Officially, Project Builder is the whiz-bang programming tool for OS X (and as such it is wonderful), but that doesn't mean you have to use it that way. Here are the features I think make PB an excellent note pad:
- PB remembers your place in every document (this alone sold me).
- PB remembers your window locations between launches.
- PB has good search functionality (another biggie for me).
- You can put many kinds of documents in PB, including plain text, rich text, images, and sounds.
- You can group documents into virtual folders independent of their actual location on disk.
- PB comes FREE with every Mac -- so even if you only use 1% of its functionality, it's not like you're paying extra for the 99% you don't use.
I created a PB project called ThisAndThat, and dragged it into my Dock for quick access. I'm in the process of transferring a bunch of junk to it now -- to-do lists, lists of facts I always need yet always forget, song lyrics, Earthlink dial-up numbers, etc. Now if only I had a corresponding app on my Handspring Treo and a conduit to hotsync it...

