By Frank Bauch
If you're like me, you take lots of notes. All types of notes: to-do lists, lecture notes in class, phone numbers, and of course random scribbled lists of your top 10 favorite (Fill-in-the-blank)s of all time. That last one might not be as important, but if you lose the notes you took on any of the first three, or any other work-related notes, you could be in quite the dilemma.
Fear not my fellow notetakers. The fine folks at Evernote have developed a site just for us. For their efforts, they are the tool of the month for October. At evernote.com, you can create an account to save various different styles of notes. As they say on the site:
Save your ideas, things you see, and things you like. Then find them all on any computer or device you use. For free.
The user interface looks relatively friendly and easy to use, and the free account gives you a good amount of storage space. What's more, they make all of your notes searchable - if you paste in text from anywhere, you can search your notes to find that text. When you are done with a note, you can email it to yourself or share it with a friend. Evernote is also available for the iPhone and other smartphones, which means no more yellow stickies.
This won't replace your email – it’s designed to replace your spiral notebook. I could picture a journalist using this tool to gather thoughts for a big story, a comedian using it to keep track of jokes, or an author storing a picture with notes to remind him of an inspirational moment. Right now I am using the site to type this story, and later I may use it to add items to my grocery list…
Check it out at www.evernote.com
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