Scratch Pad

Somewhere to put a thing before you know where it goes

A private pile of notes, quotes, links, and images captured while browsing. Nothing reads it until you drag an item somewhere or explicitly choose an action.

Things to try

about 4 minutes

01Open the Scratch Pad.⌥⌘NThe keyboard commands are listed in its header.
02Write a note and save it.⌘Return
03Clip the page you are on.⇧⌘D
04Select a quote on a page and drag it into the pad. Then drag in a link and an image.
05Drag an item out of the pad into another app.Items export as ordinary text, URL, and image, so they leave the browser cleanly.
06Right-click an item and read the actions.⌥⌘Return⇧⌘C⌥⌘OAdd the source to Newspaper, copy, open the source, ask the agent. Ask Agent is the only thing that ever shows an item to a model, and it is explicit.

Worth filming

Drag a quote in, drag it out into a notes app. The point is that it is a holding pen, not a database.