n response to my post yesterday on how I organize my notes in Evernote, a number of people asked for more concrete examples. They wanted to see what my notebook structure and tags actually looked like. So today I present you with an annotated look at my actual notebook and tag structure for Evernote. My…
f all of the questions I get in my capacity as Evernote’s ambassador for paperless lifestyle, the one asked most frequently is: “How do you organize your notes?” I’ve written on this subject before, way back in May, when I provided some tips on organizing your digital filing cabinet. But if I have learned one thing…
fter my recent post on “A Good Word Process for Writers Should Do 3 Things Well,” I got several questions, both in the comments to the post, as well as in Twitter, as to why I don’t use Evernote for my writing. The assumption, I think, is that what I write would then be readily…
hen the new Evernote 5 client for Mac first came out, it was a pretty big change, and almost all for the better. I particularly liked the Shortcut section. Any note could be added the shortcut list and indeed, I’ve made use of shortcuts to replace Post-It notes and eliminate even more paper. But one…
n last week’s post, I discussed how I use Penultimate as a commonplace book that replaces the pocket notebook I used to carry around. At the end of that post, I promised that this week, I’d describe how I use Penultimate to help plan out my day. Over the years I’ve tried lots of methodologies…
hen I went paperless–now going on more than two years ago–I tried to go pretty much wholesale. There were the occasional pieces of paper I had to handle, but mostly I tried to do everything that I used to do on paper in digital form. The trickiest thing for me, back then, was converting my…
id you get any gadgets for the holidays? iPads, iPhone, Blu-Ray players, HDTVs, remote control helicopters, Kindles, Android devices, ice cream makers, new computers, routers, GPS devices. The holidays seem to be a big time for technology devices. And when the dust (and wrapping paper) settles, you are left with figuring out how to make…
ack in August, I decided the time was right to refinance our house. The time was probably right sooner, but I didn’t look forward to the process. But then we learned about the streamlined process for FHA loans, and so we took advantage of that. “Streamlined” meant a minimum of paperwork and all told, throughout…
appy New Year everyone. By the time this post goes online I should be on the road on the final leg of our drive home from our awesome vacation1 and the new year has come, whether we want it to or not. The new year is a time when many people make one or more…
ince today is Christmas Day, I am taking the day off to be with my family. I didn’t write a new Going Paperless post this week, but since we’ve reached the end of the year, I thought I’d share the list of the top 10 Going Paperless posts for 2012. I started writing these posts…
very now and then, a reader suggests a topic for these posts and when it is a good idea and makes sense, I try to comply. You can thank Amy Durfey Vander Vorste for the suggestion for this week’s post, which, as it sounds, list some ways that I use Skitch with Evernote1. For those who don’t know,…