Take a Note

Everyday, I read post after post and every now and again I find something that bears remembering. Sometimes, I’ll reflect on one of these posts and write about what it means for me or what it would sound like in my own words.

For the longest time I used an application called ShoveBox, which did a fine job. (If you haven’t seen it before, download the demo and just start dragging things into the menu bar icon, it’s addictive.) Lately, I’ve been itching for something that worked a little bit better. For example, the syncing between ShoveBox and it’s iPhone app was on the slow side and required that I’m on the same wireless network; not awful, but undesirable. Also, when you stored a website in ShoveBox it didn’t keep an archive of the content, just a reference to the page, so if you were offline or the site went down you were out of luck.

So after gnashing my teeth over switching from one tool to three, I decided to try using a combination of SimpleNote, Notational Velocity and Evernote. Here’s how I use the three applications side-by-side:

  • Evernote is for storing content that if the site went down tomorrow I would be very upset. Think of all of that great content that once was, that’s what goes into Evernote.
  • Notational Velocity and SimpleNote are for my thoughts, project notes and anything short term.

It’s all about using the right tool for the job. Evernote is like an attic—its great for storing stuff you’ll want to see later, but don’t need around all the time. Notational Velocity and SimpleNote are like your desktop with all of the stuff you need to think about stacked in a nice searchable pile.

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