The most common question is how and what can you use Evernote for? In this article we will try to deal with this and many other issues.
If you need to organize any data or information, say not only about contacts or significant dates, but some notes, then how to do this? How to ensure that this information is not only on one medium, but that it can be synchronized with someone else’s computer and with your smartphone?
This is exactly what the Evernote system is for.
To begin with, we can consider the main advantages of this software. Firstly, the system is absolutely free. Although there is a paid version with no advertising, it supports offline work. Secondly, this online system. It’s enough just to log in to the system using your account when you go online, and all access to your records is open. Thirdly, all mobile platforms are supported. Next, you can list support for various formats, the ability to attach files, the function of a navigator, and so on, depending on the release of the program.
In order to activate the service, you need to go to the website evernote.ru, register, and then you can use the application.
Through the web interface, many different possibilities become available, be it the creation of a hierarchy of notebooks, notes in them, plus the system offers use via the clipboard, which allows you to save individual parts of sites.
Also, the main distinctive feature is the function of recording a voice note directly into a written one.
IN latest version For this application, an interface update was developed, previous unobtrusive bugs were eliminated, when synchronization was carried out only on the second attempt, in case of an error, as well as the creation of widgets. But this application you need to download it separately, and when activated, you can now remove the most used functions of the program.
Another feature worth mentioning is data encryption. Now your most important notes can be password protected and will only be accessible if you enter the password when opening them. But this function also has back side medals - without knowing the main password for the account, or if it is lost, it will be simply impossible to restore the data. You need to be relatively more attentive to this and take into account the fact that even if the password is changed, the data will no longer be possible to return.
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Should I talk?
Grebenshchikov Sergey:
I use the alternative Catch.com, I don’t see the point of switching to evernote
Andrey:
*There is 1 such post left to unsubscribe from RSS droidnews*
Zeleboba:
Good luck. We do not hold anyone by force.
Grebenshchikov Sergey:
You shouldn’t be so Andryukha, you shouldn’t be so in vain
Dragon Master:
Such notes are not needed without offline. And in Evernote you have to pay a lot for offline.
Grebenshchikov Sergey:
ABOUT! Then you definitely Catch everything there as you want)
Dragon Master:
I tried it a few months ago and didn't like it. I will try again.
Oleg:
Andrey is right. Evernote service is not bad, but IMHO, unnecessary for us. Our people love freebies. What's the point of paying if you can choose something else that's free and functional?
Moreover, the article is not very good. The topic is practically not covered. Or do you think 500 characters are enough to describe the benefits of Evernote?
Grebenshchikov Sergey:
The service charges money for expanding the space. And so it turns out that we don’t know the functionality of the service and we already have to give money
skurudo:
The question remains - what is Evernot needed for? I understand that the application and service are cool, but why is it needed? :-)
vortex:
I like Evernote. There are many similar services, but there are only a couple of clients for Desktop Windows and Droid.
Zeleboba:
Perhaps I am harsh, then I will explain the reason. The comment seemed ultimatum to me. I really don't like this. Ultimatums, attacks or just a harsh tone towards me, in principle, immediately turns me against a person. Yes, after the second phrase I will try to calm down, but the first one has already been said, and I don’t refuse it.
The second reason is that I really do not intend to hold anyone by force. If you don’t like it, thank you all, everyone is free. Everything I do is done primarily for my satisfaction from the work done. I want, first of all, to like the result myself. If I think that the result is a mess, then I won’t do it. There will be no incentive. And, of course, I found this article interesting enough to discuss, which is why it appeared here. Otherwise I wouldn't have posted it. And a single opinion is important to me, but expressed in a constructive manner, without unnecessary harshness and intimidation. Then I'll listen, yes. And the last point is that the taste and color of the markers are different. Some people think the material is garbage, but others like it. In this case, I am one of those who approved. And I am sure that among the readers there are also those who appreciated the article. By the way, you can see it by the numbers on the social buttons.
Another thing is that if the majority of readers start complaining about bullshit, then I won’t ignore it and, perhaps, even follow the lead, changing something according to requests. But I don’t see such an effect yet, and therefore everything seems to be normal.
But there are still a number of points and subtleties for changes that I will weigh and evaluate for myself when making a decision.
