100 Different Evernote Uses
Nov.03, 2009 in
Organization, Technology and Web
- Take a photo of your contacts measurements and save them to your personal notebook. Makes ordering your next pair easier.
- Take a photo of the page you are reading in a book and use @evernote to make your notes, keeping your book pages clean
- keep your web bookmarks in Evernote, then add screenshots to help kick start your memory when looking for a useful website.
- Write down coupon codes into a note and continue to add to them when you find them, this makes saving money a lot easier
- Make a list of movies that you want to watch on a relaxful weekend with your loved one(s)
- Save your blood type in a note which would come in handy if you get hurt or need to know.
- Write down your printer’s ink numbers, this comes in handy when you find a great sale on some printer ink. or when your out
- Save locations that you would ride your BMX bike/skateboard and share them with other riders/skaters.
- BMX – Keep a list of tricks that you want to perform in a certain location, this feature is useful esp. for iPhone users.
- Keep track of your loved one(s) clothing sizes.
- Keep a note dedicated to ideas that you want to write about on twitter, facebook or your blog
- Keep your receipts in a notebook which will help be organizes when Tax season comes around.
- Take photos of all of your napkin sketches and put them into individual notes, this helps for getting inspired later on.
- Keep snippets of code in a “Code” notebook for easy use of it later on.
- Save old copy from your website into a note for later use, so many times I wish I had a backup years down the road.
- Take screenshots of websites and other things that inspire you and save them into notes, one item per note.
- Use snagit to take video shots of websites/animations that inspire you, save them as .mov and add them to evernote
- If you are visiting family and they give you a file/photos, add it to Evernote for easy retrieval when you get home
- Keep track of presents that your friends and family want. This helps from being stuck as the last minute shopper.
- Save text that you often write in emails into a note so that things are consistent when sending emails to clients
- Take a photo and add some notes for a new drink or food that you found and like.
- Take photos or scan your kids artwork, that way you don’t have to lug around years of art but you will still have it.
- Keep track of which friend or family member borrows something. This saves the date they borrowed it.
- Save recipes that sound good as you come across them.
- Save prices, photos and text of parts that you want to buy for your car, bike or other vehicle(s).
- Take photos of your cars License and VIN numbers.
- Tale photos of your cars tire size and pressure and use the info when getting new tires.
- Save ideas and concepts which can help when writing a script.
- Scan/save your computer specs, this helps when buying new computer parts.
- Record audio notes for quick on the go ideas.
- Save video game high scores can keep track of your own progress and skills.
- Save the list of prescriptions that you are taking and the purpose each one serves.
- Write down the dimensions for each room in your house.
- Save a list of what light bulb sizes are needed for each room and for what object.
- Save photos, text and prices of items that you would like to have in your house.
- Take pictures or each page in your notebook just in case you happen to spill something on it, your notes will be save.
- Take pictures of interesting locations you come across so that you can find out more about it once get home.
- Keep a note of the nice things people say about you and who said it, this comes in handy when your feeling depressed.
- Keep a note of images, text and links to videos that make you laugh and smile.
- Make a list of names that you come across that you would like to name your kid.
- Keep a list of programs that you’ve install on your computer in case you need to re-format your computer.
- Write down ideas for things that you would like to include in your next website design.
- Scan or take a photo of every business card you get and store them in a separate notebook to quickly find a contact.
- Save website wireframe sketches, these can be re-used for other projects.
- Make a list of items that you work on each day. This will come in handy when a client asks when you worked on something.
- Save the brand and flavor of food that your animal eats. You don’t want to get them the wrong kind.
- Scan TO-GO menus so that you can have all of them with you where ever you are.
- Save photos of Tattoo’s that you like to help narrow down the tattoo you want to get.
- Sync up your Twitter account with Evernote and send @myen any twitter posts that you like.
- Create a folder for Evernote to watch and every time you put a document into that folder it will be automatically added.
- Take photos of concert or event tickets and then later on you can look back, similar to a scrap book.
- Keep notes containing keyboard shortcuts to your favorite programs.
- Save copy or links to articles that you would like to come back to and finish reading.
