On Wednesday, Google announced that they were no longer going to develop Notebook, which really sucks since I’ve been using that quite a while to keep track of notes, projects, etc. So of course I asked Twitter for recommendations on a good Notebook replacement and by far the service recommended the most was Evernote. In fact as it turns out, Evernote is even working on a Google Notebook importer.
I checked out Evernote a little bit when it was in beta, but yesterday I took a second look and was blown away. Evernote simply rocks! I’ve set it up to synch my notes between my computers (both Mac and PC) using their excellent desktop apps, as well as online through their website and even my iPhone.
In fact I like Evernote so much that I’ve already upgraded to their premium service.
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Well then gosh darnit i’m gonna use it too. I’ve been waiting for someone I trust to post their thoughts on the service. I’ll give it a shot this week while I’m in Florida.
Bummer re: Google Notebook but I’m not all that surprised because I heard Google is trying to re-focus on their money making properties. I’ve been playing with Evernote a bit myself, mostly because I wanted a way to capture notes on my iPhone, but I’ve been hesitant to commit because I like centralizing around Google as much as possible and I was worried about the long-term future of Evernote. Looks like I should be giving Evernote a harder look.
I’ve been using Evernote (premium level now) for about a year and it is a wonderful program. I never thought Google notebook was very streamlined and easy to use and Evernote is far superior in almost every way.
I’ve been using evernote for 3 years, and it has really evolved and gotten better than ever. In between, I also started using Diigo which I like very much. I use the both for film projects.
I keep wanting to like Evernote but what I want most is a BlackBerry app similar to the iPhone and Windows Mobile app before I’m ready to commit.
It is definitely the “cloud notebook” of choice though.
I just talked with Evernote yesterday and they are in the middle of creating an import for Google Notebook users. This will make the transition easer!
We just integrated our Project Management system with Evernote as well. Check out how it works:
http://www.pelotonics.com/evernote_usecases.html
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I LOVE Evernote. I tried so many note apps for Mac(even creating my own that I used for a couple years) but have settled on Evernote since I found it about a year ago. Having access to the info anywhere (my mac, pc, iPhone or any web browser) rocks.
I use it along with Skitch (mac now, windows later) a lot too. disclaimer – I make Skitch, but I’m not the only one :) Evernote did a post about using the 2. See the video and blog post here:
http://blog.evernote.com/2008/04/10/using-skitch-with-evernote-for-mac/
I’ll often collate screenshots and add notes when designing or specing something – just dragging right into evernote.
Hope you can transition to it OK Scott!
Yeah, I finish migrating from Google Notebook today. I’m 100% Evernote now and it’s great.