Small windows appear and disappear quickly

Hello,
Too often when I'm using my MBP, small windows (dialog boxes) appear and disappear very quickly. I don't know what application generated them, and they usually disappear before I get a chance to read them. Is there a way for me to see what program generated these windows and what where they about? I assume it should be in one of the logs in Console, but I don't know which one.
If it helps at all, the programs I most oten use are iTerm2, Chrome, and MacVim. Googling around didn't show any specific issues regarding these apps.
Any help would be much appreciated.

That sounds like Growl. Have a look here for how to manage it
http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/17/disable-growl-notifications/
Also, if the notifications are showing incoming emails, look in Mail.apps > Preferences.

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