In general, no, I try not to be a complete asshole)
11:
I was on Evernote for a month, but when there were a lot of notes and there was no offline - it was a bummer, I wanted to pay for the pro version, it turned out I had to pay monthly - in the end I switched to Microsoft Onenote, for six months now the notes have been free on it, the limit of 500 is enough for me, the desktop version is many times better Evernote and there are no problems with synchronization like in Evernote.
Andrey vortex:
I also used OneNote. But I messed something up in the account. In the end, everything went to hell. It is very unintuitive.
olddroid:
I’ve been using Note Everything for a long time, it’s very convenient, and recently it’s been syncing with Dropbox.
Leanna:
Evernote has a very cool clipper, which makes it convenient. I grabbed something from the Internet to read later, or all sorts of recipes, or information that I shouldn’t forget. This is a very good and convenient service, which I don’t know of full-fledged analogues, I don’t understand why they attacked it so much. The big minus is the lack of free offline for mobile devices.
Can catch.com clip pages with images and original formatting?
Dragon Master:
For this purpose I have been using Pocket for a long time and successfully.
navi_cg:
Maybe someone can tell me. Evernote's description says that it allows you to recover notes anytime, anywhere. I uninstalled this application and set up synchronization of regular notes via EverNote.
I reset the phone and, after asking, reconfigured the synchronization, but the notes were not restored. Why?
Andrey:
What's useful in this news? There is simply no link to the application, no QR code - no nothing. There is water, all text.
The same thing as writing an article on the browser now. Well, a browser is a thing through which you can surf the Internet. What else do you need a browser for? Of course, to view offline pages on your personal computer! And also, you can get handy tool for storing bookmarks. Side bookmarks, menu bookmarks, you can group them!
Plus, you can play online games right in your browser!
Well, etc. So you can write an article about anything. Where is the review, exactly? Pros/cons, usefulness of the service, how much space is provided, what platforms it is available for, etc.
Nikolay:
The Evernote program was a revelation for me, I have been using it for almost a year and am very pleased. To use this program skillfully, you need to configure it in a certain way, with a certain hierarchy. I recommend a video course that describes in detail how to make the transition to Evernote as quickly and conveniently as possible http://1popov.ru/c/64753
Today people are surrounded by a colossal amount of information that can be useful in many areas. It is absolutely impossible to remember and assimilate such a volume of data unless you have some phenomenal talents. That's why business people use notepads. Ordinary notebooks have long lost their former popularity and relevance, because we now live in a period of digital technology, when special programs are used to store data reliably and securely.
What is the Evernote service? This question is asked by many people who truly value their time. In reality, there is nothing complicated here - by using this software, you can significantly increase your productivity. This is exactly what is discussed below.
Evernote is a service designed to store all kinds of notes. If you regularly deal with large amounts of data and don't want to miss even small details, you will like this application.
This application has a lot of features. At first glance, it probably seems that this online service is difficult to use, but in reality everything is completely different. Yes, there are several ways to use this software, but each user customizes Evernote to suit their own needs. User reviews indicate that this service increases work efficiency and allows you to control a lot of things.
Description of Evernote
Previously, people wrote down the necessary information in paper notebooks and notebooks. In them they indicated phone numbers, email addresses, lists of employees, etc. But the notebooks gradually ran out, and people had to start new ones. As a result, important information was often lost, or it took a lot of time to find it.
Now you can put your paper data carriers somewhere away and try the functionality of the Evernote service, which allows you to store information. Try to imagine that you are leisurely walking through the park and suddenly an interesting idea pops into your head, for example, for an article or a business. You don’t have a notepad with you, but you can take out your smartphone, launch the Evernote application and quickly create the necessary note.
After you get home and run Personal Computer, the recording made can be seen immediately, because this service allows you to synchronize several devices with each other at once. This is just one example of using the service.
Possibilities
One of the advantages of Evernote is the ability to read notes from any electronic device(tablet or desktop computer, smartphone, etc.). You can open Evernote anywhere and see your to-do list. There are versions for almost all operating systems.
By installing an additional extension to computer browser, it will be possible to save the entire Internet page or just part of the text. It is also interesting that Evernote allows you to create synchronization not only with devices, but also with different browser programs, which is also very important.
