Use Evernote to document your video project
The only thing I swear by more than DropBox is Evernote. It has become my extended brain. The genius of Evernote is that it’s a highly indexed and easily searchable database with an intuitive user interface. And oh yeah, it lives on The Cloud. And since there are specific Evernote apps for the desktop, phone and tablet platforms I always have my information wherever I go.
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The following tips and tricks are for the Mac desktop version.
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Create a notebook for your current video project. Put an underscore in front of the title so this file always sorts to the top for quick access.
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Make this folder your default folder by right clicking on the folder and selecting Notebook Settings.
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Select Make this my default notebook.
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Now, whenever you add a note from a mobile device or browser plugin it will automagically save to this notebook.
Create notes in your notebook that help you keep track of project info.
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Evernote also supports the following file types:
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- word
- excel
- ppt
- image
- audio
- video
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Any of these files can be added to you notebook so that you can have all files connected with your project instantly available. (Note: Only PDF, JPG, WAV, PNG, MP3, GIF, and AMR file types are supported for Free users. Premium members may attach files of any type up to a total single note size of 25MB, but Evernote can only preview files of supported file types).
Tips: As always, tag liberally but wisely. The great thing about Evernote is that it’s smarter than your average database. So even if you don’t do a thorough and consistent job of tagging you’re still likely to find what you’re looking for when you do searches.
(Note: There is a lot of overlap between the things you can do in Evernote, Google Docs, DropBox and PBWorks. The feature differences between these apps continue to narrow so it comes down to user preference).
