Wall Street Journal tech reviewer Walter Mossberg doesn’t always hit the rights notes, in my view, but he was pitch perfect today in a rave about note-stashing software program and web site Evernote. This is the data storage program that runs on practically every platform — Windows and Mac desktops, iPhone, Blackberry, Palm and Android smartphones — and has a great web site. Here’s Mossberg in today’s paper:
What if you could collect, in one well-organized, searchable, private digital repository, all the notes you create, clips from Web pages and emails you want to recall, dictated audio memos, photos, key documents, and more? And what if that repository was constantly synchronized, so it was accessible through a Web browser and through apps on your various computers and smart phones?
Well, such a service exists. And it’s free. It’s called Evernote. I’ve been testing it for about a week on a multiplicity of computers and phones, and found that it works very well. Evernote is an excellent example of hybrid computing—using the “cloud” online to store data and perform tasks, while still taking advantage of the power and offline ability of local devices.
I’ve been testing Evernote since May and have accumulated some 500-odd notes so far. Search is lightening fast and the synchronization across platforms works like a charm. I wish there was an easier way to clip web articles on the iPhone and get them into the Evernote app but that may be due to Apple’s policies more than any failing of Evernote. Highly recommended.
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