So sorry, everyone, that my writings the past couple of weeks have been rather sporadic. I’m now working with about as many clients as I can about handle on my own… which is indeed a blessing, but carving out time for family, friends, and a personal life of any kind is getting harder and harder. All I want is sleep, sadly enough. And, that’s no fun at all.
Therefore, I gladly took the time to read Tim Ferriss’ latest blog this week by a guest poster, Leo Babauta, about “How to Never Forget Anything Again.” Not because I’m really all that forgetful, but because as I read the article, it struck me how much these tools were time savers and “brain dump” organizers. Which, for me, means more time with Mom, Dad, my trainer, and a glass of wine… less work and more play makes Wendi a FUN girl!
Quick synopsis:
- Evernote– hold notes, clip web pages, store photos and audio notes, and more. Really cool feature: snap a picture of something on your camera phone, and send it to Evernote … then Evernote will scan the image and you can search for words within the note. This makes sending yourself notes really easy — you can take pictures of business cards, menus, receipts, documents and more … and it’s automatically searchable.
- Jott– This handy app ties everything together, and is very valuable for when you’re on the go. Just call Jott from your cell phone and leave a message, and it’ll be sent to your email … or to another service you specify.
- OneNote– This is the default note-taking tool for anyone who uses Microsoft Office, and it’s very powerful. Unfortunately for some of us, it only runs on Windows I believe.
- Backpack / Packrat– One of the best of many web apps for collecting info, Backpack is versatile and easy to use. You can store notes, text, images, links and more … and send items via email and SMS text messages. It also has a calendar and reminders. For Mac OSX users, there’s also a desktop application, Packrat, that works well with Backpack for off-line needs.
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Another great note taking app that you didn’t mention is Springnote (www.springnote.com). It’s completely web-based and it has a ton of features great for note taking and collaborative tasks. Try it out!
You might also be interested in a notes software called NoteScribe. Not only is it great for creating, storing, and organizing notes on your computer, you can also create sources and bibliographies, attach files such as images, videos, audio, and spreadsheets to further supplement your notes, and there will soon be an all online version to compliment the offline version of the program. Try it free at http://www.NoteScribe.net!