merman

I had the same issue upon their announcement of introducing slash commands, but the very next day it was working.

Great stuff, but there's one option I still miss badly: creating a new note within the existing one. The slash command would be a smooth gateway for that, too.

From what I think Bending Spoons are up to, constantly improving and adding new features, the linking to a new note as requested here (also by myself) is just around the corner. That's what I guess. 

Hi there

Beginning on Friday, 19th (and continuing every day) I have a very strange calendar item in my Evernote calendar. I don't know this "Groupe Whatsap Adultes" (french?). I have Google Calendar connected with Evernote, but I have no such meeting in my agenda.

Can anybody help and tell me, where this spam comes from and how to delete it?

Thanks and cheers

Stefan

Legacy still supports the very simple but powerful tool of collecting several notes and creating a masternote as table of content with the links to all these notes. Removing this option whithout at least offering an alternative is one of the decisions taken by Evernote I really don't understand. I couldn't find an explanation. I vote for bringing back the functionality!

The new evernote helper in V10 is quite useless. As soon as you choose the tool to excerpt a part from the note underneath, the note is being switched to another one. An unspotted bug, I presume. Please take care of it, the helper is one of the features that makes Evernote unique.

I agree. This is one of the features that make Roam, Notion oder The Brain so seducing. But it actually should have been Evernote that first launchend bi-directional linking because this is the way a second brain has to work. It would be also helpful, while working on a note, to create an embedded link to an already existing note realated to a given keyword in the text I'm working on. Let's say I'm writing a film review and it would be possible to mark the director's name within the text and search for other evernotes related to him, e.g. reviews of other films of his I've already written about.

Definitely one of the many features having been removed from V10 without a proper and convincing explanation. Bring it back, please. Or offer a valuable alternative. I've used it for spaced repetition.

On 12/8/2019 at 6:11 PM, ej8899 said:

Have to disqualify myself right out of the gate as I'm Canadian... but... here's my current dashboard note. 

As you can see, it is setup with basically just a slew of 'note links' - I wanted it to be mobile device friendly too so no wide table columns where I would have issues with scrolling left/right too to get to notes - so the two left columns are the high important items that I can scroll and tap on with mobile devices.

I have a basic image banner on the top of the page (I do this with a lot of other 'master notes' as well - just to add some splash of color/etc), then a basic 3 column table with some note links - each of those note links are for a master note too - I run everything from my grocery list to major multi million dollar project management out of evernote and the bulk of it starts right here  (well, main work stuff has it's own dashboard).

Example: my "scuba" entry under reference get's me into my scuba diver "log book" - which is a master note showing me all my current scuba diving certifications, planned certifications, tasks (rescue course re-certifications), and a link out to my scuba diving travel ideas note.   Of course, my scuba log book master note wouldn't be complete without a link to my scuba diving log book - with details and photos from every dive - and yes, this is all in Evernote too.

Evernote also is a CRM for me - so you can see a few people listed under "Important" - I have another master note that breaks down my people based on friends, professional, business, etc.  Significant actions with "people" get tagged with their name and a "-chronology" suffix (ie ejohn-chronology) - my CRM section assembles all those notes into a chronological list so when I drill down to the person in the CRM (or the main dashboard) I get a chronological list of my communications with that person - and even other reference notes that I may have tagged with their info (ie assigned work projects, home projects, etc).  

Anyway, I could go on  and on about this, but shall cut my rambling short here.  Let me know if you have questions on more of my setup or want some 'secondary' master page photos. 

 

Thought I'd update my post and show a 'secondary' dashboard - this one shows up when I click 'health' on the main dashboard.    All those other links on the primary go to a second 'dashboard' note like this one - just related to the topic instead:

I'm definitely impressed by your mastery in master notes. The cascading of master note is a mesmerizing approach and key to any dashboard design, I guess. But it takes a lot of thinking beforehand, doesn't it? Worth a try for a complete Evernote relaunch over Christmas maybe 😄

On 12/5/2019 at 9:40 PM, toao said:

while I think the concept of excluding non - US folks is pretty weird, this thread is very help- & insightful. so thank you all for sharing!

after experimenting with a number of things my dashboard ended up being my sidebar with a fair number of shortcuts and saved searches, representing the main processes I use EN for (alright, I admit it, all my digital processes are in EN):

- a GTD ("The Secret Weapon") implementation adapted to my personal needs / experiences on top with direct access to the main categories

- behind the blue box I have saved searches for the main projects I am running (these go across all open actions). this way I can immediately see all actions related to a project across all priorites, essentially a matrixed project view of my open actions.

- on a sidenote: one of these saved searches are notes in open actions that are not slotted into GTD yet (I call them unassigned). this is essentially my inbox.

- last but not least I keep track of my reading lists and other media consumption right here.

while this works well for me, there is still a *lot* that could be better from my perspective. spaces sounds like a concept that would add a lot of flexibility in structuring my data / my processes. and in general more graphical representation of almost any kind would help (kanban, mindmaps, anything). the UI is getting quite dated and I more and more frequently need to stop myself from the temptation to going to something shinier and more intuitive...

interesting! the Open Actions are the same as Next Actions in GTD-terminology, I guess. But how do you make them come from different projects into this very notebook?

On 12/5/2019 at 5:29 AM, Sayre Ambrosio said:

I (she) am a Mac user but it’s super simple to do in windows as well. All I did was custom make images in Canva and stick them in a table. Adding a link to each image to jump to a note and you’re done. 🙂

Would love to see the second layer behind the dashboard. Are there notes listed in table of contents?

On 12/5/2019 at 2:45 AM, Sayre Ambrosio said:

This is the dashboard that I have in the community notebook that I keep. Clicking the different "tiles" takes you that section of the notebook.

 

looks more like a website to me...wouldn't meet my needs in keeping track of specific 'next actions' e.g.

On 12/4/2019 at 1:16 PM, Joe Leondike said:

Like most people people, I am juggling multiple aspects of my life; career, advancement, school, family, etc.  I have found the Eisenhower method helpful, with a twist.  I use it as my dashboard for GTD and add a side of Kanban.  That way I can see what is coming up and what has been done.  Linking between the notes is the glue to maintain my sanity.  Reminder dates allow me track what is due in the future.  I consider it a compilation of different methods to meet my demands.  

Below is the system I follow to keep current.  I did not create this system, that was from a podcast I heard from Stacey Harmon at https://www.harmonenterprises.com

Let me know what you think.

Get Focused
Task Management - Active v. Reference: To do lists	Either Active v. Waiting for (Reminders)
Project Management - Active v. Reference:  Projects have a defined beginning to end.  Open are active and closed to go reference.	Consider Active v. Waiting for
Process Management - Active v. Reference: Are an ongoing items that reoccur.  Phone call list, bills	Consider Active v. Waiting for
Reference Management - Active v. Reference: Is there really an Active Reference management system?	Either Reference v. Waiting for (i.e. date)
Waiting for - Can be a person, place, date/time.  So maybe the Who, What, where, when why & how should apply here

The Eisenhower matrix is indeed a very clear template for a Dashboard note. But how does the 'Get focused' section work? Are these links, too? Or just a checklist to remind you of what to focus on?

I'm non eligible for a contest and I wouldn't even know how to participate in the contest. I've seen the contributions and read the discussion, but I still have no clue how to set up a Dashboard like the ones presented here. From what I understood, Dashboards are notes with a structure (roughly a particular arrangement of table columns) and embedded links to other notes, right? But what if I want to monitor not only particular notes, but notebooks? As far as I know it's not possible to link notebooks, is it?