I won't go as far as some of the people Chris Pratley mentions, but I am definitely turning into a OneNote heavy user. I tried OneNote 2003 several years back and could never make a go of it -- it just seemed too clunky, too limited, more pain than it was worth. But I tried again when OneNote 2007 came along, and since last Summer I've been using it exclusively for all my notetaking, and it really is nice. I have an awful memory for facts, and I used to carry around a notebook to keep track of the little things that happen in meetings (how many dollars was that? what date did you say? specifically which languages?). The trouble happens when you try to find a particular fact that you know you wrote down somewhere. Paper has many advantages, but searchability is not one.

I carry a TabletPC with me everywhere, and among the people I hang out with it's not considered rude to type notes while talking, so finally I just made the switch and for more than six months it's where I keep all my notes, personal and private. I don't think of myself as a power user, but Dan Escapa and David Rasmussen are, so if you dig through their blog postings you can find useful tips. James Fallows (the famous writer) raves about it and often posts tips as well.

The only annoyance I've had so far is that OneNote doesn't copy Internet pages the way I'd like. It's nice to clip and keep the full text of web pages I find useful, but for some reason the formatting changes when you slip it into OneNote. You can work around by doing a print-to-onenote, but I'm still hoping to find a more ideal solution. One nice thing is that the OneNote team is full of a bunch of sharp people who use it for themselves, so I know it's just a matter of time before these annoyances are solved.