Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Thing 9: Evernote

Where do I start with this? It's brilliant. Although I can't install it on PCs at work, I can easily log into a web version, I can also put it on my mobile. Here's to a new organised Nikki!! [Famous last words!]

It's easy to use, the screen is clear and best of all it has an elephant logo! [I'm a sucker for anything with an elephant on!]

I love the options to add tags allowing you to view saved items under one single "subject" (for want of a better word). So far I've really only saved websites and couple of images, but already, it's been a life saver in my home life. Like Anne-Maree of the WalkingLibrarianNZ, I think it would be brilliant at the Enquiry Desk to help deal with out of the ordinary enquiries or even common ones. We're trialling Delicious at work for this sort of thing, but I think Evernote can take us that much further.

I've only used this for personal things at the moment, but am itching to get into work to check I can log into the site there and see I can use it at work.

As for the elephants, I thought I would add a couple of photos from my holiday, where I spent a lovely afternoon in the company of lots of elephants at the Pattaya Elephant Village, a sort of retirement home for ex-working elephants. I got to feed them, climb on their backs, take them for a bathe, etc... I was in heaven!!

Unfortunately by this time I'd run out of food!

This is what you call teamwork.