[Disclaimer: another iBlogger post. Starting to like the program more, but pics and linking still limited.]
I’ve been trying to come up with a system to approach writing for JAIB and its sister site JAMM. I started blogging around this time last year and one of the things I’ve enjoyed most about the whole writing experience has been the feeling of capturing all the small thoughts that would normally flutter away throughout the course of the day.
At first I would just write all of my thoughts out in Windows Live Writer, but I’m not always at the computer (ok, that’s a lie) and WLW isn’t always loaded (true). Then Evernote floated onto my digital desktop and I decided to try and store my thoughts in the cloud. Yeah, it’s been out for a while, but I’m slow!
It’s a little overwhelming when you suddenly have a powerful new tool. What kind of information do you keep in a cloud app that can hold almost anything? I always become a little unsettled when presented with a host of new options. I’m a pretty habitual creature (err, Canadian) and I like to have certain devices or apps for specific things. Alles in Ordnung, everything in order.
It took me a while to figure out where Evernote belonged in my life, but the iPhone can make any day a Cloudy day. The syncing speed of Evernote has drastically improved in the last one or two updates and it’s a real pleasure to use the application, even on EDGE.
This means that I can tap out a few notes about the “river” (rivet!) clip I’m reviewing in Evernote and have them displayed on my computer when I get home. What’s more, all the notes are searchable and taggable. I realize I could also accomplish this by emailing text notes to my gmail account, but the desktop and iPhone interfaces for Evernote are the deal breakers here. It’s easy and fun to organize things, and a quick change on the PC is synced instantly to my iPhone. This had really made blogging and writing a lot more accessible to me.
There are so many apps and tools out there for smartphones (excluding ones that fart — and NO those are not “cloud”), but I think I’ll be sticking to Evernote for a while. I don’t even use up half of the upload allowance on my free account.
The one thing I haven’t really gotten down is how to get the program to recognize the text in my pictures. Evernote can read text in uploaded images, but I’ve had a pretty low success rate with the iPhone’s camera. Maybe the paid accounts get better recognition? Hmm.
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I should add that I do realize the premium accounts have higher priority recognition access, but I kept a few clear pictures from my iPhone on my Evernote account for weeks and the text still wasn’t easily recognized. I haven’t tried to use this feature in a while, though..
Hey Rags – I just tested this out a little. Sent Evernote an iPhone pic of a sign at the LBJ Wildflower Center. Evernote had it just about instantly – and a search for the word ‘garden’ (which was in the sign) took me straight to the right note.
I do have the Premium version though. Anyway, thought I’d share that little bit of info …
yeah, just tested now with box of Invisible Shield. SHIELD clearly visible but I’m not getting it back in results. But I swear I waited a week or so last time and still had no search power for clear text.
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