Evernote app review why it just makes sense

I've been using Evernote on and off for the past couple of years. It seems that I'm always on the hunt for the perfect or the best note app, task list app, project management app, and I've finally come to the conclusion that Evernote is it. It is the best note app, hands down.

Why?

It can be used by just about anybody for anything when it comes to getting and staying organized. You just gotta want that in your life.

The cool thing about Evernote?

It's cross platform. I use it on my iPhone 4, on my iPad 2, my Evo 3D android phone, my desktop computers at work and my notebook computers. Changes I make on my Evernote are immediately available on all of my devices.

Another cool thing?

I can share a notebook with my management team and it gets us all on the same page. Updates they make or that I make on project notes or task lists are located in a cloud, all in one easy to access place that we all have access to on any of our devices.

No more loose papers? Way cool.

Pictures and the text or hand writing on the pictures become searchable. If I take notes on paper, index card, or napkin, I just take a picture of it with the camera on one of my mobile devices and it uploads to a new note in Evernote. The picture becomes searchable and is always available, so no more loose papers and wondering where that info went.

Take a picture of a product box or a sign, and that becomes searchable too.

Keeping everyone in sync with what's on my radar.

I created a shared notebook called MY RADAR and give all of my managers access to that notebook. Now they know exactly what's on my radar and what's important to me and what our focus needs to be, and we all are on the same page. It's not a mystery on what the focus needs to be that day or week. This results in a management team that is more aligned with my vision. They simply need to know what's on my radar.

Create as many notebooks as you need or want. It's up to you.

I have a daily journal notebook, a notebook for each important person I interface with, a daily task list notebook, upcoming projects notebook, etc.

Business receipts? Make a notebook for business receipts, take a picture of your receipt, and there it is. Safely in your Evernote.

Want to share a note? You can email the contents of a note directly from Evernote.

How do you use Evernote?

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Comments

[Tomasz]

EverNote is my favorite application to date. Aside from what you've already said, I also use EverNote to keep track of my login information for hosting accounts, wordpress logins, things like that. I couple this with DropBox, another favorite app of mine.

Another cool thing about EverNote?

I use it as my workout log also and when I'm at the gym I can instantly see what my previous one rep max was or time for a particular exercise. I do CrossFit usually 4 days a week and it's nice to be able to look up really quickly what my previous personal best time or weight was.

I do also use it with daily task lists, keep my big life to do list on their and use it to write outlines or ideas that I can sync with others. I can sit in class with my iPad 2 and take class notes and I don't have to carry around extra paper.

My favorite part about DropBox:

I was in the military for several years and upon getting out, had this giant stack of medical records. I'm talking two knee surgeries, multiple rib contusions, echo-cardiograms, etc. The records were well over a thousand pages, not conducive to the minimalist, travel-friendly life I desire. The local VA Hospital AND military records headquarters in Tennessee both have copies of my records and all of it is mostly injuries. So I began a long process of scanning in everything, organizing it into sections and uploading it onto DropBox. I have access to any of my medical records as long as I have an internet connection and don't have to lug around all this paperwork. I shredded everything and am content knowing that DropBox's multiple redundancies are probably much safer than my records sitting in a drawer in my apartment.

What other apps do you find that you use consistently? Other than OINK of course (and when is that coming out for the Android platform?)