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Evernote is one of those tools I would not be without now that I have been using it for awhile. If you have a paperless law office, are a habitual saver of tidbits of information or just want to be able to ditch those scraps of paper around the office, then Evernote deserves a careful look.
First, an explanation. Evernote is a service “in the cloud” that lets you store notes, documents, photos, and tweets for future access from any computer with Internet access. Take some notes, scribble out a password for a hosting account, login for a listserv, research for a brief, whatever. Just enter it into Evernote and it’s automatically saved and in sync.
Evernote rocks for taking notes because you can search the system with a full-text search or tags. Let’s say you speak to a witness named Bob and jot down some notes in Evernote. Can’t remember anything more than Bob’s first name? No worries – just type in “Bob” and Evernote will deliver it up for you. Thanks Bob!
I also use Evernote for pictures of things I need to remember – like the license plate for my rental car when I travel, or where I park when I’m out. Using my iPhone, I click the picture and save it to Evernote. No more lost cars for me!
Evernote provides a unique email address to send stuff to your account. So if you get a document by email and want to be sure not to lose it, just email it to your Evernote account!
For legal bloggers, Evernote is invaluable. When I read an article that would be great for one of my blogs, I use the Evernote web clipper to review and use later. No more lost URLs for me!
A final terrific use of Evernote in my law practice is dictation. The Evernote iPhone application lets me record my thoughts and then upload it to my account. I give my virtual legal assistant access to the account, so she can pull down the information and commit my thoughts to paper.
This article was originally published on Aug 11, 2008 by Grant Griffiths. It has been significantly updated for republication.
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Evernote is awesome. I use it when I find web designs that rock or little snippets of code I might like to use later. I like that it has plugins for many browsers so you can click “Clip to Evernote” and the URL you are on is automatically saved, and you can then tag it and enter further notes.
Evernote is awesome. I use it when I find web designs that rock or little snippets of code I might like to use later. I like that it has plugins for many browsers so you can click “Clip to Evernote” and the URL you are on is automatically saved, and you can then tag it and enter further notes.