Comments on: Evernote and the Google problem http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/ A distant chipmunk on the horizon Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:58:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anders Holt http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-3659 Anders Holt Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:28:30 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/#comment-3659 Jeff, I always read your stuff - and like it even when I do not like it. :-) I use Evernote for everything, but have a tag called "Temp", for "Temporær", in english: "Temporary". Which I use for all things - you guessed it - which when creating the note, I feel is not to be kept for ever. Regards, Anders Holt Jeff,
I always read your stuff — and like it even when I do not like it. :-)

I use Evernote for everything, but have a tag called “Temp”, for “Temporær”, in english: “Temporary”. Which I use for all things — you guessed it — which when creating the note, I feel is not to be kept for ever.

Regards,
Anders Holt

]]> By: Ben Anderson http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Ben Anderson Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:48:46 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/#comment-3654 I have two primary purposes for Evernote. One is to house my GTD system (you can read about it on my website), and the other is for reference material. This includes stuff like account information, real estate details, debt tracking, goals, recipes, online resources, and a host of other things. Like you, I keep writing drafts in Google Docs, Read/Review items in Google Reader, and photos in Picasa. Then of course there's a bunch of stuff that stays in Gmail/Gcal. I am using Xmarks, now that they're offering Chrome support, I can go back to using it as my organizational system for bookmarks. Recently I've been playing with Mind Mapping software. Something like Xmind that allows linking to files or webpages and lets you link them graphically to different ideas. Not sure how that's going to go however... I have two primary purposes for Evernote. One is to house my GTD system (you can read about it on my website), and the other is for reference material. This includes stuff like account information, real estate details, debt tracking, goals, recipes, online resources, and a host of other things.

Like you, I keep writing drafts in Google Docs, Read/Review items in Google Reader, and photos in Picasa. Then of course there’s a bunch of stuff that stays in Gmail/Gcal.

I am using Xmarks, now that they’re offering Chrome support, I can go back to using it as my organizational system for bookmarks.

Recently I’ve been playing with Mind Mapping software. Something like Xmind that allows linking to files or webpages and lets you link them graphically to different ideas. Not sure how that’s going to go however…

]]> By: Peter http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-3643 Peter Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:56:02 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/#comment-3643 I use evernote similarly to Donald - I use it to store reference notes for the stuff I will need in the future. I use evernote similarly to Donald — I use it to store reference notes for the stuff I will need in the future.

]]> By: Chad Garrett http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 Chad Garrett Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:48:36 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/#comment-3633 Meeting notes and emails (archive) from work. Meeting notes and emails (archive) from work.

]]> By: Donald E. Stidwell http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-3632 Donald E. Stidwell Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:38:32 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/09/evernote-and-the-google-problem/#comment-3632 Jeff, I use Evernote for stuff I want to keep permanently. I use ToDo for to-dos, I don't keep photos on my iPhone at all, and I don't have a "read later" category. So I store stuff like notes from work that I'll need to refer back to constantly, software serial numbers, receipts, Bible study and Sunday school notes, devotional material, tech hints that I'm likely to forget, etc. But the main crux of my "system" is that it only goes into Evernote if I want to keep it for a long time or permanently. Basically, I use it the same way I used PhatNotes when I was using a Pocket PC. Trying to use it the way you do would be way too unwieldy for me. I'd have to invest too much time in managing all that stuff. I've long since learned that no system is good if you have to spend more time managing it than using it. Jeff, I use Evernote for stuff I want to keep permanently. I use ToDo for to-dos, I don’t keep photos on my iPhone at all, and I don’t have a “read later” category.

So I store stuff like notes from work that I’ll need to refer back to constantly, software serial numbers, receipts, Bible study and Sunday school notes, devotional material, tech hints that I’m likely to forget, etc. But the main crux of my “system” is that it only goes into Evernote if I want to keep it for a long time or permanently. Basically, I use it the same way I used PhatNotes when I was using a Pocket PC.

Trying to use it the way you do would be way too unwieldy for me. I’d have to invest too much time in managing all that stuff. I’ve long since learned that no system is good if you have to spend more time managing it than using it.

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