One of the best pieces of software I’ve come across in recent years is Evernote. After using it for only a short time, I felt like I could never go back to not having it. It is extremely useful, easy to learn, easy to get, and free (unless you upgrade to a premium account).

Evernote is a system for having practically all the information in your life at your fingertips. It is a database of the information you want to keep. It also synchronizes to all of your devices, so you have updated information wherever you are. Evernote has tons of great features that make it an amazing program, but these overall points summarize why it’s so good:

Inputting is a snap. It’s practically effortless to put information into Evernote. You may input information in the form of a text note, an audio note, or a photo. Evernote even gives you a special email address so you can always forward an email into your database. If you see something you want to remember while surfing the web, you can take a screenshot in a flash. No need to give it a filename or decide where to save it. It automatically flows into your Evernote.

Accessing the information is easy. Tags are used for categorizing the notes, although they are not a necessity. Simply doing a search can usually pull up the note you are looking for. While performing the search, Evernote scans the text in the notes, and it can even read text that’s in a photograph. For example, if you take a photo of someone’s name and address on an envelope, it will flow directly into your Evernote database and be searchable by the text in that name and address.

Device synchronization. Your information is synchronized on all of your devices. You don’t have to go looking from one device to another for the information you want. For me, this is a great convenience. Knowing that I need only look in Evernote on any of my devices saves me lots of time and hassle.

Notebook sharing. Evernote allows you to share notebooks with others. For example, my wife and I have a shared notebook. We can both put notes into it that the other might be interested in. We share shopping lists, appointment information, travel information, and even decorating ideas. If I see an item in a store that she might like, I snap a picture of it to go into our shared notebook. Then we can both see it and remember it whenever we want.

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