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Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Note-Taking App?
Earlier this week, popular note-taking app Evernote announced major changes to its service. The company announced that free users on the app will now only be able to sync across two devices. The company also raised the prices of its paid tiers by 40%. This move, as you can imagine, has resulted in Evernote facing a backlash from many of its users. To give some perspective, Evernote paid plans ($36/ $70 a year) now costs as much as Office 365's $70 Personal yearly plan. With Office 365, obviously, you get more stuff -- including access to Microsoft productivity suite, and 1TB OneDrive storage. Microsoft was quick to release a free tool for Evernote users should they want to move their data to its note-taking service OneNote. OneNote is free to use and offers 15GB free storage to all users. Google's Keep is another good option with 15GB of free storage. Which note-taking app do you use? Anyone who still prefers taking notes on a notebook with a pen?
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I have never had to agree to having my data mined before using paper.
That's great if you want to roll a filing cabinet with you everywhere you go. Or, I can just use Ever/OneNote and have it all in my pocket.
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With regard to EverNote's changes, I'm not sure why I would use EverNote at the same price as I could acquire the whole Office suite including OneNote, which IMO is better.
A year ago or so I would have never said that, but Google has been releasing some decent features, integrating it further into other offerings like Google Calendar.
A filing cabinet? A simple small spiral bound notepad fits in my pocket. There is also the aspect of when you are in meetings that people realize you are actually taking notes and not just looking at your phone and possibly not paying a damn bit of attention to the meeting.
I can take notes on a notepad without looking at the paper, it's a bit harder to do that on a phone. Afterwards it's not too terribly difficult to transcribe my notes to electronic format if I need to.
*Shrug* Maybe I'm just old.
Google Keep is really simple and works well for me. I dearly hope it doesn't get struck by the Google Axe any time soon.
If security is something you're never concerned about with electronic solutions, then by all means, use the tool of your preference. Just understand that your notes are everyone's notes when the next hack is announced.
This is why I prefer good paper and pen. Not old-fashioned, just wise to what will happen eventually. It's become inevitable these days.
I get the Microsoft hate, but OneNote is free. There is no monthly ransom.
For now. It's still M$, meaning it likely won't end well.
Anyone who still prefers taking notes on a notebook with a pen?
Yes, it is the best way for taking the widest variety of notes. OCR with a stylus still isn't that great, especially if you need to incorporate a formula of some sort into your notes while you're going. Typing works if you are taking notes at a history lecture but not for much else. Paper notebooks also never run out of battery and run an OS that never crashes. You might find yourself periodically doodling in your notebook but you'll never find yourself wasting hours on facebook with it.
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Notes are not meant to be repositories of great knowledge for future generations, they're meant to be small reminders.
At some point, you need to quit calling them notes.