You can create up to two and a half hundred notebooks, which will contain individual notes. The service has an excellent search, so you can find necessary information won't be difficult. For this purpose, special tags are additionally used.
The only drawback of Evernote is that the application only has a couple of levels of attachments. If we talk in simple words, then you can create another one in one notebook, but you won’t be able to put another one in it.
Registration and installation
First you need to go to the official website of the service. There you should click on the “Register” item, after which all that remains is to provide a password and email address. Then click the "Create Account" button.
Next, you need to download the program to your computer by clicking the special icon. Click on the file to install and accept the terms of use of the program. Click “Install” and wait until the installation process is completed.
Launch the application enter your email and password, then click on “Login”. If you have not yet completed the registration procedure, you should click on the “I don’t have an account yet” option.
From this we can conclude that you can register with Evernote using two methods - after installation and before.
Interface features
At first, the interface of this program may seem too confusing, but you can easily figure it out. Launch the application. Several areas will appear in front of you:
- In the middle are icons of notepads, notes, etc. Using a special function, you can change the display option (cards, fragments, list).
- On the left side there is a list of tags, notepads, notes and chat (in updated programs).
- On the right side there is a note itself and options inherent in Word (plates, fonts). It is possible to pin a file or make a note by voice.
In addition, in the service menu you can create a “Reminder”, as well as send the entire notebook or a separate note to other users. If the application is used immediately several people, you can add several users and quickly switch between them.
To make it possible to quickly and easily find the necessary note, they are placed in separate notebooks. You can also assign a label to each individual entry. Operational access to notes is provided by the “Shortcuts” function.
Make a notepad and give it a name, for example, “Wallets on the Internet.” Here you can create a note that will indicate information about your electronic wallets - “Yandex-Money”, “WebMoney”, etc. From now on, if you need to indicate this information on a particular resource, you can simply copy the data from the previous created note, and then paste it into the appropriate field.
You can create other folders(notebooks) - business plans, travel plans, to-do lists, etc.
Evernote Web Clipper extension
If you have a desire to save some interesting or important information from the Internet, you can use the Web Clipper extension and save it to Evernote. In this case, the page can be saved in its entirety, including links, pictures, etc.
To install this useful addition to your browser program, go to the official website of the service and select the appropriate menu item. Using the extension is easy and simple.
Features of paid versions of the program
In addition to the main version, users have the opportunity to use additional functions, which are paid. Their advantages can be divided into two types:
Essentially, if you are dealing only with text-type data, then the regular version is quite sufficient for your purposes. However, in situations where you need to save videos, photos or other “massive” files, it is recommended to register the paid version.
You became interested in the capabilities of the service and made a firm decision to install Evernote on your personal computer and mobile device? Before you start using this software, you should heed the following recommendations.
Now you have information about what Evernote is used for.
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The site touched on my favorite topic - Time Management and Time Management in Evernote!!! Great! :) The article itself is not very useful, because... “moving” through life with a huge number of notebooks and tags is a waste of time in real life. :)
What am I doing? I’ll tell you a little - I already described this on one resource.
Case Management Tools:
1. Dropbox – shared documents.
2. Email is a constant work.
3. 1Password - a diary - a great relaxer and a collection of all logins and passwords.
4. Evernote – all things to do, all ideas, a very large number of reminders.
5. GoogleCalendar is still shared among initiative groups of people.
I will dwell in more detail on Evernote - at the moment, “it” has become the main tool for me and my team.
The first thing that happened to me with Evernote was the abandonment of many notebooks; now “everything and everything” is in three notebooks. These are the main notebook – “Main”, the “Offline” notebook and the “Implemented case” notebook. Based on the names of the notebooks, I think it’s clear what purpose each one serves. Why is that? Everything is very simple. A huge number of notebooks and tags will not allow you to work effectively with the system. Keep all notes in Main. Offline is necessary for notes with contacts - these are those contacts that are not needed very often and there is no need to clog up your smartphone’s notebook with them. As a rule, there are a lot of such contacts and, sometimes, they are “needed quickly,” so always stay on the device.
Second, the entire system is built on tags. The main thing here is not to overdo it! I have them as follows:
0_GTD: 0_Chif, 0_Day, 0_Home, 0_Maybe;
F_My_Family: F_Perents, F_Chaild1, F_Chaild2, F_Wife;
J_Jobs: J_Execute, J_Idea, J_Meeting, J_Travel, J_Contacts;
H_My_Hobby: H_Auto, H_Photo, H_GTD.
