Evernote: The Unofficial Guide to Capturing Everything and Getting Things Done

by Daniel E. Gold

Now on its 2nd Edition with 30 new pages of content, this eBook will help you tobecome more productive by using Evernote and implementing best practices tied to the wildly popular Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology developed by The David Allen Company. My easy-to-follow guide will enable you to make better decisions about how to organize your life in the electronic world. It is a book that you can revisit continuously to refine your process and keep you on track.

Genres: Productivity, Nonfiction, Self Help, Business, Technology, Ebooks

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First published September 16, 2011

Reviews

[loafingcactus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely perfect guide to implementing Getting Things Done with Evernote. The system is simple, which allows it to take advantage of the flexibility of Evernote. This is the primary advantage of this system over any of the specialized TGD applications.

User must read Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity first.

[Stan Skrabut · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daniel Gold, the author of Evernote: The unofficial guide to capturing everything and getting things done. 2nd Edition*, has managed to write a book that ties Evernote and Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity* together. I personally found the book to be a great combination, and had previously tried to make the connection based on articles I had read. Gold managed to add clarity to the subject. Basically, Gold describes in roughly 63 pages how he implements the GTD system using Evernote. Read more

[Bruno · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Good method to manage GTD by using Evernote.

Strong Points:
- Evernote is multi-platform, so you can have a consistent ambient cross-platform (Mac, pc)
- Evernote is mobile-ready. You can access and work both on pc/mac and Mobile. A lot of other GTD software are quite limited into mobile environment.
- Consistent ambient: you'll have at the end all your informations/documents/life in Evernote. Actions, documents, etc.

Flaws:
- Not a GTD-optimized tool: you'll could end to spent a lot of time to tag/manage/organize the tasks.
- No Easy mode to Defer tasks
- Creating a task require more time by respect to Omnifocus/things (shortcut, write, confirm). You need to put a checkbox.
- The Book seems a little outdated: the author don't talk about due dates introduced into evernote, who can fix the use of the tools suggested.
- Don't make insights of the tags structure used (who seems to take from The Secret Weapon ebook, where the process is better explained).

Anyway a good ebook, quite a fast and interesting reading.

[J.R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to say to each his own on this one. I didn't agree with his methods. There seemed to be a little too much dependency on todo and tag combos. Seemed like more copy than needed. Another issue I have with that is it is unclear to me how to see what's been done in the weekly review. I use a separate app for lists of projects and next actions and then I use Evernote linking in those items.

I also couldn't get behind the technique for incubation.

I will check out. Nozeby from this book though.

In short the book was worth the price and time, but I don't think it really will change my system.

[Shawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are a few decent takeaways found here that made it worth the money. Now I don't see the necessity for some of the methods given. I'm a big believer in simplicity and always stripping down a system to the bare essentials. Here it seems necessities were built upon each other and never really cleaned up thus creating more mundane work that what is needed.

For anyone implementing Evernote and GTD together I suggest reading a few books such as this, reference the GTD website, and the secret weapon website and come up with your own version that makes better sense for you.

[Rachanont · Rating 5 out of 5]

เป็นหนังสือที่ไม่ได้เน้นในส่วนของวิธีการใช้งานพื้นฐานของโปรแกรม แต่เน้นการนำโปรแกรมมาใช้ในงานเช่นบันทึกโครงการ งานที่ต้องทำ ข้อมูลลูกค้า เป็นต้น โดยอิงกับ GTD ของเดวิด อัลเลน เหมาะสำหรับผู้ที่ต้องการใช้เอเวอร์โน๊ต เป็นโปรแกรมหลักและโปรแกรมเดียวในการทำงาน ไม่ต้องการใช้หลายโปรแกรม
หนังสือมีจำนวนหน้าไม่มาก แต่ผู้อ่านควรมีความรู้เกี่ยวกับการใช้งานพื้นฐานและ GTD ระดับหนึ่งจะทำให้ได้ไอเดียจากหนังสือเล่มนี้ไปต่อยอดการใช้งานโปรแกรมเอเวอร์โน๊ตได้

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have used the GTD system for almost 10 years now and live and die by it. This book saved my bacon. I upgraded to a 64 bit version of Office and the plugin I used for my GTD stuff was no longer available. I switched over to Evernote and this book taught me how. The author is very approachable and answers emails personally. He is also doing a podcast these days and it is wonderful as well.

[Tom Mårdh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book presents a good overview of how to setup Evernote as a tool for the GTD methodology. It is clear that there is a lot of experience captured, but some areas are not covered in details. Maybe it is the lack of these that stops me from putting in 5 stars.

[Zvonimir Durcevic · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a fast read with sufficient information to set up the GTD system if you understand the GTD workflow.

[Joel Ungar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally cannot wait to implement.

Other reviews note the broken links and they are correct. However, I emailed the author and got a quick reply that included the correct links.

[Pamela Hilliard Owens · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty good.

The book itself is fine, but the GTD process is still too complicated for me. I think I'll stick to the others Evernote-linked apps I already use.

[elmiathebookaddict · Rating 4 out of 5]

This ebook is a great companion to David Allen's GTD for those who prefer digital organisation. It could have been more detailed, but overall worth the read.