On June 29, 2008 I started using Evernote. I was a massive fan of what Evernote could do and I shared plenty of content about the app over the years. On June 29, 2021 I quit Evernote. 13 years later – to the day – I decided that Evernote was no longer for me. I cancelled my paid account and started – in earnest – migrating my notes to a new app… Continue reading
The 5 Best Ways to Use Evernote (That I Haven’t Tried Yet)
Evernote has long been a part of my productivity gestalt. It’s incredibly versatile; even as it evolves under different leadership, I still find myself looking into how I can leverage it more. But I don’t necessarily want to reinvent the… Continue reading
How I Use Evernote for Meetings
Evernote is a big part of my workflow. I use it to hold my ideas until I’m ready to do something tangible with them. I use it in conjunction with Todoist all the time, and I even used it to build… Continue reading
How I Use Evernote as a Spark File
Writer Steven Johnson has written an excellent piece over at Medium about what he calls The Spark File. He describes it as follows: “…for the past eight years or so, I’ve been maintaining a single document where I keep all… Continue reading
How to Start and Keep a Journal in Evernote
One of the best things you can do to clear your head and to improve your level of self-awareness is to journal. There is nothing quite like being able to empty out your thoughts in a place that is for… Continue reading
How I Use Todoist And Evernote Together
I’ve long used Evernote for my resource and reference materials. all of my research is stored there, along with notebooks that contain living documents that I want to share with those who are helping build Productivityist and my virtual assistant. Pretty… Continue reading
How To Use Evernote To Store And Organize Your Ideas
I write for a lot of different sites and I write for a lot of different projects (books, etc.). Keeping track of what should go where can be a real challenge in a writing app itself (I use Byword for… Continue reading
How I Built My CreativeLive Course in Evernote
Some of you may have taken my CreativeLive course – Time Management 101: Prioritize the Right Things – and for that I thank you. The process of building and delivering the course was an experience I'll never forget. In this post I'm… Continue reading
How My 8 Year Old Daughter Uses Evernote
I've already outlined how I use Evernote to track my beer cellar (and I will probably write further on that use case somewhere down the line as the cellar grows), but I'm not the only one using Evernote in my… Continue reading
A Look at Evernote Essentials 4.0
I didn't really use Evernote all that much until this year. Sure, I used it for some things, but not nearly to its potential. And while I definitely don't use it for task management1, I do use it as a… Continue reading
How I Use Evernote for Beer Cellaring
Ever since writing became my career, I’ve made efforts to keep it from being my primary hobby. Sure, I still write for fun – making it the second best thing I do with my time (after spending time with my… Continue reading
