Evernote has become many things to many people. In fact, for many of us it has become our most indispensable app.
Why?
Because Evernote just works!
I don’t think any two people use Evernote the same way. I use it to keep track of almost every little bit of data in my life. It has made me more efficient, more reliable and a lot more organized.
(Not bad for a free app.)
In Evernote you can keep:
- Text notes
- Websites
- Text clippings
- Screen captures
- Audio notes
- URLs
- Photos
- …and more!
You access all these bits of data on:
- Your computer
- Smartphone
- Tablet
- …and more!
Here is a video introduction to Evernote, which will illustrate that Evernote is indeed for everyone.
Do you need Evernote. In a word…YES!
Check it out — and let me know your thoughts on the video in the comments below. Also feel free to let me know what apps and tips you’d like me to explore using video in the future.
(Photo credit: Evernote Taiwan User Meetup by othree via Flickr)
I’ve tried Evernote for my writing research, but I’ve found that it really doesn’t work for me. Evernote relies on keywords to organize the information, and my problem is that I don’t always come up with the same keyword twice. That makes finding what I’m looking for challenging because I then have to scan all the files hoping to find what I’m looking for. I also dislike the title picking up the first line, because it’s buggy. I’ve had occasions where I’ve typed in what I want, and Evernote tries to be smart and changes it to the first line. It seems to do that randomly, which is a pain because now I have to watch for it to make sure it doesn’t change the title until I’ve finished. While it works with other applications, the one thing it doesn’t work well with is a basic paste. Mike Hyatt uses it for his blog, and I’ve been trying to figure out how! When I paste from Evernote into WordPress, I get extra HTML tags that cause formatting issues, so now I have to manually remove them so the post looks right. So, instead, it makes extra work for me! When I paste into Evernote from another program, the font size changes
at random, getting very large in unexpected places. It doesn’t show up on the screen, but just when I print, so I end up wasting paper. The result is that I’ve gone over to One Note for my research because it’s less fussy and doesn’t require me to use keywords.
You might also consider an alternative called Springpad. It has almost identical features, but unlike Evernote it is 100% free (no upload limits) and supports offline access to your notes. It’s frustrating being in the back of a grocery store with no cell service and unable to view your shopping list.
Hi Steve,
I didn’t know about the web clipper. Gosh, that sure makes my life a lot easier. You included a few other tips on the video I found useful, too, such as the photo option (great idea for taking a picture of receipts which I’m not very good at keeping organized).
I’m heading over to your website to see if you have a video or two on using Gimp.
Appreciate your work!
TJ
Well done, you made it sound very easy and simple, I’ll have to give it a try
thank you and looking forward to more video’s from you..
dm
I also encountered some of the title issues but found that if I enter a title and press the Enter key, my title is locked. Problems can occur if your title is the exact same as the first line of note text – then editing the first line in the note text still alters your title. Workaround is to make sure the 2 are different before editing note text.
The recent changes to the Windows Chrome web clipper to attempt to guess at the notebook and tags is amazing, for my purposes.
My primary uses: owners manuals (scanned or found on ‘net and downloaded), recipes, papers set home from school at start of year (tagged School as well as with particular child’s name), home dec ideas, seasonal ideas.