list.it -- before you forget it!
list.it is a simple, free and open-source note-keeping tool to help you manage the tons of little information bits you need to keep track of each day.
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list.it ...before you forget it!
list.it is a simple, free and open-source note-keeping tool to help you manage the tons of little information bits you need to keep track of each day.
Watch the screencast to find out more.
- Sept 2016 - List.it for the Web Released!
- Aug 19 - Notes for Science III started
- Aug 15 - v. 0.4.9 for Firefox 4.0 beta!
- Feb 02 - List.it Featured in the New York Times!
- Aug 12 (2009) - Start of MIT Notes for Science II
- Apr 08 (2009) - Research paper featured at CHI 2009
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MIT notes for science study
We need your help! This research project aims to make quantitative recommendations about how personal information management (PIM) tools should work to be more effective. To do this, we need data about how people take notes.
To contribute to MIT Notes for Science, we've added instrumentation to List.it that makes it easy: all you have to do is download and use List.it making sure that you click the "Participate" button in the Preferences menu.
Your notes and how you use list-it will be kept strictly private and confidential. For more details, read the study description here.
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about list.it
At MIT CSAIL we study ways to design better tools to help people cope with information overload and to stay organized.
Our team consists of Max Van Kleek, Greg Vargas, Michael Bernstein, Katrina Panovich, and Wolfe Styke, and our PIs are Prof. David Karger and monica (mc) schraefel.
list.it is a collaboration between MIT and the University of Southampton and is supported by the Web Science Research Initiative and the The National Science Foundation.
Press and Awards:
- 03.23.2009 - PC World, Best-Bet Freebie
- 01.29.2009 - NYT TechTalk Podcast
- 01.21.2009 - FORBES:Why Computers Can't Kill Post-its
- 12.19.2008 - Lifehacker.com
- 12.10.2008 - MIT Tech Talk
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join the project
Tell us what you think - Visit the list.it Google Group and tell us what you think -- what do you want in a tool? Does list.it help? How well does it work for you?
File bugs, hack on our code - Are you a programmer? Visit the list.it Google Code page if you wish to report a bug, or if you are a programmer and want to see the source code.
See our research group site, our list.it googlegroup and our code page for more information. Or write us at listit at csail dot mit dot edu.
This software is licensed under the MIT License.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, BUT NOT CHOCOLATE TORTE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
USE OF THE LIST-IT SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICE IS BY AN AT-YOUR-RISK BASIS, IF YOU USE THIS SERVICE, YOUR NOTES WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO, AND KEPT IN A DATABASE ADMINISTERED BY THE LIST-IT RESEARCH TEAM AT MIT CSAIL. WHILE DATA INTEGRITY AND SECURITY WILL BE MAINTAINED ON A BEST EFFORT BASIS, WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DATA THAT IS ACCIDENTALLY LOST OR STOLEN.
SEVERAL LIST-IT AND BROWSER USAGE STATISTICS WILL BE COLLECTED AND AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED TO MIT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH -- particularly debugging and improving the tool. NO INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED WITH AGENTS OR ENTITIES OUTSIDE THE RESEARCH GROUP OR USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN TOOL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please use List.It for the Web, a fully functional web replacement in the meantime.
If nothing appears to happen when you click on the link, check the top of the page for a bar that asks for your permission to install the extension. You will need to click "Allow" in order to continue with installation. Below is what it might look like at the top of your browser:
Having trouble signing up? You're not the only one. There was a bug in our latest release that removed the registration form from the about page. Follow these new instructions on the FAQ: register it
Lost your password or have questions? Check our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Background "set list" photo credit: Szuba