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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26
I have tested and have at some time installed all kinds of notes and task managers. Some of them go into some kind of painful minimalism, like Clear, and some bloat into project managers like OmniFocus. Needless to say, Evernote, by far our favorite, is getting heavier and heavier and doesn't run nimbly even on the top-of-the-line Retina MBP, which I expected a new experience with this program.
The solution for my application pattern, namely short lists of tasks (getting ready for a trip, preparing for school, main tasks for the day), photo notes of what needs to be checked on the Internet at home or just memorized for a while, voice notes on the way, were found in the form of a Google application Keep, which I have been using with pleasure on my Android phone for a week now.
Entering tasks
Four types of entries can be made:
- plain text entry
- bulet entry = task list
- a voice recording that is recognized as text and will be further searchable
- photo recording - add a photo, you can also text.
In general, a photo can be added to any type of post. It's beautiful and I just enjoy having a neat notes directory. Each entry can be colored.
Nothing is forgotten
Records can have reminders. Adding them is very convenient both interface and ideological. For example, the program offers to remind you today, tomorrow, and although the time can be entered manually, it is more convenient to speak in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening, at night.
Of course, there are also geolocation reminders here. Fill in the shopping list in the form of a list of tasks, and hang its execution at the time of entering the store!
Reminders are beautifully made in Android - with pictures. To me, a lover of visual information, this is just a ray of light in the dark realm.
By the way, Keep tasks are tightly integrated with Google Now on your smartphone and they will get you there - it's unrealistic to forget!
Desktop use
Keep has no stationary application. But if you have Google Chrome (and I don’t believe you don’t;), then there is a Google Keep application for any platform on which this browser is installed.
It is very convenient to work in the same OS X, expanding the notes to full screen.
I am speed …
Most importantly, Keep is completely reactive on iOS, Android, and OS X where I use it. A completely new experience of making sticky notes and simple to-do lists that don't pretend to be a working task manager. If you, like me, use Evernote to "hamster" everything from the Internet "for later", and you often use notes in text and photos, then try Keep.
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