I remember hearing about this when it first came out, but I never tried it until yesterday. Google has a neat service called Google Notebook. They describe it this way:
Google Notebook makes web research of all kinds – from planning a vacation to researching a school paper to buying a car – easier and more efficient by enabling you to clip and gather information even while you’re browsing the web.
And since Google Notebook lives in your browser, you won’t be left with a scattered collection of notes, Word docs, and browser bookmarks to sort through; all your web findings will be gathering into one organized, easy accessible location that you can access from any computer.
I use Firefox as my browser, so I installed the extension (it also works with Internet Explorer). It shows up in the status bar at the bottom like this:
When I right-click on some text, I have an option to “Note this (Google Notebook)”. When I choose that the notebook opens up and adds the text snippet. You can also just add your own notes there as well. The small notebook pop-up looks like this:
You can view and edit your notes on a web page, and choose to share your notes as well. Pretty neat!