![]() ![]() I've tried Evernote and a myriad other note taking apps on Windows, MacOS and iOS, but none of them stuck, some disappeared, some can no longer be installed. This approach is the only reason why I can still access notes going back more than a decade. I can't say enough good things about using plain text or Markdown files for storing notes on my own devices. If you are a Ulauncher user, check out my Notes NV extension. It opens the notes using whatever text editor you have configured as your default. I've since given up searching for a NV replacement on Linux and made my own hybrid solution: it's an extension for the Ulauncher application launcher that lets you search and create notes very quickly. With a global shortcut, I could press one key combo, be dropped into NV's input field and immediately start fuzzy-searching my notes or creating a new one, no fumbling with apps or browser tabs whatsoever. One aspect of NV that I found really important was efficiency of the search. After switching to Linux as my daily driver, I couldn't find a replacement that I liked. If you've got a way you like, share it in the comments.Back in my MacOS days, I swore by a Notational Velocity fork called nvALT for all my text-based note taking needs. I’m also tinkering with a few other, more automated ways of transferring notes from Evernote to text files, but I haven’t polished them enough. ![]() It's like a filtering step that keeps junk out of Notational Velocity, where I try to raise my better thoughts. For me, it works well because I like to digest my Evernote inbox items one at a time. It also goes really quickly once you get the hang of it. I know this isn't the most elegant solution for moving text form Evernote to Notational Velocity, but it works. Release the keys to copy the text right into Notational Velocity. With your finger on Command, use your arrow keys to go to the note text you copied.Press Command-\ to bring up LaunchBar’s clipboard history.Press RETURN to move to the note pane in Notational Velocity.This should put the Evernote note title you just copied into the note title line in Notational Velocity. Make sure your cursor is in Notational Velocity’s note title line (Command-L), and then paste (Command-V).Type NV to start/focus Notational Velocity.Invoke LaunchBar (Command-Space is what I use).Use shortcuts like Command-A and Command-C to move quickly. Copy text you want in the note body, then copy the note title too without leaving Evernote.Go to the text note you want to copy out of Evernote.A person with an affinity for keyboard shortcuts.The most important reason people chose Evernote is: Evernote is designed to store a lot of different types of information from a lot of different sources in one place. ![]() A recipe for moving text from Evernote to Notational Velocity Evernote is ranked 28th while Simplenote is ranked 40th. This is basically just a copy/paste workflow, but I think it illustrates how fast you can transfer text using your keyboard and the right tools. If you already have the ingredients below and like keyboard shortcuts, I think you’ll find that this is a pretty quick process for freeing your text-based ideas from Evernote’s self-contained incubator so they can mature in Notational Velocity / Simplenote land. You can export notebooks and individual notes in HTML, but I don’t care much for HTML unless I’m ready to publish it. It’s super easy to get stuff into Evernote. ![]() If I want to turn a note into a blog post, it goes into Notational Velocity, my Markdown editor of choice. I did not want to use a central note service like SimpleNote or Evernote for security concerns and to keep my notes close at hand in case network is out, so I. On a regular basis, I process my Evernote inbox to zero and do stuff with the notes in it. As I’ve talked about in the past, I use Evernote as an “everything else box” in my thought capture workflow. ![]()
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