LABELS!!!! Nowadays is back again to labels, best way to find curated music in the same vein of what you already like. Like a house tune, find more of the same artist, check what label it's on and then open a gazillion tabs checking the label's soundcloud (likely to repost stuff from similar related labels/artists), check the label's discogs page, then check related artists on the label, etc. All the knowledge is right there at your finger tips.
I also like themed mixes from artists I follow and then ID everything I like from a mix (annoying but requesting for IDs on mixes is totally cool IMO, if you're playing other artists' music you better let people know what you're playing, unless it's an unreleased track or whatever). I then repeat the same process above.
I also check vinyl listings on RedeyeRecords.co.uk or juno.co.uk everyday or every other day for new releases, listen to the previews and buy a thing or two or take notes (I use Stickies) to write down everything I might want to check has a digital release later or I want to illegally try to get my hands on, just being honest.
Other thing I do is follow curated YouTube channels... I like OOUKFunkyOO, Slav, Moskalus, Gazzz696, Stamp The Wax, Brazilian Rare Grooves... lots of great channels out there.
You could check out this program called Stickies, I currently use it and it works great. You can paste images, lock stickies, set labels, do a backup etc
Edit: woah, thanks for the gold! first one I ever got 👍🏼
Have a look at PNotes http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/ or ANotes http://a-note.sourceforge.net/ Also, Stickies http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/ These are available in a portable form at portableapps.com
You could either use Moo Windows Menu Plus to move the sticky notes to system tray (haven't tried myself) or Use a better alternative - Stickies
I use Stickies from Zhorn Software. It works really well, has all the features I need, and can even send notes to other computers. It's skinable, too.
Have you found Stickies? You can choose where to store the data, eg. in a Dropbox folder or whatever cloud service you use.
Or: 'Stickies can be transferred from one machine to another either over a TCP/IP network connection, or by using an SMTP mail server or MAPI client.'
Stickies: http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
basically sticky notes but much better. Customizable font and colors, hotkeys for making them appear and dissapear, make new ones, etc whenever you want. You can even set alarms on your stickies.
edit: oh yeah, most importantly it doesn't stick in your task bar, but moves to the tray instead >_>
Or you can make can get dropbox on your phone and PC and keep a .txt file you can look at whenever you want...
Whoops, sorry I missed your mention of RescueTime in the OP. Long day today. :)
I have Stickies on my Mac desktop. These are basically virtual post-its. You can put text or images in the notes, and they'll stay up until you decide to close them. Even if you reboot your computer, they'll still be around. It's a constant reminder of what you need to do, provided you set it up in the first place (totally painless). There's also a Windows version here.
Mac comes with Stickies which is essentially post it notes you can color code and arrange on your screen how you like. Its an amazing way to organize things example of how it looks you can make them hover above all your open windows or just stay on your desktop. Or on my laptop it shows up when I press the widget button. I'd imagine there has to be one like it for Windows/Linux this looks to be a viable windows option stickies for Windows Kontacts Knotes seems to be a good choice for windows. Note:I've never used either of these programs just the Mac one
Your question got me to wondering and I can't find it on my PC either. Used to be in System32 with a lot of other exes. If I type it in Start, however, it shows up and can be opened - no right click to Properties, though and nothing shows up in Roaming/Microsoft/ which is where Microsoft says the data should be, that there should be a StickyNotes folder in there and that is where the exe should be.
I use Everything search which usually can find Anything and no stikynot.exe to be found. There is a Microsoft.StickyNotes.exe in volume information but I can't access that.
Anyway, have you tried Zhorn stickies? I have been using them for decades. He keeps it updated and they are a zillion time more configurable than the inbuilt sticky app.
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I use the free Stickies for any type of pop-up timer - including Anki:
Stickies by Zhornsoft. used it for a decade or so for notes at work. you can also set it up for messaging (good for sneaky chatting where skype is frowned upon)
I found Stickies free software and it does the same thing but better and with a lot of custom. I tried and it's perfect for me so maybe it can help you too :) http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/index.html
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/ can optionally remind you of stuff by having a note reappear once or daily or every hour etc.
Just for writing down stuff, I use http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ or http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page, the latter can be used for easy and quite powerful structuring of data/ideas/notes
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
A seriously good app for remembering stuff. I personally use it to remind me about college shit, and I sued to have it pop up every monday when I did the Weekly Rant Threads.
you have described "stickies" perfectly:
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
free, sticky notes have no taskbar icon if you don't want, you can select a dropbox folder for the backups if you wish, notes can fade out of view, app itself is just a simple tray icon
I find this free program extremely helpful and easier to use than Window's "Sticky Notes". I use them every day at work to quickly copy/paste/store text around my monitors. Also, you can create a sticky, set it as an alarm, and it will sleep until you want it to pop-up.
Awesome, somebody else who uses sticky notes to remember what episode they're up to! You should try out a program called Stickies (http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/download.html), it's far nicer than the built-in sticky notes.