Learn How To Sketchnote With The Penultimate App For The iPad
I recently wrote an article about sketchnoting, an approach to notetaking using both words and drawings. Though many of the examples of sketchnotes you see online are produced by skilled designers and artists, it's important to know that sketchnoting can be done by anyone. It's an approach to notetaking that should be taught in schools.
How To Visualize Ideas, Information & Data Using Sketchnoting
If you're a student or someone who takes notes a regular basis, you may be interested in a fun and even artistic movement called Sketchnoting. Sketchnoting is like notetaking, but it includes visual notes as well as words. It's a way of conceptualizing ideas, information, and other data on paper (or a digital tablet) beyond the traditional text medium of outlining. Sketchnoting, or visual notetaking, is for clustering information and capturing big ideas.
8 Great Evernote Widgets & Add-ons [Android]
Have you been collecting awesome notes and information in Evernote for a while, but not really experimented with the many Android apps and widgets you can use yet? Well, if this sounds like you then you'll love today's line-up of apps. We know there's a good number of Evernote fans and Android fans lurking on MakeUseOf, so we thought we'd make a list of apps and widgets.
Open, Write, And Send: 5 Alternative Note Apps For iOS Devices
I like clean, un-cluttered note apps that I don't have to manage with folders, and that can also be used with other applications. Well, at least five note apps (Captio, Squarespace Note, Drafts, Pastebot, and Lumen Note) in the iTunes Apps Store allow you to quickly write notes in two or less taps, and with a lot less fuss than searching for pen and paper.
Catch Notes: A Full-Featured App for Portable Note-Taking [Android]
Portable notes have saved my life on more than one occasion. Not in the literal sense - thank God! - but in this day and age, when information is being thrown around at such high speeds, it’s hard to keep track of everything without forgetting bits here and there. Once I decided to start taking notes, it all became easier. But one question still burns: where should I jot my notes?
Secure & Really Simple Note Taking With Simple Notepad [Android 2.2+]
The search for productivity in the easiest (or the laziest) way possible always makes us take a second look at any note taking app in the market. From my own personal experience I can tell you that I have rarely stuck to one. Maybe Evernote and OneNote for the computer; but when it comes to free Android apps, I have always had the Zen to experiment.
Stay Organized & Remember Everything With Tomboy Notes [Linux]
If the title made you think of Evernote, I don't blame you. It's a great tool which is capable of a lot, plus it syncs with whatever devices it can run on. However, Evernote is still a proprietary tool, and some Linux users may not wish to use it simply because of this reason. It's also possible that they don't want all of their notes stored on a different server, where they don't own their data.
Use Your Keyboard To Make Notes: 10 Websites For Quick Note-Taking
Have you ever just wanted to jot something down real quick, but couldn’t find a pen? Or maybe you could, but later lost the note with a bunch of other notes which were used for the same purpose. It would be nice to just quickly get something from your head to a place in front of your eyes without a whole lot of effort. There is something to be said for being able to use a note-taking service, without signing in (or up), having to learn how the service works
5 Tips For Making The Most Out Of The Notes App [iOS]
In any application round-up - mobile or otherwise - about work, education or GTD, you'll see the most advanced conglomeration of note-taking applications. Often, the applications already present on the operating system are ignored. Likely, this is because these applications generally don't amount to much. However, on Apple products, they do. The iOS Notes app is a remarkable, capable, and easy to use application
Everpad: The Best Evernote Client For Ubuntu [Linux]
Get quick access to Evernote in Ubuntu. Whether you want to quickly pull up your latest note from the system tray, search every note in your archive from the dash or browse your notes from a lightweight, simple interface, Everpad is the closest thing to an official Evernote client for Ubuntu we're likely to see. And that's not necessarily a bad thing – Everpad is fantastic and fits in perfectly with the Ubuntu desktop.
