Hi there my fellow Evernote users. 🙂I am very curious how/if people are using the new Evernote 10 succesfully for a high-speed, effective and efficient GTD/TSW system. I've read many many posts so far, and found no specific topic on it yet. I have seen @MissArdbeg@KnutBH@Oberdada@Stacey and a few more, mentioning fragments of what I also need. The most important ones being able to use/switch between saved searches and shortcuts FAST, and sorting by Tags for example.
First a little bit of context. I've been using an Evernote Premium user for as long as I can remember. I am very happy with the tool, the ideas behind it and being able to add and find items through my Android phone, and using Evernote for my daily workflow offline and synced to the cloud on multiple workstations. I rely heavily on the system I set up, inspired by Getting Things Done (GTD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done and The Secret Weapon (TSW) https://thesecretweapon.org/. I use this to organise my workflow, my output, my information gathering and retrieving, for my business life as a COO and also for managing my private life.
Now my system. Evernote is essential for containing, supporting and executing my whole workflow, which is based on GTD/TSW. I use Evernote on Windows 10 and on the newest Android version. I use almost no notebooks. Only I've got time-based tags starting with !1-, !2- etc.., where I consider "Reference" and "Archived" and "Parked" material also time-based. I don't use location-based tags. I do use people or organisations starting with a ? Colleagues I work with with ?? Clients start with $ and groups/teams start with ** and furthermore I use hundreds of tags for projects, domains, insights, etc. al starting with a slash / Based on these tags I have around 100 saved searches I use weekly. See the attached image for an impression, if you like.
Now for my process. During the whole day, meetings, 1-on-1 talks, working on projects, teams, etc., I context switch via saved searches many MANY times. So they should be one-click available in saved searches, and the ones I use that day like 50 times, are on the short-cut bar. I read/view about 200 notes every do to make choices, or to drill down to information. I change about 100 notes every day. Changing contents, lists, images, etc. in them, but also heavily changing tags, to add/remove people, change a status, a flow, or a team. See the attached image for an impression, if you like. I need the information fully operational offline and syncing to the cloud for across devices.
My questions. Does anybody that has comparable requirements for her or his external brain, that is using Evernote 10 succesfully? Has anyone tried to do so, and what are the experiences from this GTD/TSW point of view? How do you deal with the bad? What have you found is the good? How do you deal with these new cirtumstances?
My stance right now, is waiting, gathering information, setting up a plan B (might be migration to another tool) and keeping an eye on Evernote, so it doesn't surprise me when they pull the plug on legacy Evernote or when the legacy won't work anymore with e.g. a newer version of Windows or Android. I hope they get the new Evernote to a level where it meets my demands. I hope they keep the old Evernote long enough. I am very reluctant (scared!) in upgrading, cause if my workflow gets bogged down, I might as well start looking for a new job, or a new life, as far as I'm concerned.
I hope people will chime in from this high performance workflow perspective like GTD/TSW. Thanks in advance, and thanks for reading so far already. 😉 Greetings and a smile, Mark
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Hi there my fellow Evernote users. 🙂 I am very curious how/if people are using the new Evernote 10 succesfully for a high-speed, effective and efficient GTD/TSW system. I've read many many posts so far, and found no specific topic on it yet. I have seen @MissArdbeg @KnutBH @Oberdada @Stacey and a few more, mentioning fragments of what I also need. The most important ones being able to use/switch between saved searches and shortcuts FAST, and sorting by Tags for example.
First a little bit of context. I've been using an Evernote Premium user for as long as I can remember. I am very happy with the tool, the ideas behind it and being able to add and find items through my Android phone, and using Evernote for my daily workflow offline and synced to the cloud on multiple workstations. I rely heavily on the system I set up, inspired by Getting Things Done (GTD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done and The Secret Weapon (TSW) https://thesecretweapon.org/. I use this to organise my workflow, my output, my information gathering and retrieving, for my business life as a COO and also for managing my private life.
Now my system. Evernote is essential for containing, supporting and executing my whole workflow, which is based on GTD/TSW. I use Evernote on Windows 10 and on the newest Android version. I use almost no notebooks. Only I've got time-based tags starting with !1-, !2- etc.., where I consider "Reference" and "Archived" and "Parked" material also time-based. I don't use location-based tags. I do use people or organisations starting with a ? Colleagues I work with with ?? Clients start with $ and groups/teams start with ** and furthermore I use hundreds of tags for projects, domains, insights, etc. al starting with a slash / Based on these tags I have around 100 saved searches I use weekly. See the attached image for an impression, if you like.
Now for my process. During the whole day, meetings, 1-on-1 talks, working on projects, teams, etc., I context switch via saved searches many MANY times. So they should be one-click available in saved searches, and the ones I use that day like 50 times, are on the short-cut bar. I read/view about 200 notes every do to make choices, or to drill down to information. I change about 100 notes every day. Changing contents, lists, images, etc. in them, but also heavily changing tags, to add/remove people, change a status, a flow, or a team. See the attached image for an impression, if you like. I need the information fully operational offline and syncing to the cloud for across devices.
My questions. Does anybody that has comparable requirements for her or his external brain, that is using Evernote 10 succesfully? Has anyone tried to do so, and what are the experiences from this GTD/TSW point of view? How do you deal with the bad? What have you found is the good? How do you deal with these new cirtumstances?
My stance right now, is waiting, gathering information, setting up a plan B (might be migration to another tool) and keeping an eye on Evernote, so it doesn't surprise me when they pull the plug on legacy Evernote or when the legacy won't work anymore with e.g. a newer version of Windows or Android. I hope they get the new Evernote to a level where it meets my demands. I hope they keep the old Evernote long enough. I am very reluctant (scared!) in upgrading, cause if my workflow gets bogged down, I might as well start looking for a new job, or a new life, as far as I'm concerned.
I hope people will chime in from this high performance workflow perspective like GTD/TSW. Thanks in advance, and thanks for reading so far already. 😉 Greetings and a smile, Mark
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