Many of us who have embraced The Web as the place for our stuff have looked to applications like Backpack, Evernote, or Google Notebook as places to store all of the things that we need to get or stay organized.
While most apps of this type tend to be free form or even business focused, Springpad is a series of online notebooks designed to be a whole life organizational tool. Stay on top of not only your business or professional projects and items, but also track your personal life as well.
Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been blogging here about Web apps and ideas for work for a while now so I thought I’d revisit some of the apps I’ve posted about in the past months. Where are they now? What are some of their latest developments?
Ever Improving Evernote
I blogged about Evernote back in April while they were still in private beta. Mike Gunderloy has also covered them several times. Judi Sohn has also mentioned them a few times including recently.
The latest from Evernote seems to be some tweaking to add more finesse to the application’s versions on the Web, via Mobile Web and on the iPhone such as:
- Rich text editing including bullets, colors, and styles on their Web version.
- A new web clipper Firefox and Flock extension for Windows, Mac and Linux.
- The ability to change the title of a note during web clipping
- The ability to edit text notes on Evernote Mobile Web and soon on iPhone.
I like the way Evernote uses social media communications to stay in touch with customers including FriendFeed and via a Facebook fan page.
Read the rest of this entry »
Last week, I took a look at what I called “Brain Tickler Tools” - Notefish and Instapaper - tools that went beyond bookmarking but actually helped me create some kind of writer’s tickler file where I could return anytime and browse over content to get ideas for articles and blog posts. I promised to check out a few more recommended by the WWD community.
I have to say that my experience with two other apps - Evernote (still in limited beta) and Google Notebook - was quite different from the first two I tried. They didn’t work as well for me. Hey, I’ve got to be honest here but also should clarify my criteria for what “works well for me” means.
- This is just my opinion.
- I need things to be very intuitive.
- Because I don’t read instructions.
- Because my brain would explode if I did and starts to smoke when I try.
So in the name of saving my brain, I jump right into using an application and then see how often I use it. Does it become second nature to me? Or am I constantly having to think about using it and how to use it properly?
Read the rest of this entry »