- Make a note for each project idea that you have, and then you will have one place to consistently come back to and update.
- Keep track of which shoe size goes with which brand of shoes.
- Keep track of which pant size goes with which brand.
- Make a list of songs that you come across while on the go and purchase those songs once you get home.
- Make note of things that make you relaxed and use them to consistently enjoy your life.
- Make a PDF version of your business license, this comes in handy when you fill out business paperwork.
- Make a list of all of your girlfriends family members names. Use this list to study them before your next big visit.
- Take a photo of the type of treats that your dog likes.
- Keep a note that has ways to save energy in the home and share it with friends and family.
- Keep track of the steps it takes to complete tasks on a clients website.
- Keep track of locations that you have hiked and the time it took to complete. Add photos if possible.
- Make a check list of the steps needed to successfully complete a website.
- Send important emails to your custom Evernote email address.
- Keep the items you see as “Do’s and Don’ts” and follow them whenever you can.
- Make a list of goals, and slowly one by one complete them.
- Make a list of items in the house that uses batteries and the type they use so that next time you get the right ones.
- Have a list ready available of the different resolutions that your website is often viewed at.
- Make a note of your serial numbers or registration keys for your software.
- Make a list of important events in your relationship, and then look back upon those events at a later date.
- Use the events found in my previous topic when writing a loved one a poem, or letter.
- Save the name of a restaurant you just ate at if they have good food.
- Keep and share the family grocery list.
- Keep photos of all of your watches (used for Watch Collectors)
- Keep a spare note for random notes
- Keep a PDF document in a note, then use the note to make comments regarding the attached PDF document.
- Make a list restaurants near your house and then try them out one by one, marking them off as you go.
- Keep wood working plans and share the note with your team, making everyone aware of the progress.
- Create a website project note that you share with the team, and everyone updates the note with any new information.
- Make separate tags for each client, and assign any client related notes to that tag.
- If you keep inspirational images in your evernote, create tags for the 12 main colors.
- Create a tag for person in your immediate family, and save related notes to their tag, like medical, gifts etc.
- Create a list of your kids school supplies, and make sure that they have some for school and some for home use.
- Save your childrens teachers name.
- Get into a car accident? Take photos of the damage of both cars, both insurance cards and license and VIN numbers.
- Sort all of your misc. items into boxes, then take photos of the items. This helps find the item(s) your looking for.
- Take photos of the wiring setup on your media center so that if you move anything, you will know where it goes.
- Grab and write down slogans that you like when working on creating your own.
- Scan and save warranty information when you buy something, make sure to write down the expiration date.
- Scan documents to PDF that you think you may need at some point, then shred the un-needed paper version.
- Take photos of all valuable items in your house when you get them then save each to a note with the price and receipt.
- Save your loved ones favorite flower, take a photo if you need to.
- Take photos of all of your video games, and use evernote as your running catalog.
- Scan documents that your doctor gave you for exercises when going to physical therapy.
- Save newspaper articles of important events to share with your kids.
- Web designers should look back periodically at website you built and make notes of things you would change now.
- Keep track of symptoms when you are getting sick.
- Make a list of dreams that you had, what they are about and the day you had it. See if you start to see a pattern.
Update:
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November 5th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
This is stupendously amazing. Thanks for the ideas!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
So many great ideas. Thanks.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Sweet! I just added these reasons to Evernote so that I can read them later as well as share them with others when I show them the application on my iPhone.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Phenomenal post. Surprised at how many have crossed my mind but then I forgot them. Why? Because I didn’t write them down in Evernote.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Thank you everyone who has enjoyed this article. Evernote is a great tool and I love using it. I figured that I use it so often now that I wanted to share my uses for others to try.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Wonderful list. I copied the list into an Evernote note so I can refer back to it when I need ideas!
November 5th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Great list. Evernote is truly one service that can simplify your life and your work, while making you more productive at the same time.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Awesome. Going to have to use some of this in our next training!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Clipped, tagged, and archived to … Evernote!
November 11th, 2009 at 6:45 am
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November 12th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
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November 12th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
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November 14th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
one of the best blog posts ever made!