I think there is no need to comment on the tags. The most important thing here is not to overdo it! Otherwise, you will forever be stuck in the “remember tag” problem.
Lastly (or not least), it is very important to master the art of querying in Evernote. The syntax of network requests is described in detail. I will give a number of mine:
CALL: notebook:”Main” intitle:call
Inbox: -tag:*
Unfinished: notebook:”Main” intitle:yyy
All requests appear in the form of shortcuts - anyone who uses Evernote knows what shortcuts are. I will dwell on requests in more detail. In my opinion, Evernote's query system is horribly flawed. I suffered for a long time when setting up this or that request. the main problem that there is no way to request "or". But there is no need to despair!
Let me start with the fact that work in Evernote must be divided into several parts: 1 - collecting and organizing different materials; 2 is the actual management of affairs. The first does not require significant speed of working with the system. And, secondly, if you want to be effective, it requires fast data entry and fast retrieval. In this regard, my system is built on the following principle: quickly extract data using queries and labels. As you probably already noticed, tags related to GTD (0_GTD: 0_Chif, 0_Day, 0_Home, 0_Maybe) start with 0 (zero), this allows me to see them at the top of the list on any device, which saves me from scrolling through the list of tags. Evernote allows you to create lists with checkboxes as notes and allows you to highlight these lists when prompted (show unchecked checkboxes - I don’t remember what it looks like in the native syntax of the system). So, for a reason unknown to me (the developers also could not answer me), such requests will be processed differently in different clients. This forced me to introduce one rule for myself - “every business ends with “yyy”” and it is in the “Main” notebook. As soon as the case is completed, it migrates to the “Implemented case” notebook and my request Unfinished: notebook:”Main” intitle:yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyno longer pulls it into the work area. The same rule has been established for cases that require a call - “any case that requires a call begins with the word “Call”” and it is located in the “Main” notebook. As soon as the case is completed, it moves to the “Implemented case” notebook and my request CALL: notebook:”Main” intitle: the call no longer pulls it into the work area.
Now about the inbox - a sacred place for every person who professes GTD. :) Everything is very simple here - a note without a tag is included in the inbox, they are displayed when the Inbox: -tag:* request is run, after which everything is sorted by tags. This is roughly how I organize things in Evernote. I have developed the system for more than a year and I can already say that it is efficient.
I completely forgot - Evernote makes it very convenient to use email as a tool for sending notes to the required notebook or to a specific tag. For example, an email is created with the subject: “Work under employment contracts yyy @Main #0_Day #J_Execute” the letter contains the necessary information. The letter is sent by email *@evernote.com and rest assured that it will be there in this notebook and with these labels. And since I've given up on a lot of notebooks, I don't spend time writing "@Main".
I also wanted to especially emphasize that the positive effect of working in Evernote is only possible when you constantly work with it - the system is constantly open on the desktop and on the animal. What I love about working with an elephant is the ability to work in the same environment. Evernote already allows you to create reminders, but GoogleCalendar is still difficult to abandon. :)
The topic is very rewarding and I can write on it endlessly! Evernote, when properly configured, can make life easier, enormously easier, for a person working on completely diverse projects and constant meetings with people.
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Evernote... This word is often used in Lately. What kind of miracle is this? ? I’ll say right away, do not under any circumstances ignore this lesson, and this the program is absolutely free! It can greatly simplify your life. Even if you are not a webmaster, be sure to read this lesson, because Evernote will definitely come in handy in your life!
If you have suddenly heard about the Evernote program and do not want to read this lesson, here is a link to a cool video course.
Evernote is something similar to text editor, where you can store graphic files and audio recordings in one document along with text. I'll say right away this program I mastered (studied) it only from the 4th time, that is, I started to master it, did not find a place to use it - I deleted it. But people around me began to talk more and more often about this program (in particular in Twitter). And every time I enthusiastically began to study this program and deleted it again. In the end, after the 4th try, I finally understood what it was for! 🙂
I will try to slowly but surely tell you why YOU need it. First I will give a little theory, and then practice. If you still don’t trust me, doubt that you need Evernote, then go straight to the end of the lesson (bypassing the installation/registration process), read how I use Evernote (the item “Areas of my use of Evernote” - namely This part is the most interesting and reveals only a small part of the program’s capabilities).
