For all things simple, including my ChurchMag infographic articles, quick opinion pieces, and inspirational video posts, I simply use the WordPress native app. Easy, and so distraction free, that anything else would be silly.
But I have been getting into longer form articles (read 700+ words) as well as ebooks (9,000+ words) which require something more. Microsoft Word is not cloud-oriented (I don’t have Office 365) and WordPress has been known to lose too many documents if you take too long to write and a connection is lost.
Enter Evernote and their Desktop app.
I’ve needed a distraction free platform as I tend to jump onto Google+, Twitter, or YouTube and miss the whole point of blogging. But their desktop platform has a full screen option that is a life saver.
I’ve been using Evernote as my long form writing app for 125 days now and it’s been great. When I purchased my Note 4, I was given a free year of Evernote Premium with extra features and unlimited syncing which I have loved. I’m not sure I will be able to go back.
What do you get with Evernote Premium?
- Unlimited uploads
- Access notes when you’re offline
- Search in Office docs & attachments
- Turn notes into presentations
- Clip from anywhere on the web
- Share and discuss in Evernote
- Sync across phones and computers
- Scan and digitize business cards
- Add passcode lock on mobile apps
- See content related to your notes
- Annotate attached PDFs
- Save emails into Evernote
I will admit that I have problems of too much clutter at times. With Feedly and YouTube, I post stuff to Evernote for later consumption and then never get to it. But when I’m running at maximum capacity, it truly is a time saver.
Edmond Sanganyado says
I used to use QuickOffice until Google decided to discontinue the app. Now I am stuck with Docs. QuickOffice had great integration with cloud and on device storage. Docs, is actually difficult to save the document. It is a pain, but it is better than the Microsoft Office. MS Office looks crowded, and it actually suffocates my thought system. I loved QuickOffice a lot, I actually wrote the whole draft of my new book on my phone.
Jeremy Smith says
Consider giving Evernote a shot?