When Google announced the termination of the development of Google notebook, I posted on this blog asking for possible alternatives. I got several replies suggesting alternatives. @DrShock and @laikas pointed at the lifehacker blog.
Thank you all. I have been quite busy, so it took me a while to evaluate them all. My first impression was that every tool suggested did solve some of my problems really well.
I finally settled for Evernote. It was a hard decision and Zotero, Ubernote, and Snipd did come quite close. Important issues for me to be considered were:
There is only one item on my wish list, I could not find: This is the possibility to publish a notebook as a RSS-feed. At least I have not found any way to do so yet. So far Evernote looks like a very good follow up to Google notebook. There is some overlap between Evernote and Diigo that I am using for bookmarks and highlighting of sections of a web page, so I have to develop a routine to decide which tool to use under what circumstances.
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Joel (not verified)
Tue, 2009-04-21 18:02
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Love Evernote
I had this exact same problem. I jumped on Evernote actually before Google announced they were ceasing development on Notebook.
I loved Notebook, but with a little effort have found I like Evernote even better. I've become quite the proselytizer for it too. Now I'll make sure and this post as an example of the benefits.
Found you through the #31DBB post for today. Great stuff.
Mike CJ (not verified)
Tue, 2009-04-21 19:40
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Evernote
Also found you through #31DBBB. This is interesting - I've heard other bloggers talk about Evernote and how good it is, but didn't really know what it was or what it did.
So thanks for the explanation - I'm on my way over now to have a look!
excitedbylife (not verified)
Sun, 2009-04-26 09:41
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I have the Evernote app
I have the Evernote app installed on my iPhone. I use it instead of the default iphone notes app. for writing out my to do lists and for capturing any great ideas or dreams I think off. Great thing is since it is web based it's all instantly available again when I work on my PC.
Ulrich Schrader
Mon, 2009-04-27 17:19
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Thank you for your comment.
Thank you for your comment. This would be one more reason to get an iPhone soon.
Ulrich
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