Evernote-“The Super Human Maker”

Want a way to organize your notes and have access to them anywhere? Evernote may be the service for you. This service helps organize notes in the form of text, voice, web clips and pdf’s into a notebook. You then have access to those notes on your desktop, web interface, iphone/ipodtouch, android operating system, Blackberry, Palm Pre or Windows Mobile device. Evernote has two services a free and Premium service.

Evernote Services

So what this service does is it allows you to create a note through one of its many interfaces. This note can be text, voice, picture or pdf and once you create that note it is synced to the cloud and then is accessible from all devices that support Evernote. So if I have a pdf of a moving light manual I need in the field, I create a note on my desktop, then insert the pdf. I can then get access to that manual from my iPod touch through the Evernote App. For teaching I upload my syllabi and now have access to them on my iPod touch. You can create notes on the go as well, if I find I need to order lamps and want a quick reminder I can create a note on the iPod or create a voice note that I can check when I am back in the office. You can divide the notes that go together into notebooks for easy access or add a tag to the note. Common tags I use are to-do, manual or syllabi. Ever come across a website with interesting content? You can use the Evernote plug-in for your web browser to save a part or all of the site.  If your mobile device has a camera simply take a picture and put it in a note, if you need to explain to a master electrician that the cable needs to be neater, show them what you mean by taking a picture note. The notes can then be shared with anyone who has web access. You can simply go to the Evernote web interface and click the share function on the left hand side. If you have the premium service others can edit and collaborate on that document. I use the free version and there are some drawbacks, you only have 40mb a month and are limited to only a few file types that can be inserted into a note. The free version does not give you access to your files on the iPhone, when you are offline. The one way I want to use Evernote in the future is to use it to take both voice and text production notes during a tech. This is only the beginning of what Evernote can do, if you want to learn more Evernote provides several video tutorials here. Over all I find Evernote to be a very useful tool and the free service has enough functionality to improve the way I take notes. Give Evernote a try and you to will become a Super Human to, or at least that is what the promotional video below claims.