johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Do you delete tasks that are no longer relevant or do you put everything that is no longer needed into an archive notebook? Link to comment
logandb 227 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 In general, I prefer to keep all notes, just in case I want to go back and remember what I was thinking about a certain topic or on a particular day. Notes that are duplicates, test notes or just irrelevant I delete. I do leave them in the Trash, however ... just in case!I don't move them to an archive notebook because I like to keep them in context. I sort my notes in updated order, most recent to oldest. This ensures that the most commonly updated notes stay towards the top and the older ones gradually filter down the list, usually corresponding to their relevance. Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ok so do you have an archive notebook or do you tag it as archived? Link to comment
logandb 227 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Sorry, I edited that post while you were reading it! So far (I only have around 600 notes) it is clear from the context when a note is out-of-date. I find it too onerous to continually revisit old notes and add or change tags and instead rely on the date last updated and/or the content to tell me whether it is still a current note.I guess, however, I'm still in the 'taper-on' phase others have mentioned where much of my content is still unique. Perhaps after a year or two I may need to instigate new systems to cope with duplicate or near-duplicate notes. Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 well right now i have things i need to do in here. and as i do them i'm trying to decide if i should delete them or keep them to say oh yeah i already did that. so i'm deciding between an archive folder where i dump all my things i don't really need but have just in case. or tag them. Link to comment
Owyn 457 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Sounds like what you want to use is check boxes in your notes.Ctrl + Shift + C Insert a "To Do" checkboxClick the checkbox to mark the item as complete.To search for "todo" items see:http://evernote.com/about/kb/article/sh ... es?lang=en Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,146 Posted April 2, 2011 Level 5 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I have 9,000 notes - half of them are personal or family related in one notebook named Personal. I do not delete them, nor do I move them.And I back up the database religiously every day. Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Sounds like what you want to use is check boxes in your notes.Ctrl + Shift + C Insert a "To Do" checkboxClick the checkbox to mark the item as complete.To search for "todo" items see:http://evernote.com/about/kb/article/sh ... es?lang=enyeah, i use the check boxes. but after i've completed the tasks or the project the tasks are part of do you just leave them in the original notebook and tag them as archive or do you move them to an archive notebook. i like what another poster said about sorting notes by updated time and having irrelevant notes at the bottom of the list Link to comment
Owyn 457 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I leave them in place.I have Saved Searches to find open items and like the other user sort descending by Created/Updated dates to see current items. Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,146 Posted April 2, 2011 Level 5 Share Posted April 2, 2011 And Evernote has built in searches for checkboxesLeft PanelAttributesContainsTo-do ItemsUnfinished to-do ItemsFinished to-do Items Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 And Evernote has built in searches for checkboxesLeft PanelAttributesContainsTo-do ItemsUnfinished to-do ItemsFinished to-do Itemsoh cool. didn't know that. i use the web version a lot as i can't download at work. thanks Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 And Evernote has built in searches for checkboxesLeft PanelAttributesContainsTo-do ItemsUnfinished to-do ItemsFinished to-do Itemsthe problem i'm having with this is i most of my "tasks" are just the title. like pay gas bill, do taxes, shred mail, etc. so how would you go about using a checkbox in these. just have it repeated in the body of the note with the checkbox.or put just a checkbox in the note perhaps? Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,146 Posted April 5, 2011 Level 5 Share Posted April 5, 2011 the problem i'm having with this is i most of my "tasks" are just the title. like pay gas bill, do taxes, shred mail, etc. so how would you go about using a checkbox in these. just have it repeated in the body of the note with the checkbox.or put just a checkbox in the note perhaps?The checkbox in the note is the way to do it.The checkbox stays empty until you finish the task.When I finish a task, I will fill in the checkbox and add a datecode as reminder of when I completed it.By the way, for small tasks, you can add multiple check boxes inside one note. Example:ToDo tasks for week of 2011/04/03[] Take out trash[] Pay Gas bill[] Call friend Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 @jbensonbut wouldn't adding the date code and checking the box move the note to the top of your list if sorted by date updated? Link to comment
Owyn 457 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 FWIW, I use both Evernote and Remember The Milk.RTM contains my list of tasks and schedule.Evernote frequently contains details for specific tasks.e.g. I add checkboxes in Evernote to clips from the web which need future action. Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,146 Posted April 5, 2011 Level 5 Share Posted April 5, 2011 @jbensonbut wouldn't adding the date code and checking the box move the note to the top of your list if sorted by date updated? No, because those small items are typed inside one note. Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Oh cool.Hopefully the devs add attributes to the new web interface. Cuz right now i am use the web for most of my entries and it would be nice to be able to search for check-boxes. also you can't make check-boxes in the mobile version which is incovinient Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,146 Posted April 5, 2011 Level 5 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I find the Windows client desktop version of Evernote to be more powerful and flexible than the web version. Link to comment
johnnyshinta 1 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 I find the Windows client desktop version of Evernote to be more powerful and flexible than the web version.i would have to agree. unfortunately i'm on a work computer and don't want to dl the windows version. Link to comment
mdave 1 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I do some archiving. I have a business and I am a student. I use the same archiving model for both. I have a Business stack and a Class stack. I have a notebook for each active client and for each class in the current semesters and a Business Archive and Class Archive notebook in their respective stacks. I use a nested tag structure. I have a Business parent tag and a Class parent tag, I have a sub Business Archive tag and sub Class Archive tag under each respective parent, and I have a sub tag for each active client and each current class (with their child tags under them). When a client is no longer active, I move all the notes for it into the Business Archive notebook and the entire tag structure for that client to be under the Business Archive tag. I similarly move the notes for all completed classes into the Class Archive notebook and their tag structures to be under the Class Archive tag. Then I delete the empty notebooks. This helps me to keep my stacks with a smaller number of notebooks for only those subjects that are active (and the tags are out of site collapsed in the archive tags). I can always recreate a client notebook from the archive by using the tags to find the notes. Link to comment
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