You know how sometimes you’re cruisin’ the ‘net and you see something that triggers an idea for a post? You know how you subsequently forget the idea and the reference within 2.3 seconds of obsessively checking your Twitter feed for the 87th time? Well, there’s a better way to remember and document your inspiration!

Bookmark it!

Online bookmarking tools are a great way to store and save information and ideas for later reference, and are extremely helpful for those of us with short memories and even shorter attention spans. Here are three of the best:

Evernote

By far one of the most popular bookmarking and storage applications out there, Evernote allows you to “clip” links, webpages, online text, photos, documents, voice memos, and pretty much anything else you can think of, to your own personal account.

All tags and text are searchable–even images of printed and handwritten text! You can send notes to Evernote using Twitter, and there are also Evernote apps for your iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, and Android phone for clipping on the go.

Best for: Organizing your entire friggin’ life.

Instapaper

If you like simplicity, Instapaper is your best bet. Sign-up requires nothing more than your email address, and bookmarking is made easy by dragging the “Read Later” button to your toolbar. When you come across a page you’d like to bookmark, simply click the button and voila! Your link is instantly saved.

If you’d like to take it further, you can add folders to organize your saved articles, create an RSS feed of your bookmarked items (which you could add to your blog’s sidebar to share what you’re reading), and download the app for your Kindle or iPhone.

Best for: Simple, no fuss saving.

Bonus tip: If you use Google Reader, you can add your own Send To buttons for Instapaper and Evernote to share articles right from your RSS reader!

Read It Later

Read It Later allows you to save pages from your computer or phone using their easy bookmarking tool. With Read It Later, you can download your pages before disconnecting, so even when you don’t have internet access, you’ll still be able to read your saved pages!

You can add tags to categorize your entries, and it automatically integrates with Google Reader so you can save directly to your reading list. Read It Later is available as a Firefox extension or as an app for your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or Pre.

Best for: Reading when you’re not connected