The main idea of Evernote: remember everything. That is, the essence of the program is as follows: all the ideas, necessary notes, etc. write it down in Evernote, and then look for something useful or inspiration among all this “heap” :).
Evernote Features
This is the most important feature of the program, this is what it consists of: install Evernote on your computer and on your mobile phone (there are applications for almost any phone), I repeat, it is absolutely free. And what you write down (some note), for example, on your phone, will almost instantly appear on the server, and then, as a result, on your computer.- Distribution of notes into notepads and tags.
Your Evernote will have a bunch of notes that are arranged chaotically. At first it seems that it is very difficult to find something among all this garbage, but it is not so. You can organize your notes into folders (in Evernote they are called notepads), and also set labels. Thanks to the quick search, it is very easy to find what you need. - Ability to attach media files.
It is very convenient to save photos taken from your phone and all kinds of voice notes.
Take 2 minutes of your time and watch this video to understand a little about Evernote.
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Evernote Practice
I am almost 90% sure that you have actually understood very little so far. I understand you perfectly, but the material to present is quite difficult, I don’t know which way to approach it. I think it’s better to give practice now, and then advice and recommendations on how to how to use Evernote.
Register and install Evernote
Evernote on mobile
- Android;
- If you are the owner of a Symbian phone, then read this topic.
Evernote web clipper in browser
Once you have installed the Evernote application on your mobile phone, you need to take the last step, namely install Evernote in your browser. Don’t deprive yourself of this convenience; be sure to add the Evernote extension to your favorite browser. I will provide links, go according to one of them by selecting your browser:
- Evernote web clipper for Google Chrome.
- Web Clipper for Safari.
How to use Evernote
So, the most difficult process of using great service passed, namely the process of registering and installing the program is completed! Congratulations! Now I will tell you how to use Evernote.
1. Double-click on the Evernote icon, which is located in the lower right corner next to the clock (by default, Evernote is automatically loaded when the operating system boots):
2. For convenience, create one notebook, which will be the default, that is, all notes, images, audio recordings will be saved in this notebook by default. Then, when you have time, you can “scatter” the notes into the necessary notebooks. Believe me, this is very convenient (sometimes there is simply no time to send a written down idea to the “right” notebook, select suitable tags, etc.). This notepad is called “Inbox”.
To create a new notepad in the program window, click on File -> New Notepad...:
That's all! A new note has been created. There is no need to save it (there is not even a “Save” button as such 🙂), because automatic synchronization occurs. That is, this note will appear on the server in a few minutes, and as a result, on mobile phone, when synchronizing with the server. If you can’t wait, and you urgently need to synchronize your notes, then simply click on the “Synchronization” button (“hot” key – F9):
Using Evernote Web Clipper
Now let’s look at such a “cool” thing as a Web Clipper. I’ll show you using Google Chrome as an example, since . After installing Web Clipper for Chrome (download links for your browser are located just above in this tutorial, see “Evernote Web Clipper in Browser”), the following icon will appear:
By clicking on it for the first time, the following window will open:
If you, like me, use Chrome browser, then I strongly recommend installing another extension Evernote Clearly(the developers promise that Clearly will appear on other browsers very soon).
The essence of the application is as follows: by activating Clearly, you have the opportunity to read the post in its “pure form,” that is, without any advertising, navigation, etc. Look at its capabilities:
Method 2.
3 way.
On mobile application Evernote go to Settings -> Evernote incoming address. There you will see the same mailbox.
How to add a note to Evernote via a mailbox.
Subject email– this is the title of the note. The letter itself is a note. You can also immediately send a note to a specific notebook and set labels. To do this, in the SUBJECT of the letter, first set the title, then a space, the @ sign, followed by the name of the notepad, then again a space, the # sign and the label.
That is, it would look like this:
Letter subject:
Happy New Year @ New Year#holidays #congratulations
To congratulate with new Year:
- Chief;
- Scientific supervisor at the University;
- Relatives in Moscow.
More details about use mailbox in Evernote, read here.
