Evernote
My client didn’t show up, so let’s use that time to record another video. This one is about Evernote, as I really want to discuss a recent tweet from Federico.
On how am I rediscovering my creative freedom with digital scribbling.
The Supernote is helping me to rediscover the joy of handwriting my scripts. It’s like using magical paper to seamlessly capture and reorganize ideas.
Years before Evernote, I would write many of my first podcast scripts on any piece of paper I could get my hands on. Iād usually have the ideas after a run, like it still happens today for the YouTube videos. But even though writing them down was a great way to remember later, trust me, the final ādocumentā was typically a big mess.
Letās be honest, itās tough to keep handwritten notes as organized as a bullet list. Ideas donāt always flow in a neat, linear way, so it can be a real challenge to make sense of them later. My drafts were often ugly and pretty challenging to understand because of all the small text inserts. On some occasions, I would use arrows and even a second piece of paper with numbers on both parts of a sentence to try to connect them. I suppose you can imagine that it was often difficult to decipher.
In hindsight, Iād say Iād moved to digital writing as soon as technology was portable enough, probably because of the impossibility of inserting new text in between lines on paper.
I frequently do that on my computer; however, typing comes with its limitations. For example, sketching can be difficult to integrate with typed text. Thatās great on paper, but again, there are all the problems mentioned above. Furthermore, Iām not good at drawing, so I frequently have to erase and fix things as I go.
For example, the thumbnail you see in the image below was created at a much larger size. It was the first thing I did on that page. When I was happy with it, I resized it to fit the corner of the screen (paper?). All the text you donāt seeāāāmore on that in a momentāāāwas rearranged several times as I was writing, just like the pieces of a puzzle slowly falling into place.
It’s impossible to do that on paper, but the Supernote brought back the freedom and joy I remember having many years ago, and improved the process. It is like having the best of both worlds. And the most convenient part is that I can easily send the final version to Evernote or Obsidian.
š If you decide to buy a Supernote at some point, please consider using my affiliate link. Thank you.As for the hidden text, thereās no secret there. Iām just trying to keep a mystery aura because I have already started to produce this video and donāt want to spoil the surprise. But if you cannot contain yourself, the untouched drawing is available for supporters on Patreon and YouTube.
Anyway, I think that you can probably tell by the thumbnail and the other drawing that the video has something to do with sending content to the Supernote via Evernote.
If you are a Patreon or YouTube supporter, there’s a new video for you in which I share my thoughts on how I am trying to make the combined use of Evernote and Obsidian work for me.
I’m down to 5 plugins on Obsidian now, and I’m happy with that. However, there is still work to be done regarding the organization of information between Obsidian and Evernote. š¤ Maybe there is an opportunity for a video on this.
I donāt have any clients today, but Iāve decided not to write scripts or edit videos. I am putting my energy into unraveling the mess I created after simultaneously using Evernote and Obsidian for a while now. Both have strengths and weaknesses, so my goal is to figure out what to use each one for.
There are things I can easily piece together. For example, I love how Evernote handles tasks, and I find the Obsidian Tasks plugin overwhelming. The same is true for the calendar. Evernote does a much better job of bundling it with our notes. At least, in my opinion.Ā
But Obsidian is so well integrated into our computer file system, and I love to use that when creating my Unexpected Workflows.Ā
Roughly speaking, the plan is to keep tasks and business-related content in Evernote. Especially meetings with clients and companies I collaborate with. As for Obsidian, it will still house my Knowledge Base, as it deals much better with PDFs, blog posts, and files I’m currently using (or used) for my books, courses and video production.
I am also trying to keep the minimum number of plugins possible, having already removed many of them. That includesādon’t panic!āDavaview.
As for my personal documents, that’s still undecided.
And while testing all the ideas above, I’m experimenting with posting without using titles. After making so many posts today, I am looking at it as a far better formatting style for the blog, as well as a much cleaner way to cross-post to other social media platforms.
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I’m excited to bring this improvised kitchenette in my office into reality. I created it a while ago as a proof of concept that I’m now ready to bring to the next level using my favorite duo.
The Supernote has been a game-changer for sketching out ideas, and Evernote keeps everything organized for easy access. To learn how I make both work together smoothly, you can check out this video. Back to the project, all the drawings and measurements were automatically sent to my Evernote, where I added the list of materials. The next steps are buying all the items and building.
Can’t wait to share the final result! Any design tips or suggestions?
“The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum”
āRudolf Clausius
So does the entropy of your notes. It’s okay to not obsess over a perfect system, as it may be a waste of your time. Remember that you cannot predict everything, and variables are forever changing.
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Why I think using an Inbox is a terribleĀ idea.
What if I told you that years ago I decided to ditch the endless inbox organization in Evernote in favor of a more efficient workflow?
Some people collect ideas, tasks and other types of information in an inbox style folder, or notebook, when using Evernote. A periodic cleaning routine is what makes sure the items will be redistributed to the appropriate spaces from time to time. Other people, myself include, do the opposite. We select the destination when saving the information.
I do it because I consider those periodic routines, that some call revisions, to be a waste of time. One can argue that it doesnāt matter whether you choose the destination before or afterwords, as it will take roughly the same time to organize things. Thatās true, but itās not where the problem lies.
When redistributing information in a future moment, one has to go through all the items to remember what each one is about, and only after that, move them to the appropriate spaces. That time spent with the screening process will not happen when picking the destination at the same time the information is being created.
For example, if I have an idea for a YouTube video, itās instantly clear to me that it belongs to my Creator notebook in my Evernote. It’s effortless because the topic is fresh in my mind. Meaning that I’ll automatically save the information in the correct notebook.
The other option means that I would have all sorts of note topics, from ideas for videos to meeting notes with clients, in the inbox notebook. Itās too divers, and I would always have to waste time going through many notes to remember what they are, and only after that, move them to the correct notebook. That revision, or whatever you prefer to call it, is time I never waste.
But thereās a catch. If you donāt have or know what are the right notebooks or folders, thereās no way to choose the correct one. Thatās why I try to keep all the ones I use frequently as accessible as possible. To accomplish that, I’m constantly paying attention to how I’m doing things. When I notice friction, I always make sure to rearrange things to fit my needs, like I show in the video below.
Have I mentioned that one great benefit of doing things like this is that I don’t experience inbox-zero anxiety?
What about you? Do you use an inbox to process information in the future, or do you pick the destination to save information in the correct place?
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