Squareleaf offers you virtual notes.

Paper, who uses paper anymore? Most notes are taken online, whether you use Google Docs, Zoho Writer, or just Notepad itself, notes are rarely taken on little pieces of paper and placed all over your home or office. For awhile there Post-It had the market for desktop stickies, their web app was pretty useful, but I soon found my desktop cluttered with the same virtual paper that I had worked so hard to get rid of in real life. Alas, I rid myself of that program, forcing myself to act on information more often than storing it for later.

Squareleaf is a web app that allows you to still take all those notes you loved with Post-Its and instead allows you to use their site as a place to store all your information. I’m not quite sure what the real draw is, considering that virtual desktops have done something similar for a very long time. I do have to admit that their user interface is nice, simple, and intuitive. The note taker in me is happy when I can jot lots of useful information down and shuffle my notes on my screen, but essentially this web app seems a little late.

An example of the Squareleaf interface.

In using the app for a day I didn’t see any mobile application attached to it. There is no mobile app that I could find, I could not sync my notes as I went from place to place, so essentially, for the mobile user this app is useless. Instead of saving a tree, I suggest you save your time. It’s not to say it can’t be improved upon, but this app says to me that it’s relying on me being on a laptop or desktop to access my notes, but I need my  notes on the go, as do most of us, in order to refer to them quickly. The market for to-do lists and note taking on mobile devices like the iPhone or iTouch is a tough market to crack, but it’s not impossible.

If you still rely on heavy laptop and desktop use, or if you’re not into smart phones and app use, than perhaps this app is for you. Otherwise I’d recommend staying away until it’s transferred to a mobile platform.

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