Evernote and Twitter
Evernote can also be linked to Twitter. Also a very interesting feature: you send a private message on Twitter to a specific account, and this message will appear in your Evernote.
How to link Evernote and Twitter is described in great detail here.
My areas of use for Evernote
Hmm, here we come to the most interesting part :). I forced you to spend some time “dealing with this miracle,” but many may have questions: “Why, in fact, do I need this? I have lived without Evernote and will continue to live without it.” Hmm, I’ll try to convince you with personal examples that Evernote will make your life much easier and save a lot of time.
1. Documents in Evernote.
So, the first thing I did was put scanned/photographed copies of my documents into Evernote. After I turned 21, I still can't remember serial numbers my passport. Now, when I need to find them out, I open Evernote on my mobile, find the “Documents” notebook, the “Passport” note (or just use the search). That's all, all the “numbers” are in full view. Likewise with TIN, student ID, etc.
2. Tourism.
Now, when I travel to a city unfamiliar to me, I simply cannot imagine my life without Evernote. I have a “Cities” notebook and in it there are notebooks by city names (yes, in Evernote you can “shove” a notebook into a notepad, like a subfolder; I’ll tell you how to do this below).
For example, recently I often travel to Kazan (I liked this city 🙂). Yes, after several trips I more or less get my bearings there, but when I came for the first or second time, this city was a “dark forest” for me :). What I've done? In advance, I found routes to my destination on the computer, took screenshots (photographed the specified area of the monitor) and saved them in Evernote.
I also sent to Evernote:
- bus departure/arrival times;
- taxi and hotel numbers (it’s inconvenient to store a dozen numbers on your phone that you call 1-2 times a year).
- sent addresses/phone numbers of cafes and bars.
- sent photos, names and surnames of bloggers I would like to meet on . Let me remind you that this was my first time attending such events and I didn’t know anyone. So, on the way to Kazan, on the bus, I “studied” bloggers (names, surnames, photographs, blog addresses) :). I also “photographed” and sent their business cards to Evernote so as not to collect “waste paper” in my pockets.
3. Websites.
Of course, I use Evernote a lot for my websites. For example, in this moment I want to change the design for ZonaHelp.ru. So, in Evernote I have a notepad called ZonaHelp.ru (and so on for each site). In this notebook I created a note “Design for Zonahelp” and in it using a Web Clipper (see what a Web Clipper is above) I put the template addresses (URLs), so I created a list.
Also, when you go to some sites, you can see “cool things” that I would like to use in the future on my sites; I immediately send such “things” to Evernote. And only then, I sit, study everything, look through the templates, add some comments and ideas that came to me during my trip to the University (I always have my phone with me :)). Very comfortably!
4. Useful information.
When I create another blog, I have to repeat the same steps. For example, installing the same plugins. But, as you know, some plugins require you to enter php code to the template. Previously, I had to frantically search for the same codes in lessons or in Yandex, but now I just open Evernote and enter, for example, “Page navigation” in the search.
A note about the WP Page Numbers plugin immediately pops up. It already contains a link to mine, a link to download the plugin and php code to display page navigation. This is what you need!
Believe me, it's damn convenient! There are more and more such “interesting” codes and all sorts of plugins in my Evernote every day.
5. Wallets.
I also have a “Wallets” notebook. There are different notes called “Webmoney”, “Yandex Money”, “Payment details for Sbercard”, etc. If webmoney numbers You can also simply write down wallets in your phone contacts, but the details for the card are impossible (bank INN, recipient INN, current account, bank BIC, etc.).
Since recently (with the acquisition of an iPhone) I very often use mobile mail, this notepad is very useful for me.
6. Books.
As I already said, I've been . And while reading, a certain paragraph (some interesting idea of the author) just wants to be written down somewhere so that I can think about it later. Previously, I copied what I needed on paper or in Word. But in both cases, all this was lost and forgotten.
And now I just highlight this very paragraph and send it to Evernote. Then in the “Books” notebook, there the name of the note = the title of the book and I read what I need, anywhere: in transport, before bed, on the computer, etc. Isn't it great?
7. Shopping.
I also have a “Buy” notebook. Look how I use it: let’s say I’m about to buy a car. As you know, the choice is not easy, you need to “climb” everywhere, see what’s what. So, looking through hundreds of options and interesting pages, “candidates” that meet my requirements (brand, price, etc.), I send to Evernote (links) in the “Car” notebook.
