Evernote Rocks.
So I have spent a long time trying out various ways to take notes and jot down ideas. I’ve got lots of school paper outlines, class notes, brainstorming sessions, etc scattered throughout my hard drive and online. Most of these are in somewhat organized word documents, a lot are on Google Docs, some in Google Notebook, and others are on small note taking programs like Mac’s Stickies program or my slightly used xPad program.
I’ve never been entirely happy with any of these. They all work well for some things, and not well for others. The online programs aren’t available when I’m not connected to the internet and are sometimes buggy; Word documents are a pain to organize and search even with Mac’s Spotlight search function; and programs like xPad are a good start, but are still pretty limited.
Then Evernote entered my life. Ahhhhhhh Evernote! I’ve been an almost daily user of it for about a year now, and I’m not going to stop anytime soon. It now holds 516 of my notes, and they are all insanely easy to find and view. The desktop software offers a great way to jot down small notes and organize them quickly, easily, and with a lot of flexibility. All notes are synced to an online account so you can access them anywhere with an Internet connection. Evernote’s servers analyze any scanned documents you add to a note so that the text on them is searchable. Oh, and there are various free mobile versions of the program available for most smart phones (and the iPod Touch). And most of what anyone would use it for is free! There is a paid version ($5 per month), but there is really no need for most users to buy it.
There has been tons written about this program, so I will stop now. Check out these reviews:
- Review from Ars Technica
- Blog post about why paying the monthly fee is worth it
- Another random but good blog post about Evernote
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