My Evernote

by Katherine Murray

This is the eBook version of the printed book. My Evernote®   Step-by-step instructions with callouts to photos that show you exactly what to do   Help when you run into problems or limitations with Evernote   Tips and Notes to help you take full advantage of Evernote on your smartphone, tablet, or computer   Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through making the most of
Evernote –free or premium, on any device! Learn how to •     Install and use Evernote on your iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, PC or Mac, and beyond •     Create and share notebooks, customized just the way you like, and organize your notes your way •     Save images, drawings, handwriting, web content, even webcam snapshots in notes you can access anywhere, anytime •     Add notes straight from Twitter or Google+, and link Evernote to your Facebook account •     Format your notes to look great, and easily print the notes you want to file the old-fashioned way •     Build easy-to-use To Do lists, complete with checkboxes •     Sync your notes across multiple devices, and store them in the cloud so they’re always available over the Web •     Import notes from other popular note-taking tools, such as Microsoft OneNote and Google Notebooks •     Record high-quality audio notes and organize and share them as needed •     Send notes to Evernote from Apple’s Siri digital assistant •     Organize, tag, and search your notebooks to instantly find whatever you’re looking for •     Install and use the Evernote Web Clipper in all popular web browsers •     Securely share notebooks publicly or privately and collaborate with teams, wherever they are •     Find apps and add-ons that make Evernote do even more for you                Desktop Applications                    Evernote USER            Beginning-Intermediate    

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

238 pages, Paperback

First published February 3, 2012

Reviews

[Emma Sea · Rating 2 out of 5]

So you know how sometimes you wonder if there's more cool functionality you can be getting from a piece of software you use all the time?

238 pages and I learned you can timestamp your notes with CTRL+

The really interesting part is that this doesn't work: it's actually CTRL and ;

However, if you are currently visiting the early 21st century from your home in the 1950s, or you are like my grandfather and learning about computers in your 80s, this would be a good book for the basics of navigating and using software.

Two stars for timestamping, woot!

[Stephen Hayes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was going to write a review of this book, but there's a damn video flickering in the corner of the screen and even hiding what I'm typing -- has Good Reads been hacked or what?

Anyway, apart from being distracting, it's probably wasting my bandwidth which I have to pay for, so I'll write the review on my blog instead.

Excuse any spelling mistakes that I can't see to correct.

[Jacqui · Rating 5 out of 5]

Evernote is a popular FREE note-taking app that stormed onto the internet consciousness a couple of years ago and quickly became the standard by which all competitors were judged. It enables you to copy snippets of webpages, images, audio files, and more into personal collections that are not only shared across all digital platforms--desktop, laptop, iPad, smart phone--but with friends of your choice. A little like Google Docs, but easier, faster, and more accessible. Despite daunting competitors like MS One Note and Google Notebook--and smaller ones like Diigo and ReQal, Evernote has amassed over 11 million happy users. If you've been promising to try it, but were waiting for a magic wand to clear up all your questions, it's arrived.

Katherine Murray's new how-to book, 'My Evernote' (Que 2012) has an awful lot of the answers, enough that I now have my Evernote up and running like a leopard across the African savannah.

Let me back up a moment. I got 'My Evernote' because I got stuck. I downloaded Evernote, tried it out, and somewhere between installing and using, lost my way. Yes, I managed to snip website pieces, share documents from my computer, but I failed to accomplish the one thing that motivated me to download it: I wanted to collaborate on documents with friends. I muddled around on my own for a while, decided it was too d*** hard, and put the program aside. I planned to research more later, but instead forgot about it.

Until I found this book, and found the answer to my problem.

More on that later.

My Evernote is a well-organized, clear and concise summary of this popular program. Chapters include:

* Getting started
* Capturing and tagging your first notes
* Editing and Formatting notes
* Adding images
* Inking notes (using a scribble pen)
* Grabbing web clippings and Webcam notes
* Recording audio notes
* Creating and managing notebooks
* Sharing notes with others

In short, the book includes a good summary of what most people want out of a note-sharing program. I decided to test the book by returning to my rarely-used program and see if I became inspired. Here are a few of my thoughts:

Evernote has become a more robust program since I first tried it. It now offers every conceivable method of clipping-and-saving from the internet to your personal cloud. As such, what was once probably a fairly intuitive widget has become a fully-featured software program that takes some thinking to get it to work. Therein lies the value of buying a book like this, that covers all of them.
* The proverbial Killer App--creating and sharing notebooks--is well-detailed by Murray.
* Two tools I didn't know were available until reading this book are creating tables and ToDo lists (complete with check boxes). Very nice.
* Love the audio notes. They're quick to access and record, no fumbling blindly to find the right button amidst a line-up of look-alike buttons.
* Another favorite I learned about from Murray: Ink notes. I can think of numerous uses for these at conferences.

Being a teacher, I'm always looking for education applications. I found a big one, thanks to this book: Evernote for link sharing. I've considered and rejected many link sharing programs--like StumbleUpon and Pinterest--because of their lack of privacy for young minds. Evernote solves that by being completely private, easy for new technology users to understand (click the icon on the toolbar), and collaborative for projects--a critical feature in today's education environment.

Overall, 'My Evernote' is thorough, easy-to-understand, and motivating. I am re-energized to use it for a long list of useful purposes that will organize my life--and my husband's. I can't wait.

Oh--the answer to my 'collaborate with a friend' problem: That's only possible with the paid version. Because 'collaborate' is such an internet buzz word, I bet that will soon be moved to the Free column.

[Stan Skrabut · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here is another review on an Evernote book. This book, My Evernote*, was written by Katherine Murray, and I would classify it as a very detailed beginner's book. Murray does a great job of detailing the use of Evernote in a step-by-step manner. The book is laid out in twelve chapters, each focusing on a specific way to capture or organize notes in Evernote. Read more

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

In many ways this is just another instruction book for software. However, I had gotten started with Evernote and had become pretty well lost. Murray's book helped me systematically explore Evernote. Did I learn lots of unusual tricks? No, but iguided me very well through the software so that I could figure out just how Evernote might make my research efforts easier and most importantly help me keep it all organized.

My Evernote is well written and easy to read. The illustrations are useful by marking screen shots in such a way that you don't have to read pages of text in order to umderstand what the screen shot/illustration is all about. I really enjoyed the book and learned lots from it.

[Michael Carnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I swear by Evernote. I use it constantly on every device I have. This short but concise book will help new users get the most out of this powerful program. If you are an experienced Evernote user you won't find much new here, but still it is good to be reminded of some hidden features.

Organize your life and business with Evernote, and get the most out if Evernote with "My Evernote".

[Anthony Zappia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a very good introduction to using Evernote; the graphics are great and chapters well laid out. I think it complements very well the eBook by Brett Kelly - Evernote Essentials (see review on my blog: http://essentialoilsforliving.com/blo... )

[Christa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straight to the point, nice graphics to guide you to the proper place. I like that this book points out the problems with Evernote as well. It's a handy tool to have before creating your account

[Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading many of these Evernote books, I must say this is one of the best on basic usage, for newbies.