我至今一直使用RedNotebook來(lái)記錄我生物信息分析的日志。盡管現(xiàn)在有很多筆記本應(yīng)用程序，我還是非常喜歡這個(gè)筆記本應(yīng)用程序，和大家分享一下原因吧幸乒。

故事可以追溯到2012年，在我完成了我全職（濕）實(shí)驗(yàn)室工作之后唇牧，我開(kāi)始全職從事生物信息分析(干實(shí)驗(yàn)室)罕扎。作為一名科學(xué)家，根據(jù)日期或每天寫(xiě)實(shí)驗(yàn)記錄是很普遍的作息奋构。然而我發(fā)現(xiàn)每天在紙質(zhì)的實(shí)驗(yàn)日記本記錄生物信息分析特別是包含指令代碼分析壳影，是一項(xiàng)不可能任務(wù)。不過(guò)弥臼，我的確曾這樣做過(guò)宴咧，而我的結(jié)論是：這是一種愚蠢的做法。

因此径缅，我便開(kāi)始尋找一種工具掺栅，一種能讓我每天記錄或根據(jù)日期記錄數(shù)據(jù)分析工作的工具，是的纳猪，以每天為基礎(chǔ)氧卧。因?yàn)槲沂褂貌煌牟僮飨到y(tǒng)(Linux, Unix, Windows)進(jìn)行分析工作，所以這個(gè)工具必須是跨操作系統(tǒng)平臺(tái)的氏堤，并且支持云訪問(wèn)沙绝。

經(jīng)過(guò)一番搜索，我決定試用 RedNotebook鼠锈。RedNotebook 是什么闪檬？RedNotebook 是一種基于日記形式的筆記本應(yīng)用程序，它允許用戶每天記錄筆記购笆。該軟件使用 txt2tags 標(biāo)簽粗悯，與 markdown (另一種輕量級(jí)標(biāo)簽語(yǔ)言) 標(biāo)簽類似。

我在不同的操作系統(tǒng)上安裝了 RedNotebook同欠，將 RedNotebook 的數(shù)據(jù)文件保存在云驅(qū)動(dòng)器上样傍，并在RedNotebook中配置好路徑。 如此铺遂，我能夠在家或辦公室的其他操作系統(tǒng)上工作時(shí)在不同平臺(tái)上訪問(wèn)同一數(shù)據(jù)文件衫哥。

我用自定義的模板把我每日的數(shù)據(jù)分析工作記錄下來(lái)。必要時(shí)襟锐，我可以根據(jù)日期或月份將我的生物信息分析日志以HTML或文本文件的形式保存在我的電腦上炕檩，或者將其交予同事。我還可以使用關(guān)鍵字搜索捌斧、查看不同的日期日志笛质、跟蹤我以前做過(guò)的分析。

迄今為止捞蚂，我仍然使用 RedNotebook妇押。對(duì)于那些還在尋找理想電子日記類筆記本的同行們，我強(qiáng)烈推薦這日記筆記本軟件姓迅。RedNotebook?是免費(fèi)的(歡迎給作者捐款)敲霍，試試吧。

I have been using RedNotebook for my bioinformatics analysis logs until now. Although there are many notebook applications, I still like this notebook application very much. Let me share with you why.

The story can be traced back to the year 2012, when I started my bioinformatics analysis (dry lab) full-time after finished with my full-time (wet) lab works. As a scientist, writing an experiment log on a logbook daily or according to the date was a common practice. However, I found that recording bioinformatics analysis that involved command lines on a paper-based logbook was an impossible task. Nevertheless, I did that before, and I concluded that it was stupid.

Hence, I started to look for a tool that allowed me to write my daily analysis activities, yes, daily-basis. As I was using different operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows) for my analysis works, the tool must be cross-platforms workable and support cloud drive access.

After googling a while, I decided to give RedNotebook a try. What is RedNotebook? RedNotebook is a diary-based journal/notebook that allowed users to write their notes daily. It uses txt2tags markup, which more or less similar to markdown (another type of lightweight markup language) markup.

I installed RedNotebook on different operating systems, kept RedNotebook's data files at cloud drive and configured the path in the RedNotebook. By doing so, I can access to same data files across different platforms while working from home or at the office on different operating systems.

I used a custom made templates to record my data analysis works daily. When needed, I can export my dry lab logs according to the date or month as HTML or text-based files on my computer or share them to a colleague. With keywords search, I can look at my different date logs and track what I have done previously.

Up to date, I still using RedNotebook. I strongly recommend this diary/journal to scientists who are looking for an ideal electronic logbook-like diary/journal. RedNotebook is free (donations to the author are welcome), try it.