Take Handwritten Notes Online or Offline With SuperNote for Android
I tested out a number of device-based note-taking apps, and eventually settled on the one that I consider the best of the best, called SuperNote. Don't bother checking Google Play for the app - it was originally rolled out with the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime as part of the Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb update. Other devices running the latest Honeycomb have the exclusive SuperNote app. It is very cool, and in many ways it actually blows even Evernote out of the water.
Comparing Evernote to OneNote on an Android Phone
It's no secret that folks at MUO really like note-taking apps. Evernote in particular has become a favorite for a lot of people. It's constantly mentioned around the net as one of the best note-taking apps both for the desktop platforms as well as the various mobile platforms out there. You can get it for Windows, Mac and for iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone. But is it the be all and end all note taking app? Is it really best for everything?
The Future Is Here - Your Guide to Having a Paperless Life Today
Paperless – a term that is used quite often now days. But what does it mean? And to what extent does it apply? Certainly we all still use paper to some degree despite the advancements in technology, so how can we go completely paperless? Well, the truth is, there will likely always be some form of paper, but the problem doesn’t lie in using paper itself.
Whitelines Links Combines Real Paper, A Quick Scanner & Digital Notes [iPhone]
I'll admit it, I download journal and notebook apps like some people collect baseball cards. Seems like nearly every new notebook or journal app offers something fresh or stylish that I want to try out. The latest offering is Whitelines Links, a notebook app which scans and captures notes you make on specially designed paper. Whitelines may prove useful for those who still like to write or draw on paper, but also want to save notes and drawings in a digital format.
Organize All Your Information in One Place With the Easy-to-Use RightNote
Cloud apps are great for syncing and anytime-anywhere access, but for more hands on control it is difficult to argue with software like the ubiquitous Microsoft OneNote, the ever-popular Evernote, and many others who are trying to carve their own niche. Today, we will be throwing in an easy to use information manager called RightNote into the mix and here’s hoping that you will love the versatility this alternative productivity tool has to offer.
Notee Helps You Keep Your Schedule Synchronized To Desktop Or Web [Windows / Mac OS X]
Another area where Evernote isn't as effective is if you're looking to keep a schedule. Natively, Evernote doesn't support any calendar integration or agenda features, so I'd recommend other software. The tool that I'm going to show you today, Notee, can't be put on the same elite pedestal as Evernote but it manages to pick up where Evernote falls a little short.
Springpad vs Evernote: Why Visual Orientation Matters in an Online Notebook
It's easy to understand why there are tons of online and software notebooks out there to choose from: mainly because there is so much information to manage, bookmark, and share in our online and mobile file cabinets. Clearly Evernote serves this purpose as a cross-platform notebook. It is supported by hundreds of other Internet services, mobile apps, and tools. But no matter how many times I've started using Evernote, I've never been totally happy with it. For me, it lacks the visual orientation that I find appealing in Pinterest, and now Springpad.
Flick Note: Jot Down Notes With Speed and Ease! [Android]
As a writer, I need to be taking notes on a 24/7 basis. Notes just make it so easy to track my errands, duties, and obligations. If it weren’t for all the notes that I jot down, there would be an entire void of forgotten thoughts and lost ideas. How many thoughts have you lost because you couldn’t jot them down? Note-taking apps on mobile devices are extremely helpful, especially in our age of fast information flow.
10 Awesome OneNote Tips You Should Be Using All the Time
Microsoft OneNote is just as good as Evernote. OneNote is the digital equivalent of a binder, giving you more organizational control. We show you effective note-taking tweaks you'll love.
Organize Yourself with AllMyNotes Organizer Deluxe Edition [Giveaway]
Information is pretty much digital these days. To manage all that digital information, you need a good information organizer. AllMyNotes Organizer is a solution you should consider for storing all your ideas, notes, financial entries, address book contacts, records, and passwords. We're giving away 30 copies of AllMyNotes Organizer Deluxe valued at $1020, plus we're also giving away an unlimited number of special builds for the first 3 days of this giveaway!