We may be in the throes of Christmas prep right now, but before we know it, the wrapping paper will be cleared away, and kids ...

The best note-taking apps help you remember crucial information. It’s often done with physical notebooks, but digital note-taking apps provide an easier way. You already carry a smartphone, so using ...

If you consume a lot of media across a variety of formats, there's a good chance your might find yourself forgetting what you thought about a book, movie, game, or anything else. To help you remember, ...

You ever have the feeling that you need a backup brain? You know somewhere to just jot a note down wherever you are and then be able to get to it wherever you are? Believe me I have my share of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. At first glance, storytelling might not seem connected to ...

It’s really hard to believe, but I have to say that one of the most—and possibly the most—profound changes I’ve made in my life over the last several years was the simple decision to start carrying a ...

SimpleNote is a great way to jot down a simple to-do list that you can carry around with you wherever you go. Oh, yes I know. There are a ton of apps for tasks and to-dos. Myself I really like Things, ...

Discover Apple Notes tips that save time, from corner gestures and drag and drop to hashtags, so your ideas stay organized. Use scans, PDFs ...

Take a look at my BBEdit 13.5.7 window below, the five “untitled text ###” documents in particular. They are hastily typed notes from press briefings and bits of text I might post to a Discourse topic ...

Its name is esoteric, but the diatonic phrygian tetrachord is perhaps the most common sequence in music. WNYC's David Garland tells NPR's Arun Rath how those four notes crop up from baroque to rock.