[L]ast October, I posted my framework for searching in Evernote. The framework illustrated the four most common questions I ask when I’m trying to find something in Evernote: who, what, when, where. If you haven’t seen the framework, here is the high-level illustration from that post: I’ve talked about how I use tags for the…
[W]e know from the time we bought our house that we’d eventually want to remodel our kitchen. This spring, we finally got around to doing it. And as you might imagine, Evernote has played an integral role in planning and tracking our kitchen remodel. Our remodel is scheduled to wrap up at the end of…
[I] decided to give myself the week off from writing a Going Paperless post. I was motivated in part by the long weekend, and in part by the nearly non-stop work I’ve been doing outside that long weekend. The posts will resume their regular schedule, next Tuesday (June 3). There are folks that tell me…
[Y]esterday, IFTTT introduced the FitBit Channel. This is something I’ve been waiting for! Now it is easy to trigger IFTTT events based on FitBit activity. As an example, I created a recipe that will automatically send a daily summary of the previous day’s FitBit activity to Evernote. There’s a ton of other things possible with…
[I]n my day job as an application developer, I am the only member of my team that works out of our Arlington, Virginia office. Several of my team members work on Pittsburgh, and several more in Santa Monica, California. This is fairly common these days, but I’ve been in this situation for over 11 years…
[I]’ve had a FitBit device for more than 2 years now. I average between 15,000 – 20,000 steps/day. I’ve gotten my 25,000 step badge, but the 30,000 step badge has always eluded me. Not anymore. Â Yesterday evening, as I turned back onto my street from a long evening walk, this happened: Kelly and the kids…
[W]hen I first started using Evernote, I did so with the full intent of pushing their slogan, “Remember everything,” to its limit. There are many benefits to this. In his book Getting Things Done1, Dave Allen points out that getting things out of your head so that you don’t have to remember them helps reduce stress.…
[I] thought it might be interesting to take a look at all of my steps in the last year or so, but breaking them down into seasons and weekends vs. weekdays. I’ve done just that in the charts below. These charts1 are not composites of my daily walking. They are total steps for the seasons…
[I]’ve promised to try to provide one advanced automation tip each month, and it’s that time again. Fortunately, this month’s automation tip is practical, and requires no programming whatsoever. What problem I am trying to solve Although I’m pretty good at capturing a lot of information, the one area that I have been particularly poor…
[A]s an Evernote ambassador for paperless living, I write a lot about how I use Evernote to go paperless, and automate things in my life. But Evernote can be used for much more than just going paperless. It can be used by students and teachers, but small and large businesses, by artists, foodies, bloggers, photographers,…
[T]he weather here has finally started to feel like spring. Better late than never, I suppose. Spring is my favorite season. Don’t get me wrong, I love the summer, but when you have to go through a cold, snowy winter, there’s nothing quite like spring. For many people, of course, spring means spring cleaning, and…
[Y]esterday, I performed a little experiment with my FitBit Flex. When I arrived at the office, I received an email alert that my FitBit Flex battery was low. My charger was at home, and I certainly didn’t want my Flex to miss counting any of my steps, but I decided that this was an opportunity…