Taking notes and managing references

Dave Weinberger asks what people use for taking notes, and points to this note taking list. Several blog comments point to further programs, one of the more favourably reviewed being an old one, Ecco. Yes, it would be great idea to be able to combine outlines and bibliographies in the way he describes.

I'm looking for a decent notetaker, so may give Ecco Pro (available for free download at ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/pub/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Ecco32/
) a run around the block.

Meanwhile David Brake provides some handy links to free programs for managing references.