Comments on: 3 Ways to Get Started Organizing with Evernote — Guest post by Brandie Kajino

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:15:11 +0000

There are some of who are, shall we say, on the “challenged” side when it comes to all things technology. I say “Amen” to your comment re:jace-uk. I’m sorry, but I need all the extra words. :0)

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:28:44 +0000

I recently downloaded this app, having memory problems, it has been very helpful to me. I keep shopping lists, job task lists, its connected to one of my twitter accounts so I can save the tweet to view later, & I recently tried out the snapshop function. The part I like best is that I can view and edit notes on my laptop, & the updated notes will show up on my phone.

By: iefforts

iefforts — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:06:45 +0000

Evernote seems to be ideal for GTD. However, we can not make more sub-notes .

By: Mike Webb

Mike Webb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:18:20 +0000

I usually don’t have a problem learning a new program, but the “How to” in Evernotes in very poor. I can’t even find a book on it.

So I am about to abandon it. I wrote to Support with no reply and that was 2 weeks ago.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I just can’t take the time to “dig in” and it will make sense in time. And that shouldn’t have to be.

Thanks,

Mike

By: Sharir7209

Sharir7209 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:54:26 +0000

I’m also in agreement with jace-UK, DexterQ about the content of the article. The 3 so-called “tips” in this article are the 3 most obvious aspects of the application to anyone who has played with it for more than 30 minutes.
I have been using EN for a long time, like it, use it often-it is like a super scratch pad on the desk for grabbing tidbits of information on the fly, and I’ve compiled a great deal of important (to me) information in it–clips from web pages about a book I’d like to read; reminder to buy a tomato at the grocery store tomorrow, quick place to type an address/phone # to enter in my address book later, etc.,. I also use it for more specific tasks, such as an “index card replacement” research tool for reports, because it provides the source URL automatically, helping with the bibliography chores, and I am also a quote collector.–but gathering the information is the easy part.
It seems obvious to me that the real power of an app like EN lies not in the ability to gather the information, but in its ability to intelligently organize information so that it is easy to retrieve, see relationships, avoid redundancy, etc.,; and I have also scoured this website and others that have info about EN looking for “tips” of that sort, and I’m not finding anything really useful, either. Using tags for a note that could be categorized in multiple notebooks (see Tip #3 of the article) occurred to me rather early on, I didn’t find that to be any sort of Aha! idea. I would also like to see some real-world, clever examples of how other people are using tags, notebooks, etc., to organize their information.
I’ve also been trying to figure out how to use EN with other applications, so that I can move information in and out of EN with ease (other than with a copy/paste), and I am not finding much about that issue, either.
I found EN several years ago and have been using it ever since, and I can see so many great possibilities in it…and during all the time I’ve been using EN, I’ve been waiting for the knowledge base to improve from superficial benefit promotion to specific feature information so I can explore those possibilities.

By: DexterQ

DexterQ — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:58:55 +0000

I’m with Jace-UK, maybe even more so. I’ve looked at EN videos, listened to a podcast, looked at some blog entries. This is what I’ve learned:

–People who work at EN really, really, REALLY like this product.
–Some fraction of the customers do to: these are the ones who appear on their blogs.
–Oh yes, and a lot of people are interested in food, though EN’s contribution to the food video I watched was embarassingly small.

Where do I look for “EN for Dummies”… something that will give me an idea how my life would be different (and correspondingly better)?.

I have a feeling somebody in marketing has drunk too deeply from the “Sell benefits, not features” well. Unless I have at least some understanding of your features, it would be silly to believe that your benefit claims will apply to my situation.

I have now spent 60-90 minutes on your site and remain almost clueless about your product. I guess I’ll go see if the OneNote site is any more helpful.

By: David

David — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:55:07 +0000

Loved your suggestions, I did kind of he same thing I jumped right in and presently in the process of organizing things myself. The hardest thing is realizing how many things Evernote can actually do!

By: Michael Bube

Michael Bube — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:37:05 +0000

I downloaded this extension but have not had time to use it. The description in this article makes it sound like bookmarks that I have tagged and can find as readily as Evernote says its notes can be found. Is there something I am missing?

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:13:25 +0000

Jace-UK. Ditto, from the title I was expecting some specific user tweaks. Open the program,use it, search keywords and tags…there, same content; fewer words. We who use the Internet need more facts and less self promotion from so called “experts”. As Joe Friday would say, “just the facts ma’am”.

By: hiddenbk

hiddenbk — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:28:20 +0000

I also have installed EN for a while but not used, but came to the same conclusion, to just start with it, so now I am inspired again, to do so. I will give it a try. Thank you very much. hidden