TextPad - TextPad is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files that is easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.
Evernote - Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace. Evernote is the place to collect inspirational ideas, write meaningful words, and move your important projects forward.
TiddlyWiki - a non-linear personal web notebook
Joplin - Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.
Falcon - Ultraportable 2-in-1 Laptop
Google Keep - Capture notes, share them with others, and access them from your computer, phone or tablet. Free with a Google account.