What was the best part about using Evernote?
I love tagging notes so I can easily find them later. Scanning paper documents, adding a couple tags, maybe some text to help me search for it later, and then throwing away the paper is the best feeling ever. Having access to all of my notes on my phone/tablet, and also being able to quickly add a note on the go is great too. The cloud syncing means I'm always confident I have the information I need, whether I'm at my computer or on my phone.
The ability to share notes and whole notebooks with classmates, coworkers, family, etc.
- To take and attach pictures to a note right from within the app.
- To attach files (spreadsheets, images, and docs) to any note.
- To scan text in a photo using Optical Character Recognition technology.
- To set reminders for yourself for various tasks, goals, and projects from within the app.
- To create checkboxes that serve as virtual to-dos.
- To sync automatically between all devices, meaning you can access your notes even when offline.
- To take and attach voice memos and audio to a note right from within the app.
What would you change about your experience with Evernote?
The sleek design helps some things hard to find. Its potential is there, but I tend to uncover things the more I mess with the app (that aren't as intuitive). For the Web Clipper - I tend to not frequently use on mobile (IOS). However, on my desktop the web clipper works better. There are a few things that overlap with my MacBook (screenshot tool. it overlaps, people!), which is fine but I'm not amazing. I wish that Evernote would be able to allow alt text on images that we save from the web. This would allow us to create a notebook of just images for a photo gallery, which is great for inspiration. But then you could click inside a specific image and it will take you to the page on that website.
Overall Feedback
Also using this tool for individual reasons, I have also started using it for work meetings. While a notebook is a great tool for taking notes, Evernote makes it easy to just take my computer and easily save meeting notes by date or category. When I need to go back and look for something that was discussed, Evernote makes it easy to locate.