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:40 am
Terriffic list. It went straight to evernote.
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 am
101. Copy-paste this list in Evernote
December 7th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Cheers for the informative page – I loved reading it! I always enjoy browsing your blog. :)
December 7th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Cheers for the useful post – I loved reading it! I always enjoy this blog. :)
December 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Thank you all for reading this article. I appreciate all of your wonderful comments. I’m always finding new and interesting ways to use Evernote, so be on the look out for a second list coming in 2010.
December 9th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Such a useful and insightful blog
December 14th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Кажется, это подойдет.
December 20th, 2009 at 11:52 am
#71 “Make a note of your serial numbers or registration keys for your software.”
I would very much like to do this, but with the cost of professional software, I cannot risk these falling into the wrong hands. When Evernote provides optional encryption and password access for individual notes, I’ll be VERY happy to store my software S/N and registration keys in it.
Ditto for other information related to work projects, etc. I still have to use other software for this, but it sure would be nice to have it all in Evernote.
December 20th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Great Post! :)
December 21st, 2009 at 9:47 am
Great list thanks.
I use evernote while i am hunting. Using the GPS and Photo. Take pictures and tag as deer trail, rub, scrape. Later I can pull them up in google earth.
It really helps to see the big picture and understand how the deer are using a big piece of property.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hey there Guy, Great use for Evernote. I do something similar when I am out riding my bike. I ride BMX and so I take snap shots of different locations where I like to ride, then I am able to bring them up to show friends and to see how far I ride.
December 21st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I am really enjoying reading your well written articles. It looks like you spend a lot of effort and time on your blog. I have bookmarked it and I am looking forward to reading new articles. Keep up the good work!
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:24 am
A thoughtful insight and ideas I will use on my blog. You’ve obviously spent some time on this. Well done!
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 am
use 102 – use Evernote to note down the difference between “your” and “you’re”
use 103 – Use Evernote to note the name of plugins that get rid of spam comments like most of the ones here
Those aside, I came to this not expecting to find anything useful, but I was totally wrong, it’s a great list with some real beauties.
I find that half the struggle with Evernote is in remembering just how often it can be used to store the mundane stuff that we need to keep tabs on.
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Thanks! I pine for a place to get a one on one lesson about Evernote, as I can do at the Apple Store. Your note really broadened my horizons.
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
So you delete a comment that points out your poor spelling, but you keep the spam comments because they look positive.
Nice.
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Hello Andrew, (Great name by the way)
I did not delete your posts, but I did notice more spam was getting through and I have been looking into a way to solve this without having any user having to use a captcha. I did start to clean house and remove some of the comments which I had. These comments were to show other users where they may find similar/useful information. If you guys don’t want to see them, then I wont show them. I appreciate you pointing out my grammatical errors. I am not perfect and I don’t mind being told when/where I am wrong, it is all part of learning. I am glad you enjoyed the list.
Andrew and Jack:
I will be taking some of the items on the list and I will adding some video tutorials on how I use Evernote for them. I hope you will find these useful.
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Wow, not sure why it took me so long to find this awesome list, but it rocks! I’d love to add one: Pixily can scan your paper files into Evernote. We’ve had an integration with Evernote since the summer and are really impressed with the number of Evernote users who have taken advantage of it. Let me know if we can set you up with a free trial – either call us 888-674-6493 or visit pixily.com and sign up…
Thanks for the list!
Healy
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
true list,and amaizing list
December 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 am
Query: this: Take a photo of the page you are reading in a book and use @evernote to make your notes, keeping your book pages clean
is interesting, but what do use to take the photo, since an iPod touch doesn’t have a camera ?
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
Hey there Scott,
I personally use the iPhone 3Gs but since Evernote works as a cloud program you can use any of the following to take photos.
Digital camera, smart phone, web cam, scanner, video camera with picture technology. You can use a phone with a camera and then email(if your phone has this capability) to your personal Evernote email address.
