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Idea Tagging Tools Needed

Posted by Anonymous on 5/19/2008 at 10:23 AM ET 500 Points
I need a tool to store ideas.

This tool:

- Should be available online for 24/7 access
- Is preferably web browser based for accessibility on a range of devices
- Would act as a dump for my ideas, both big and small
- Allows me to tag my ideas, with a selection of keywords
- Will allow me to search through my ideas via these tags
- Must be private
- Would, if possible, also allow tagging of URLS or could be patched into del.ic.ious

To summarise: Ideas would probably only be Twitter-sized statements that can be categorised according to ongoing projects names, or the general topic - eg trade shows, newsletters etc. The attractive part of a solution like this would be the ability to click on a tag in a cloud and see all of the ideas relating to it.

It should have the capability to add updates to ideas when necessary.

Suggestions very welcome! Many thanks
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  • Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 5/19/2008 at 11:32 AM Accepted
    It sounds like some mind-mapping software may be a good fit. Here are some web-based options: https://www.mindomo.com/, https://www.mind42.com/, or https://www.mindmeister.com/

    It's also possible that Google Docs (https://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/tour.html) may also be a good fit for you.
  • Posted on 5/19/2008 at 11:49 AM Author
    Thanks for your response Jay.

    I should perhaps have mentioned - I'm not overly keen on mind maps, because many of my ideas will be only very loosely connected.

    Tagging allows me to group my thoughts in a far more general way, whereas to achieve the same thing with a mind map I would require several different maps, which could not interlink... unless of course I am mistaken :)

    Some methods of tagging would also, presumably, allow me to see (at a glance from one page) a visual comparison of the number of ideas I have labelled under each tag - by changing the size of each tag within the cloud, for example. I'd find this particularly valuable.

    A google docs spreadsheet could work OK for me, although ideally I'd need something far simpler for mobile use.

    Once again, thanks for your input Jay.
  • Posted by Tracey on 5/19/2008 at 1:42 PM Accepted
    A blog should provide all this functionality -- standard tools like Blogger, Tyepad, Vox... these allow tagging, twitter, privacy control, delicious, photo upload, etc.

    They also allow you to store a library of books, photos, audio... should be more than enough functionality.
  • Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 5/19/2008 at 1:58 PM Accepted
    How about:
    https://www.pimonline.com/
    https://www.e2do.com/
    https://www.smartcomputing.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archi...
  • Posted by Chris Blackman on 5/19/2008 at 8:29 PM Member
    Anne

    Posted by Chris Blackman on 5/19/2008 at 8:31 PM Accepted
    Anne

    NVivo 8 is good for tagging multimedia files. It might work for free-form idea tagging too.

    ChrisB
  • Posted on 5/20/2008 at 4:16 AM Author
    Thanks for the suggestions all.
    I think a private blog might be the best way to go.

    Will leave this question open for a couple more days, suggestions are still very welcome!
  • Posted on 5/22/2008 at 10:50 AM Author
    OK, time to close this.
    Thanks for your ideas and contributions, all!
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