Or let's take another case. You need to visit the grocery store and buy a bunch of things for the New Year. Remembering everything is simply not realistic. And again Evernote comes to our aid :).
Create a new note called “Products for the New Year” and write a list that can be “marked as done”:
If, for example, you want to choose a new header for the site (here, when saving the URL, it will be quite inconvenient to make a choice), you can add images directly to the notes without worrying about Megabytes. To do this, simply create an additional LOCAL notebook:
That is, in this way you can store a huge number of images in Evernote. Just notepads being local, WILL NOT SYNCHRONIZE. I doubt that you will view a bunch of website headers via your phone. So in this case, a local notepad is what we need.
Conclusion
Friends, believe me, this is not a promotional article, I just want ALL readers of my blog to start using Evernote. If you really start using it, I am sure that 100% of those who used it will be grateful to me (if, of course, they learned about this program for the first time from me) :).
If suddenly you are very interested in the program and you don’t have enough information on this great program, then here is a cool video course on Evernote.
Remember everything! ;).
P.s. I apologize for the fact that few lessons have been published lately: the last session at the university and New Year's corporate parties at work... And so, I hope the lesson did not bore you too much and turned out to be useful :).
Thank you for your attention, see you in the next lessons!
This material will be written in the first person, since, by and large, it reflects the author’s personal experience when working with the Evernote notebook program.
Evernote is a task management software, but often its incorrect use can not improve the user's productivity, but add confusion to the already information-rich life of a modern person.
What is Evernote?
The next subsection is dedicated to those who do not know what this program is and how it can be used. Evernote is an excellent tool for self-organization not only of the business life, but also of the personal life of a modern person. Let me give you a few examples.
You are preparing an essay, a report, a diploma: the work itself is written in a word processor, interesting bookmarks for materials from the Internet are saved in browser bookmarks, useful material found in a paper book (yes, yes, there are still paper books), photographed on the phone, and then moved to a special folder with the project, and there are also ideas that arise at the most inopportune moment, for example, during a walk in the park, and if you don’t write them down, you can simply forget them. In addition, the idea can be represented by a photograph, audio or video note.
Another example. You have been involved in an accident, you need to photograph the scene of the accident, write down the details of the other driver, possibly witnesses, and clarify the procedure further actions inspectors - all this is information that will need to be preserved.
Next example. We have many passwords to various programs, services, many different keys to licensed products - they all need to be stored, and preferably in such a way that the place itself is protected.
You can give many examples with preparation, a seminar, choosing a new car, looking for a job, vacation, etc. this list goes on and on, probably the purpose of this program is best described by the slogan of the developers “Remember everything”.
Now a few words about how Evernote can be useful if we are away from the computer. The fact is that Evernote is not just a program for PC, it is a program for PC, mobile platforms, and an Internet service. That is why a note can be made in almost any conditions (I don’t consider situations where you are in the middle of the desert, far from people, without a computer, the Internet or a smartphone).
I think it would be useful to note once again that the free version of the program is very functional, moreover, I myself use free version programs.
Why this material at all?
It’s clear, a good product, in principle, it’s quite easy to understand, why do we need this material at all?
For a long time I used Evernote by analogy with an ordinary notebook, i.e. created a record, while the current problem situation is being solved, the record is used, but if you switch to another task, the previous records disappear into oblivion. If you solve all the problems sequentially, there is nothing wrong with this, however, such situations, as a rule, do not happen. We solve many problems at the same time: renovations in an apartment, a project at work or several tasks that need to be kept under control, life situations, for example, an accident (God forbid, of course), etc. and in this case, this approach to using Evernote is extremely unproductive; some good ideas may simply be forgotten. In addition, a false impression is created that the program does not help, but simply forces you to do unnecessary actions.
Using Evernote as a simple notebook is extremely unproductive and creates the false impression that the program does not help, but simply forces you to do unnecessary actions.
Why is this happening?
The fact is that when we start using the program without training, but in the “old fashioned” way, using the “scientific poke” method, we begin to use the most familiar way of organizing data, when many notebooks and many tags are created. At the same time, it is simply impossible to create a full-fledged structure using notebooks, because Only one level of nesting is allowed, and the user simply does not think about tags and uses them, just like, for example, when describing an article on a website, or adding keywords into a Word document.
