Using Evernote toRemember Everythinga delightful presentation by @laughtercrystal

What is Evernote?Tool/App/Service

Mobile/Desktop/Web

“External Brain”

Stores notes, pictures, audio, documents, etc.

Notes, tags, notebooks, reminders, attachments,links

ÜBER-SEARCHABLE!

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How can I use it?Document storage (Dropbox/iCloud)

Link/article saver (delicious, Pocket)

Inspiration board (Pinterest/scrapbook)

Archive of communications (Gmail/Outlook)

To-do lists (Siri/Wunderlist/pen & paper)

Personal reference information (your brain/files)

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How do I add stuff?Type directly into it on mobile, desktop, or web

interface

Email to your Evernote account email address

Drag & drop to desktop app

Page Camera/Microphone in mobile app

Browser extension (Web Clipper) or mobile apps(EverClip, Lightly)

IFTTT recipes

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How can I search?Notebooks

Tags

Keywords (very robust)

Text in photos, PDFs, documents

Location created

Date created or modified

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Document Storage

Limitless cumulative storage space

Monthly allowance is large (esp. if Premium)

Never have to email yourself

Scan paper docs directly (Doxie/Eye-Fi)

Page Camera (mobile)

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Link/Article SaverCopy/Paste

Web clipper (browser)

EverClip (mobile)

IFTTT/Pocket

Forward emails

Available offline! (Premium feature)

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Inspiration BoardProject lists

Inspiration photos

Household projects

Travel plans

Design/decorating inspiration

Blog post ideas/drafts

Personal & Professional goals

Shareable with friends/family/team (Premium

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Archive ofCommunications

Meeting minutes

Notes from calls

Emails/scanned mail

Confirmation numbers/order history

Access, reference, and search easily

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To-do ListsDefault Inbox notebook (empty constantly)

Mark Reminders/Due dates for all actionableitems

Ordered by notebook/project

Link to/between notes for accessing complexprojects (Table of Contents)

Reminder IS the note you’re working on

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Personal ReferenceInformation

Login usernames/passwords

Account numbers

Bills, pay stubs, reference documents

Manuals (QR linked to item/equipment)

Scan everything—Going paperless

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Should I goPremium?

Larger monthly upload allowance (Cumulativealways free)

Larger single note allowance/attach larger files

Share notebooks with others (accepting sharednotebooks always free)

See all note history/previous versions

Search within PDFs (text in photos always free)

Annotate PDFs with Skitch

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Fun Stuff

Extras & Examples•

Decide What To EatSave photos of delicious food to inspire while at

the grocery store

Recipes with photos (web clipper)

Categorize/tag: healthy, breakfast, quick meals,snacks, or new recipes

List of restaurants to try/revisit (Evernote Food)

Share individual recipes online or in emails

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Ditch InstructionManuals

Scan instruction/operating manuals into Evernote

Make QR code link to Evernote note

Tape QR code to device (scanning will open notewith manual!)

How: http://bit.ly/QRmanuals

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At Work

Invite team members to various notebooks

Log billable time

Easily clip articles/web content to share or archivefor projects

Related notes pulls up notes you may notknow/remember that are relevant

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Remember WhereYou Parked

Open new note

“Parked”

Tap Location to lead yourself back to parking spot

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Convert emails intoReminders

Forward to Evernote address (save to address bookfor quick auto-complete forwarding)

Simply sending will send to default inbox

Simply sending with “!” at the end will addReminder

Smart Filing by subject line SRNT

Subject !Reminder @Notebook #Tag (Should Really Note This)

Example: Sign up for this !tomorrow @work #todo #events

Reminder options: “!tomorrow”, “!monday”,

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Some Shortcuts⌘ + ‘ = Tags

⌘ + J = Jump to notebook

Shift + ⌘ + J = Jump to tag

⌘ + [ = Back

⌘ + i = View Note info

⌘ + / = Copy share URL to clipboard

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More resources

Endless case studies, examples, tutorials atblog.evernote.com

Evernote Paperless: jamierubin.net

My tips & tricks: laughtercrystal.com

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Questions?

@laughtercrystal

laughtercrystal.com