For several years I have wanted to find a better way to organize all the information that I track on a regular basis. For example, my To Do list, notes from phone conversations or meetings, screen shots or ideas from web sites when I'm researching a specific topic, project information for clients, etc. Of course, when you're busy all the ideas get pushed to the back and you just do what you've always done which is keep a bunch of folders, papers and sticky notes.
In this digital age, there really should be a way to manage all this information easily, store it for easy retrieval, search it and add to it without needing to go hunting for a folder full of papers. I received an email recently which mentioned a site called EverNote which just happens to provide all of those features and more. And the basic version is free. If you're interested, check it out at http://www.evernote.com/.
My only concern was security and control of MY information. Then I remembered that Microsoft Office includes a program I had never used called OneNote. After researching that, I found that it handles everything I need to do for tracking "notes". So I am now using OneNote and so far it has been very helpful. I can easily add information from almost anywhere including emails, documents, web sites, etc. I can tag items, search for information (even text from scanned photos), and organize everything in a variety of ways. If you have Microsoft Office, you should check it out: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote.
Here's to being more productive...
