Evernote is a service where you store your notes.\u00a0 You can enter notes from any smartphone, computers and browsers.\u00a0 Pretty run of the mill stuff right?\u00a0 It seems that it can do much much more.<\/p>\n
September 18, 2009<\/p>\n
Guy Kawasaki<\/a> Co-Founder, Alltop <\/a>Recent Posts<\/a><\/p>\n
I use a service called Evernote to fulfill my pack-rat and archiving needs. Evernote is a service \u201cin the cloud\u201d that you can dump notes, documents, photos, and tweets into for future access from any computer with Internet access. (Jennifer Van Grove also talks about it in her article<\/a>.) Here are fourteen uses of Evernote that can help you organize, archive, and share information.<\/p>\n
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- Take notes.<\/strong> Taking notes in Evernote is way better than searching for that pad of paper that\u2019s lost or at home. It\u2019s also better than a text document on your computer because either you won\u2019t remember the name of the document, you won\u2019t have that computer, or you will have deleted the document inadvertently.<\/li>\n
- Take pictures. <\/strong> Got into a fender bender? Take a picture of both cars, the other car\u2019s license plates, and the other driver\u2019s license. Drink a great bottle of wine? Take a picture of the label. See a book that you must read? Take a picture of the cover. Evernote has a great iPhone app that enables you to upload these pictures directly to your account.<\/li>\n
- Save documents.<\/strong> When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I\u2019ll need again, I forward it to Evernote for safekeeping. This is easy because Evernote provides a unique email address to enter documents in your account. I do the same for pictures that people send me. This is very useful when you use more than one computer to create documents or send\/receive email.<\/li>\n
- Photograph business cards.<\/strong> Rather than collecting a pile of business cards that you\u2019ll never go through, photograph them with your iPhone and send their images to Evernote. Evernote recognizes text on the card, so you can search for names such as \u201cApple\u201d or \u201cJohn\u201d when that\u2019s the only thing you can remember about the person. If you\u2019re using Evernote on a mobile phone, it can also geotag the photo so that if you can only remember that you met the person in Cupertino, you can still find it. And you can save trees: When someone hands you her card, take a picture of it and hand it back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Tip 11 on whiteboards, looks interesting.\u00a0 Use the build in snapshot feature or attach a photo to a note.\u00a0 Evernote will recognize the text and make it searchable.\u00a0 There is no converted text though.<\/p>\n