Took notes at a new business meeting and lost your phone (it happens in Chicago cabs a lot)? No problem! It’s on Evernote! On a flight and you realize your client folder is sitting on your desk? No problem! It’s on your laptop in Evernote! On your way to a meeting and you forgot your journal? No problem! It’s on your phone in Evernote! It syncs through the cloud (I love the cloud) and it’s available on any device I have in front of me at the time. And I take notes, create my to-do lists, create presentations, jot down ideas, capture a photo or image, and save files.

I have it on my laptop, iPad, and iPhone (it’s available for every smart phone and both Mac and PC). What happens if, like Mitch Joel expressed in his top business apps blog post earlier this week, I accidentally leave it on my desk? Enter EvernoteĮnter Evernote. There is such great pleasure in that check mark!īut the one problem with a journal is I have to carry it everywhere with me. Then I get to go through my journal and check off the boxes as I finish the task. I draw a little box in the margin and that tells me it’s a task and not just a note.

I also use my journals to create my to-do list. I have every business journal and every Franklin Planner I’ve ever written – tasks, ideas, brainstorms, new business meetings, everything. I used to negotiate getting a journal scientists use when I got a promotion (they’re really expensive) or when I got a new job. This blog post about Evernote was in the top five AND I have some things to add to it that will be helpful for you each month in 2013. But in order to not go completely dark here, I took a look at some of the most popular blog posts of 2011.

I’m taking a few days off to recharge before hitting it hard again next week.

Evernote tasks review