TotallyOz Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Anyone use Evernote.com? It is a service that allows you to upload notes, photos, documents, snapshots, etc. I have just started using this and have enjoyed it so far as I think a good way to store things I often forget. It has an Iphone app that I have not tested yet. Apparently, you can take a snapshot photo of a business card and it will read it into the site. Has anyone else used this site? Service? Quote
TotallyOz Posted July 23, 2010 Author Posted July 23, 2010 I love Evernote. I would not make it through a day or a week without it. I love the way it helps me to organize data and to have it handily available for me. Evernote is (from Wiki): Evernote is a free suite of software and services designed for notetaking and archival. A "note" can be a piece of formattable text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten "ink" note. Notes can also have file attachments. Notes can then be sorted into folders, tagged, annotated, edited, given comments, and searched. On supported operating systems, Evernote stores and edits the user's notes on their local machine. Users with internet access and an Evernote account can also have their notes automatically synchronised with a master copy held on the Evernote server. This approach lets a user access and edit their data across multiple machines and operating system platforms, but still view, input and edit data when an internet connection is not available. Where Evernote client software is not available, online account-holders can access their note archive via a web interface, with more limited functionality. The Evernote software can be downloaded and used as "stand-alone" software without setting up an online account, but will not be able to upload files to the Evernote server, or use the server to synchronise or share files between different Evernote installations. As well as the keyboard entry of typed notes, Evernote supports image capture from cameras on supported devices, and the recording of voice notes. In some situations, text that appears in captured images can be recognised using OCR and annotated. Evernote also supports touch and tablet screens with handwriting recognition. Evernote web clipping plugins are available for the most popular internet browsers that allow marked sections of webpages to be captured and clipped to Evernote. If no section of a webpage has been highlighted, Evernote can clip the full page. Where suitable hardware is available, Evernote can automatically add geolocation tags to notes. The online service also allows selected files to be shared for viewing and editing by other users, and allows integration with Twitter for storing or forwarding "tweets". Users can also use the Twitter system to add notes to Evernote remotely, by sending tweets from any Twitter-capable device. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The cost for Evernote is 45.00 a year. I find it totally worth it. I like the ability to have extensions installed in my browsers and I see a page that I want to remember I just hit my Evernote button and it is now in Evernote with all data, the url, etc. If I forget the name of the article, I simply type in one word into my search in Evernote and it will appear. It allows me to easily find things that I have saved in the program. I also find it easy to store data there. For example, I have tons of photos. I don't like lugging them around with me. Every month, near the end of my upload limit, I upload all my photos from IPhoto for safe storage. This gives me a way to back all of them up. Also, I have family that I want to be able to access all my personal information. I had my sister install a copy of this on her computer and she keeps that synced. Now, if she needs to know my flight info, she goes there and it is pulled up. If she needs to see a copy of some document, it is there. All my PDF's are synced and all the words inside them are search-able. I LOVE Evernote! It is one program I cannot do without. http://www.evernote.com/ Quote
Guest FourAces Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 OZ I use Evernote on my Android device and really find it helpful. I have not used the site yet but will look into it now that I have read your posting. Thanks. Quote
TotallyOz Posted July 23, 2010 Author Posted July 23, 2010 OZ I use Evernote on my Android device and really find it helpful. I have not used the site yet but will look into it now that I have read your posting. Thanks. Aces, they have a program called JotNote that works in sync with it. I use it for my IPhone and it is great. Uploads to my Evernote account automatically. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 Aces, they have a program called JotNote that works in sync with it. I use it for my IPhone and it is great. Uploads to my Evernote account automatically. Thanks OZ. That really makes it even more useful both on computer and phone. btw Looking over the site I was surprised by all the features they offer. A well thought out and very useful program. Quote
Guest Hoover42 Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 I use Evernote, and I love it! I really like being able to jot down a idea or record a voice comment while at a restaurant or wherever, and then see it or listen to it on both my home and work computers the next time I log on. Quote
TotallyOz Posted September 18, 2010 Author Posted September 18, 2010 Traveling from Bangkok to LA last trip, I met a really nice guy and we started talking about software and Evernote came up. Like me, he loves it. He also said it was great for his company as he had an account that he allowed access to several and they all just uploaded all the info he needed to the account and it was synced with his computer almost instantly. Quote
TotallyOz Posted May 31, 2011 Author Posted May 31, 2011 Update: I am still using this program daily. IMHO, it is one of the best programs, resources on the Internet. Quote
Guest BeachBoy Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 I have Evernote but I just can't get used to it. There's something about it that is just not intuitive for me. Also, I have the "elephant" button on my browser (on my laptop), but I want that to work more like Instapaper does - instead, it interrupts my browsing and when it copies the page over, it has all the bullshit on the page as well - the sidebars, the ads, the bottom links - and it's a huge file and the article I want is like 1/5 of it. So I have to go in and edit it. Really annoying. (First world problems, I know). If it had Instapaper capability, it'd be better, IMO. Quote
Guest BeachBoy Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Oh, also, when I had only an iTouch, you couldn't see ANY of the notes - you had to "favorite" them all to see them if you didn't have an Internet connection. Really annoying. And as far as I can tell, there's no way to reverse-favorite them in bulk. (I really do like Evernote - it's just been some kind of crazy learning curve for me, and I'm not sure why and it's frustrating!) Quote
TotallyOz Posted May 31, 2011 Author Posted May 31, 2011 When you use the "elephant" button in a browser, it copies that entire page. You can then delete the ads and it won't upload them or do as I do and use your mouse to highlight the text you want and then press the "elephant" button and only that text goes into Evernote. It does take a bit to get use to but for me, I find the archival system fantastic! Quote
Guest BeachBoy Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 When you use the "elephant" button in a browser, it copies that entire page. You can then delete the ads and it won't upload them or do as I do and use your mouse to highlight the text you want and then press the "elephant" button and only that text goes into Evernote. It does take a bit to get use to but for me, I find the archival system fantastic! AH! Duh, of course - I never even thought to highlight the text first. (I had Instapaper long before I found Evernote, this is the problem here). Thanks!! Quote
TotallyOz Posted May 31, 2011 Author Posted May 31, 2011 Another Thing to Use Evernote for: Write “to-do” and other lists in Evernote inserting the checkmark-able T0-Do box by going to Format > Insert To-do or pressing the button shortcut in the compose note screen. Take photos of receipts and upload to Evernote. Forget trying to keep paper receipts in a box on your desk. Instead, take photos of them and upload them to Evernote. They’ll be searchable and get rid of excess paper around your home and office. PDF Documents can be backed up in Evernote. Email the file to your Evernote account or drag and drop the file into the desktop software. Now you have a searchable and permanent copy of PDF files! On the Mac, you can Print PDF files to Evernote, too. Others: http://www.digitizd.com/2009/04/23/9-ways-i-use-evernote/ http://www.openforum.com/articles/14-practical-ways-to-use-evernote-guy-kawasaki Quote
Guest BeachBoy Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 That first article is the only thing that's made sense to me so far. Thanks for sharing it! (I never understand anything that Guy Kawasaki is saying. He speaks another language to me.) Quote
