h5note: HTML5 Notepad
 
For the longest time, I've been searching for a quick, easy way to take quick meeting notes.   I used to use a text editor called SciTE, the same editor I use for quick code editing, but I find managing files in a file system to be a real pain.   When I had an iPad for a while, I liked the default Notes application, but hated that there was no cloud storage or synchronization. (No, the crappy Gmail sync doesn't count)   Then I heard about EverNote . I thought that was the answer to my prayers, but unfortunately those guys decided  to add every conceivable feature in the universe and have ended up with a bloated mess that takes an hour and a half to load.   There's a bunch of others I've tried too, like UberNote , Springpad , and the Diigo  mishmash of apps.   But nothing was small enough, or simple enough for my taste.   So I did what any good developer does.   I created a "learning" project to scratch my own itch.   I used technology I've discussed at the...