• File Folders: This may be the easiest and most obvious tool. It’s also the most self explanatory, so I won’t go into brain numbing detail. Caveman -> Caveman Save Image on Computer -> Caveman put image in folder -> Caveman beat chest in joy.
• Flickr: Patrick Haney was the one who brought this to my attention in a post titled, “Archiving Inspiration“. There is a nice group of inspirational images in the Flickr Set associated with the article.
• Evernote: If you haven’t heard of Evernote, you should seriously consider wasting more time on the web. It’s an amazing tool and they have an app for the PC, Mac and iPhone. Once you create your account, you can access it from any of those sources and all of your images are accessible and stay synced, wherever you go. Presently, this is the tool that I use for cataloging. It works great and they have a free version. You can also share your notebooks with the world, as I have done with my inspiration notebook. Evernote also has a slick FireFox extension called Evernote Web Clipper.
• ImageSpark: I didn’t know about this one until today, so I don’t really know much about it.
• LittleSnapper: I also hadn’t heard of this one until today, but so far it looks amazing. When combined with EmberApp or Flickr it seems to be a very useful tool for catalog and sharing images.

Tools for Grabbing Images

• Browser (FireFox, of course)
  • Delicio.us: this works well when you’re just tagging a URL (my inspiration set on delicious)
• OS X
  • Capture Screen Segment (Cmd + Shift + 4): saves PNG image to the desktop
  • Capture Entire Window (Cmd + Shift + 4, space bar): saves PNG image to the desktop
  • Paparazzi!: will capture an entire web page (scrolling and all).
  • LittleSnapper: new to me. I haven’t used it, but maybe you have. It must be good. It’s from the UK and they spell organize with an “s” (organise).
• PC
  • Print screen, duh! This method is lacking for the PC in comparison with the Mac. That’s where the next tool in my list steps in.
  • SnagIt: This is one of the best tools I’ve used for screen capturing, period, but it’s a little bloated and pricey just for capturing images. They do have a trial version you can try out before you decide to break the piggy bank.

I put this post out, not to convince you to use one of the tools listed, but to spark a conversation about how you catalog your inspiration. Please post a comment below and let me know what tools and processes you use.