Ever want to do something really captivating that won’t wait? You’d prefer to wait until you’re somewhere private where you can collect your thoughts, but you’re out somewhere in public and inspiration hits! Whether you’ve got both eyes on traffic, you’re sniffing fresh fruit at the grocery store, or working out, these ideas come. It’s frustrating. You’re inspired and yet the opportunity to get these ideas down in an organized, accessible fashion gets lost time and time again.
I suggest a quickie.
Note, that is.
On Evernote.
It’s easy!
After my last post on Evernote: Why Evernote Has Captivated My Heart, my wise and Evernote loving buddy Chad rightly pointed out that I didn’t make enough mention of Evernote’s amazing mobile capability. He’s right! It’s one of the most valuable features to this (did I mention free?) application.
Interestingly, I realized this today as I was driving home and had a brain wave following a phone call. Instead of recording a message to self and then hoping to remember to look for it later (an unlikely bet) I just used Evernote’s voice recording feature on my iPhone. It has versions for every major smart phone, so you’re in luck!
As soon as I got home I recorded this introductory tutorial for Evernote and mobile devices and then read Chad’s comment afterward. It was cool!
I hope you enjoy it and would love to know what other people are doing with Evernote on their mobile devices!! Have you signed up yet?
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I’m loving all the Evernote love! Great video and some really great tips. Just like you I love the audio recording features on Evernote and often on my commute to and from work I will click it open and start roughing out a blog post that I want to work on and then when I get home I can listen to it and re-organize my thoughts into blog post, Evernote can really save some time.
Quick question, what program did you use to do the picture in picture for your Evernote video? I love the effect.
Thanks Chad!! I’ve just started using ScreenFlow and am only just unlocking the beauties within. It has the capability to do some pretty amazing things and I’m always balancing the need to get content out there (tousled hair, rough script and all) and trying to make it totally, technically cool. The fact is, people like Gary Vaynerchuk and Chris Brogan get so much content out there and are so successful because they aren’t “perfect” about it. They just get it done!
Anyways, do check out ScreenFlow. Are you on a PC or a Mac?
I agree with you that you just have to put the content out there and I think that if you get good quality content out there and just be the authentic you the audience will appreciate it more because they are getting a genuine product. Thats just my two cents.
Thanks for sharing the name of the software you use to achieve that very cool picture in picture effect. Unfortunately I see it’s for the Mac and I am on the PC. I will have to look elsewhere for something to achieve a similar effect. Thanks again for sharing.
Hi Chad! I agree with your thoughts on authenticity. I think we might all be a little burned out on Madison Avenue sparkle. I certainly am!
And that’s such a shame about ScreenFlow not being available on the PC!! Good luck with your search! And please let us know here when you’ve created a video!! I’m working on redesigning around here a little bit so that people can submit videos to share. 😀
Excellent Lori. Well presented and well said. Good example you mentioned too – which demonstrates how useful it is. Done similar myself in the past. Been out and about and made a voice recording and fired it off to Evernote… Available via my Mac or PC whenever I need it. So pleased you made another video. You seem very comfortable in front of the camera and speak nice and clearly. Great stuff.
Thank you Martin!!! Your remarks mean a lot to me because they’re so well thought out and you’re such an experienced hand with social media and videos in particular! Please do share your next video here!