Digital Life: Your Digital Filing System – How to Use Evernote to Keep Track of Your Life
Look around your house. Are you seeing stacks of papers that you keep meaning to go through? Boxes and files bulging with stuff you put there for safe-keeping, but couldn’t find what you need if your life depended on it.
Don’t worry, we won’t judge, it’s the exact overload we were facing that made us think there has to be a better way.
Wouldn’t be amazing if you could store information you needed to remember in one place and more importantly, find it instantly, anytime, from anywhere. Good news! It exists, and it is a total game-changer.
Evernote is a website, a free app, and an extension that builds functionality into tons of programs you already use. If you can email it, scan it, type it, snap it, record it, or find it on the internet you can keep track of it all with Evernote.
You won’t believe how simple it is to use, watch the video then forget about forgetting important information ever again!
Gadget Guide – Got 10 minutes? 10 iPhone Applications to Maximize your Time
It never fails. The day you are 5 minutes early for a meeting, your counterpart is 5 minutes late. 10 minutes is not enough time to justify powering up the laptop that you always carry with you, but it’s a little too long to fritter away on people watching.
10 iPhone applications to help you maximize an extra 10 minutes
#1: LinkedIN – In minutes you can accept the 87 invitations to connect that you neglected for the past week, find and invite new connections and blast out a broadcast message to your network announcing your new joint venture project.
#2: Facebook – In between meetings is the ideal time to review your friend requests, comment back on comments on your links and post new photos to your profile. All activities that increase your social media visibility!
#3: Twitter – It only takes a few seconds to jump on and share the least tip that’s been buzzing around in your brain. Who knows? Maybe that’s the tip that will connect with a prospect and turn them into a customer.
#4: Hootsuite – Want to know which tweets got the most clicks? Take a few minutes to review your statistics in hootsuite to find out what magic words grab the most attention!
#5: Evernote – Check your task lists for quick to-dos that you can knock off while you wait or take the time to brainstorm your task breakdown for your upcoming project.
#6: Dragon Dictation – Dictate an email or outline an article for your newsletter. The best part of the Dragon Dictation app is its ability to translate your voice into words even if there’s background noise.
#7: Voice Memos – Practice and playback the opening of your upcoming presentation. Recording your voice is the best way to hone your public speaking skills outside of stepping on stage.
#8: WordPress – Start a draft for an upcoming post right in wordpress. It doesn’t matter how far you get because the draft will still be accessible from your desktop for editing.
#9: Amazon Kindle – Take 10 minutes to catch up on your business reading – the best source of new ideas and inspiration!
#10: iPod – Tune out the world and tune into your favorite podcasts. Subscribe to your favorites so you are always up-to-date and keep a few favorite episodes when you need that extra dose of inspiration!
How do you use your iPhone to maximize an extra 10 minutes? Tell us what applications help you get more done!
MOMeo Gadget Guide: Top 10 iPhone Applications for Busy Mompreneurs!
Not to sound like the iPhone commercials, but if you want to book a table in your favorite restaurant, there’s an app for that. If you want to entertain the kids on the go, there’s an app for that. If you want to boost your bottom line productivity, you guessed it – there’s an app for that.
From the mundane to the marvellous, there’s an iPhone application for just about everything a busy mompreneur does in a day.
For your work life…
#1: Evernote – Create text, photo and audio notes and auto-sync your notes to your desktop! Use it to clip and store articles from the web, jot down quick notes or dictate to-do lists. Favorite feature is the ability to make text within snapshots searchable!
Free
#2: 1Password – Store your countless usernames and passwords, login details, personal information and any other sensitive information in a secure encrypted format. Favorite feature is the double defence of the Unlock Code and Master Password to gain access to your information!
$6.99
#3: iMindMap – Turn 10 minutes into a power brainstorming session with this mobile version of the popular mind mapping software. Create complex picture maps of your ideas and export via email as an image, PDF or iMindMap File.
$2.99
#4: Dragon Dictation – A must-have application for the moms who love to think out loud. Capture ideas, dictate emails or rattle off your to-do list and let Dragon convert it into text for export into an email, or clipboard.
Free
For your family life…
#5: Grocery Gadget – Forget paper lists, Grocery Gadget lets you to create, manage and organize your grocery list. Handy recipe import features and coupon reminders make stocking up and saving money a cinch! Love the Share feature that lets you send the latest grocery list to your husband!
$4.99
#6: Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner – An answer to “What’s for dinner?” in an instant. Spice up your dinner routine with thousands of recipes from Allrecipes.com. Use the spinner or shake your iPhone to let the fates decide what’s on the menu.
Free
#7: Blowfish – A simple, but fun game where you grow the little blowfish before the prickly sea urchins pop them! Handy in case of emergency situations where you need a distraction for the kids (or husband) to finish your latte or try on that oh-so-fabulous pair of shoes.
Free
For finding a little playtime for mommy…
#8: Lonely Planet Travel Guides – Plan the next family trip (or girlfriend weekend) with helpful tips, reviews and images from Lonely Planet. Access over 75 travel guides and audio phrasebooks and prepare to say Bon Voyage.
$3.99 to $5.99
#9: iDreams – Because mommy needs a bit of mommy-time! Relax and refresh to one of the 25 soundtracks designed to help ease frazzled nerves. Love that you can set a timer to have the soundscape stop after a certain time in case you want to catch a few zzz’s!
$0.99
#10 Urbanspoon – Plan your mommy playtime with the help of Urbanspoon. Using the GPS, it helps you find a restaurant near you. Favorite features include the filter by neighborhood, cuisine or price and ratings and reviews.
Free
Do you have a favorite gadget that makes your workday oh-so-much easier (or just a lot more fun)? Let us know and you could be the next reader featured in The MOMeo (favorite) GADGET Guide!
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