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Awesome list, but 55 & 56 is identical. :)
December 27th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Awesome tips dude! Evernote is the best…
December 29th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Good Post:)
December 29th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
How does number 50 work? I can’t seem to have Evernote automatically add content from a folder on my computer
Thanks
December 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
And what about sensitive stuff? are people actually using evernote or any other webbased notes manager for that? is it secure? have you thought about that before you make a note with some personal info about you or work related things that might be deemed very confidential, how do you know evernote or any other is secure with your information? I know everything is going cloud these days but I found evernote somewhat slow and I would rather have a note app that stores locally but I guess if your iphone was stolen they would have all your personal stuff stored on it anyway huh?
oh well, all in all evernote is a great concept with almost endless uses.
great article!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Now there’s a great example of thinking outside of the box. Now that I’ve just acquired an iPhone I’ll be using Evernote in a lot of the ways you suggest.
How do you deal with the security aspect however? Is there an encoding facility to use for putting sensitive stuff where prying eyes will have difficulty seeing it?
December 30th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Andrew, just use Akismet for WordPress, it usually puts the spam comments in a separate queue for moderation.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Wow!
I also like having room dimensions (renovations, furniture purchase), room paint colors/existing decor (photos), yard dimensions with photos of existing landscaping. And the A/C filters sizes.
January 1st, 2010 at 8:11 am
EPIC!!
January 5th, 2010 at 8:51 am
101: Take pictures/make a list of important serial numbers on big ticket items that are likely to be stolen, so that you can file a police report (firearms, laptops, ipods, etc.). Also, take pictures of the contents of your wallet in case of theft (both fronts and backs of cards to know the phone numbers to call in order to cancel cards).
January 5th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Fantastic. Thank you for giving me more ideas for how
to use Evernote wich I love. I am one of the beta users, before they finalized the official version. My job is very demanding and there is so much to learn and when I hear people talking about something that I did not know I immediately write it in my personal in my Evernote. If later I am asked a question with similar subject I already have the answer. I get compliments al the time how fast and knowledgeable I am.
January 6th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Great list! Have been using Evernote for a while now, but always like to know how others use it. I also try to get all my clients to use it when they are with clients or on site and need to take pictures and save notes.
Thank you!
January 7th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Great list! Just added to my Evernote notebook.
January 12th, 2010 at 8:30 am
Hi, Not sure if this is true:), but thanks for a post. Thanks
January 25th, 2010 at 3:46 am
I don’t usually take the time to leave comments, but it is not easy to find actual thoughts on this topic today. You did a great job in this post and I think I’ll check out your other articles as well. Keep up the good work!
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April 12th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Awesome post as always, thank you for writing all this helpful stuff on a regular basis.
April 14th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
thanks for a fantastic put up!
April 19th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Hallo Much thanks for a interesting blurb. Bookmarked and come by very soon. later
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July 2nd, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Clipped, tagged, and archived to … Evernote!
December 5th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I’m such a klutz that I still have 100′s of post-it notes stuck all over my workstation. What a mess and I certainly can’t find the information i’m looking for when I need it.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
It’s ok, I still make notes on paper, but the great thing about Evernote is that I can scan in those notes and they then become searchable.
March 25th, 2011 at 3:01 am
Bookmarked and scanned – Love lists, Just installed evernote on my macbook, and iphone. Thanks
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April 26th, 2011 at 12:29 am
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May 26th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Great Blog. I am brand new to Evernote. I am a pastor and so I copy and file a lot of material from books to use for sermon research material later on. Is there a way that I can scan pages 1-7 of a book. And have those seven pages remain together like they would be if I hard copied them and stapled them and dropped them in a manilla folder? Thanks for your help!
May 26th, 2011 at 11:48 am
There is a few ways that you can do this.
1. Scan all 7 pages into a single file, 7 page PDF and save that file into Evernote
2. Scan each page as it’s own file, save each file to its own note, and then you can merge the 7 notes together using the desktop client
3. Create a single note in Evernote and add each of the 7 scanned pages to that one note.
I hope that helps, let me know if you need any more help.
June 23rd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
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July 11th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Great blog! Keep the good stuff coming!
October 29th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Evernote is such a useful program. Thanks for the ideas!