24 Nov 2010

Plan your thanksgiving in Evernote

With so much of the focus for this holiday on food and eating, use Evernote to assist along the way.

Keep track of all your Thanksgiving meal plans with Evernote. 

• *Coordinate holiday menus - Use Evernote to keep track of who is going to bring what side dishes, drinks, deserts and appetizers.
• *Collect all your favorite recipes as you come across them throughout the year - When the big day comes around you can easily search through them.
• *Make your grocery shopping lists in Evernote - After you decide on a recipe save the hassle of writing out a shopping list. Pull it up on your phone and use the ingredients list as a shopping list.
• *Be sure to keep track of cooking times and favorite dishes so you can add a note to serve as a reference next year.

18 Nov 2010

Create your black friday shopping list in Evernote

Use Evernote to organize all your holiday shopping. Clip the Best Black friday or Cyber Monday deals directly from websites as you find them (you can use a notebook or tags to organize them).  Add shopping lists of things to buy and who you are buying for. You can even include checkboxes in the list.  When you get to the store you can pull up your notes on your phone to be sure you got everything on your list.

*Pro tip: plan out your shopping route ahead of time in Evernote, include maps to stores as well as must buy items at each store. 

16 Nov 2010

Keep all your online order confirmations in Evernote. Have a record of everything you purchase online with the help of Evernote. Clip the confirmation page with the order information and add it to Evernote. You can alsoforward the order confirmation email you receive directly to Evernote (here’s how). Use notebooks or tags to organize all your receipts and order confirmations and make them easy to find.

12 Nov 2010

Turn on simultaneous search in the Evernote Chrome browser extension to see Evernote results with your Google search. This gives you the ability to search both Google and your Evernote account at the same time. More Info. 

02 Nov 2010

Vote smarter with Evernote

Sorting through all of the candidates, propositions, measures and various things to vote on can be a bit overwhelming. Use Evernote to keep track of all your voting related research ahead of time. Clip articles, statistics, charts and stats about the various issues and candidates, that way you will be well informed when it comes time to make those important decisions on election day. 

*Pro tip - Once you make your decisions make a note in Evernote with your choices. You can call it up up on your phone in case you draw a blank or get mixed up while voting. 

12 Oct 2010

Use Evernote to avoid the dreaded 404 error

If you’ve ever tried to get back to a webpage only to see a 404 error, you know how frustrating it can be. Use the Evernote web clipper to clip the page so that you always have the original content safely in your account even if it is no longer on the website.

23 Sep 2010

Remember the best dishes at your favorite restaurants

When you are at restaurant take a quick note of what you ordered. You can also include a mini review of what was good. The next time you go back to that restaurant you can easily remember that dish you especially liked and steer clear of ones you didn’t.

*Pro Tip: If you use Evernote on iPhone or Android any notes will automatically include the location the note was created. This way if you return to the area of the restaurant you can call up the notes created close by.

31 Aug 2010

Did you know Evernote can recognize words in pictures?

When you upload a picture to Evernote, we will automatically index it and make it searchable, so you can always easily find what you’re looking for. This works for printed as well as handwritten text.

Pro tip: to improve results write clearly and use a camera with zoom to reduce blurriness and get a crisp image.

24 Aug 2010

Evernote As Your Resume Database

The beauty here is that Evernote is not your resume, it is a personal, resume database. This way you have all of the pertinent information ready and all in one place. No more looking for employer phone numbers or trying to remember the dates of that conference.

Source: TheTechBlender

16 Aug 2010

Add PDF’s to your Evernote account. 

You can easily add PDF’s to your evernote account by simply dragging them into the desktop application. Evernote will add the PDF to your account as a brand new note, with the title already filled in.

10 Aug 2010

Take note of gift ideas in Evernote as they happen 

When someone close to you subtly or not so subtly mentions a gift idea, take note right away. Make a snapshot note, text note or voice note and tag it with “gift” or their name or both. When it comes time to pick the perfect gift you will have a list of great ideas to choose from.

22 Jul 2010

Make a packing list in Evernote

Big trip coming up? Be sure to bring everything you need with a packing list of items in Evernote.  In the time leading up add new items as you think of them, then check them off on your phone as you add them to your bag.

28 Jun 2010

Wine and beer enthusiasts: remember the good ones with Evernote

Snap a photo of a bottle you like. We’ll make the text on the label searchable so you can always remember that great wine or beer you had.

08 Jun 2010

Click on the All Notes button on the Evernote Desktop version to clear your previous searches and view all your notes.

27 May 2010

Organize your renovation or garden overhaul with Evernote

As anyone who has planned a renovation or garden overhaul knows, organization is half the battle. Evernote takes your digital scrapbook of photos, Web pages and video clips and puts them in one place, accessible via smartphone or computer. 

Source: 20 Smartphone Apps for the Home and Garden - New York Times