Evernote: Revisited

I've talked about Evernote before on this blog, but the significant changes to the program merit another post. As a Windows-based program, the previous version of Evernote was my saving grace at work. Every important email, every piece of instruction, anything I needed to store, and more importantly, find again was placed in my desktop-version of Evernote. Each note could be found by a full-text search, by browsing tags or a timeline. Without a doubt, these features alone make for a fantastic technology. How could it get any better? Let me tell you how...

1. Evernote is no longer just for PCs. There is software available for PCs, Macs, iPod Touch/iPhone, and Windows Mobile phones.
   
   
2. There is Web-based Evernote software. Why bother with Web-based when you already have a desktop-based version on your computer? Simple: The Web-based software provides a connection between your multiple computers. The data you add to Evernote at work is immediately accessible from home or from any Internet connected computer or mobile device. A quick click of a "Sync" button on your desktop-based software syncs the notes between computers. Amazing.
   
   
3. Additional ridiculously fantastic features: Multiple notebooks, shared (public) notebooks, PDF indexing (Windows), Snapshots (Mac & iPhone), Voice notes (iPhone), and more.

This is how to get started with Evernote:

1. Sign up for an account at Evernote.com.
2. Download the software to your PC or Mac.
   
3. In order to install the software, you'll need to provide your Evernote account information.
   
4. Add a new note by clicking "New Note" or highlighting text and right-clicking the option to add to Evernote.
5. Keep adding notes from your email, the Web, etc.

Watch this great video for a quick overview of Evernote:


Link to video

Life Photos Hosted by Google

Google is in the process of digitizing and hosting millions of historical images from Life Magazine! See photos from the Civil War until man walked on the moon and beyond. These are not copyright-free images; Life still maintains full copyright of these photos.

The collection can be browsed or searched by adding "source:life" to any Google image search.

Enjoy!

Save Paper at Public Computers

I was thrilled to run across this terrific post from Infodoodads on a new service called Print What You Like. In a nutshell, this service allows you to easily print only the desired objects and text on a page.

Here are the steps:

1. Visit http://printwhatyoulike.com
2. Add the bookmark to your browser. (Right-click the link and add to the bookmarks toolbar.)
3. When you wish to print a page, click on the bookmark.
   
4. Select the paragraphs and objects you want to print.
   
5. Enlarge or decrease the size of the print.
6. Print and save paper!

LOST books - October 2008

There’s more than usual this month. Check your shelves, please!
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I'm missing my copy of "Famous detective stories in large print" / edited by Virginia S. Reiser and Mary Allen. It was shipped to the NH State Prison the first week of April, and marked received in NHU-PAC by J. E. Nicholas Memorial Library/Center Harbor on April 11.
It would have a barcode label on the back cover, and the spine label is probably a hand-printed "L.P."
Thanks,
Cathryn Clark-Dawe, Director
Webster Free Public Library
947 Battle Street, Webster, NH 03303
Phone: 603-648-2706
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Lost between East Kingston and Nesmith Library in Windham: The seven principles for making marriage work by John Gottman Dewey-306.81
Thanks,
Tracy HSEk East Kingston
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Please check shelves for Manchester City Library’s The Workbench Book by Scott Landis, call number q684.08 LAN. This is an oversize book. Madison Library returned it on the van on 9/16/08. If found, contact Leonora Southwick at the Madison Library, 367-8545.
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Would you please check your shelves for Hampton's copy of The Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham. It left Weare for Hampton and has never arrived there.
Thanks,
Thelma Tracy, Assistant Librarian
Weare Public Library
529-2044
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This list is also available at http://nhaislostbooks.pbwiki.com/ To edit the wiki you need a password. Contact Mary Cronin at Madison Library to get the password if you don't have it.