a nifty tool with endless possibilities. Another little tip: you can import all your Favorites links right into Notebook
I love google! Google analytics and google reader are my best friends….and I’m sure Notebook will make a nice little addition to our group of friends…thanks!
I have been using this since the beginning of my planning and I swear it’s the only thing that has gotten me through unscathed. I use it more frequently than the obligatory wedding binder, and you can even share your notebooks with other people! It’s fabulous.
I use this all the time for my planning too…I find it way easier to organize than my physical binder, which is a mess!
I.heart.mygooglenotebook!!
It has kept me so organized during this whole bridal frenzy. It’s just so handy, not only does it keep a picture, word or phrase..but keeps WHERE you found it. Love! Love! LOVE!
Google on!
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