My Favorite App
You use Evernote for everything, don’t you?
A friend asked me recently.
Well, yeah.
My account syncs with my phone and my computer and there’s web access. Nothing else I have does that. I use it for blogging ideas, a todo list, a grocery list, a wishlist, gift ideas, and pretty much any other information I want to keep track of. It’s like what the Notes app for the iPhone should have been.
There’s a built-in interface for emailing notes to friends and several ways of organizing notes. You can put notes in different notebooks instead of categories and/or use tags. The search feature goes through the full text so organization isn’t even necessary if that’s not your thing.
Recently, I started keeping my recipes in Evernote so I could check them at the grocery store. I’ve made that notebook public because several of my friends wanted to try them. I’ve also taken the RSS feed from it and they are now shared other places as well.
Evernote has put a great deal of effort into making sure your information is available where and how you like it, which makes it the most useful web service I use (Twitter is a close second.).
Have you looked at Springpad (http://springpadit.com) as alternative to Evernote – especially for all things food: http://springpadit.com/foodies
Not only does it allow you to save, share and access recipes from anywhere – it also automatically parses the ingredients to create a shopping list and there are a number of useful apps – including a universal recipe box: http://sprng.me/3qie and a weekly meal planner: http://sprng.me/12n
(full disclosure – I’m a Springpad co-founder)
@Jeff Janer, Looking at the site there is 1 big issue to me. Offline access. I travel freqently & occasionally in an area without data coverage. I can have important notes saved to my phone for Quick offline access. Also the notes reside on my computer itself.
@Tanya, thanks for taking a look at Springpad. We agree that offline access is key. Our iPhone app will be submitted to Apple in mid-February; to be followed by Android and Blackberry releases
I’ll have to try it, Thanks!
I’ve looked at Springpad and I’m very impressed. I particularly like the built-in lists. That was always a little awkward in Evernote. Are you planning a desktop app or will you stay in the browser? The desktop is just more suitable for some things.
@Laura thanks so much for looking at Springpad. Once we provide offline access (next up in our roadmap); we’ll turn our attention to the desktop…most likely later this year.