It turns out that notebooks are being created that can duplicate the functional focus, and the increase in the number of tags turns them into a useless cataloging tool. You have to waste time twice: the first time when you create a note and think where it belongs, what tags to assign to it and whether similar tags have already been used, and the second time when you want to find what you wrote down. As a result, a feeling of fictitious usefulness of the program is created.
There is a feeling of fictitious usefulness of the program
This is approximately what the records of a typical user look like, who has not fully understood the correct structuring of data (compare with your organization option in Evernote).
I'll add a small comment. The information seems to be collected, but does not bring practical use in the long term; for many records tags were not assigned at all, and some tags contained only 1-2 records and these are the majority. The only exception was the Sticky notes tag, since it included all the entries from the built-in Stiky notes application, at the same time, a lot of notebooks had accumulated, as a result, searching for information was complicated.
How to organize information correctly?
Organizing information in Evernote can most easily be compared with cataloging data in the system itself; for example, I worked as a teacher at a university for a long time, and accordingly, a lot of information on subjects has accumulated. A typical path to access information for a specific subject looks something like this: “My documents\ Work at the university\ Subjects for teaching\ Name of the subject\ Folders of the subject itself”
The nesting may be greater, but it is already clear that at least 4 levels are used. In fact, you need to do something similar in Evernote, but the maximum nesting of notebooks is limited to the second level, you will have to use a different approach, since it is provided by the developers.
The essence of the “different” approach is to carry out the structuring itself not with the help of notebooks, but with the help of tags, in contrast to the keywords that are familiar to all of us, which are used in articles, scientific projects, in documents; in Evernote, from keywords you can create a structure, at the same time, the level of nesting is not limited, and if it is limited, then it is at a very high level, although I did not set out to find the limit of nesting, for the sake of interest, I created 10 levels of nesting, and decided not to check further, because It's unlikely to be useful in real life.
Backup copy.
Redesigning the record structure is unlikely to jeopardize the integrity of the records, but if there are concerns, it can be done backup copy data. This is done very simply, command: “File\Export...” and select the first format in the list - this is own format Evernote.
Implementation of the remodeling plan.
The change will take place in several steps.
Firstly, we remove all old tags and form the future post structure. The structure will continue to change in the future, so the main thing is to outline the general outlines.
When creating a structure for keywords, it is necessary to take into account that tags, although they are in the structure, are actually separate elements, what does this mean. Firstly, there cannot be two identical tags, despite the fact that they are in different categories, and secondly, if you select a keyword top level it will not include records of lower-level tags, for example, according to my structure, selecting the tag “Payment of bills” does not mean that all records that relate to “Gas”, “Electricity”, “Water” will be selected. On the other hand, several keywords can be assigned to one entry, both in a chain of the same structure and in different ones, for example, all codes and passwords are stored in the “Personal” tag structure, however, some of the passwords are assigned a tag from the “Projects” structure "
If you want, when selecting, for example, the “Projects” tag, all lower-level tags are selected, you can assign all tags in the “Projects” chain to the record; however, for myself, I chose a different approach, which will be discussed further.
The caption of the drawing is “My original structure, later you will see that, in the end, it took on a completely different look.”
Secondly, We scatter existing records according to the formed structure, simultaneously deleting unnecessary records, I have accumulated enough of them.
Third, but what to do with notebooks, since the entire structure is now represented by tags? There are different recommendations on the Internet, some recommend creating one notebook, so to speak, a database of all records, there are tips on creating two notebooks - one for
As for adding notebooks, you can create one, which will be a database, but it is better to use several, for example, you can create one to provide shared access to existing records, and the other for personal use.
I have developed an approach for myself so that the number of books corresponds to the number of top-level tags. On the one hand, when creating the next entry, you need to make sure that it ends up in the right book, but over time, this is done automatically, but, on the other hand, this organization allows you to select all entries by a specific top-level tag without assigning tags from the entire chain of tags.
You can create another book if you need to provide general access for records, I didn’t have such a need.
And this is what the post structure looks like after a complete rework:
The desired record can be found quickly thanks to convenient cataloging.
