The three interesting uses of Notes.
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I think all of you are already using Notes for, well everything that requires making notes: prices, options, url-links, thoughts, ideas etc. Notes are pretty good for writing every detail that otherwise needs to be remembered. If you have a task like "buy a present to my nephew" then the notes would likely contain a list of gifts you already seen, heard of or those advertised by ebay's smart recommender. If you have a task like "buy new smartphone", then the notes would contain models, links to reviews and the lists of bells and whistles. But that's obvious.
There is still something inside the Notes engine that inspired me to use them more than just that. Here are three ideas which perfectly fits into Notes concept, and I hope you'll find something for yourself:
1. Notes are wonderful for making a list of movies you want to watch, books you want to read and so many other things. The great thing about notes is that they are automatically sorted by time implementing First-In-First-Out list - so whenever you feel an urge to watch something new you just scroll down the list, get that movie and cross it out. Simple and clean and it does not clutter your task lists.
2. In the very similar way notes are great for recording ideas and making sketches of you want to post into your Blog. Especially if you own one of those QWERTY-smartphones. I have a permanent task called "Post to the Blog" with the due date usually at some day of the current week. And I have about 50 notes what I wish to write about. After picking a topic → writing → crossing out I'm just changing the due date to the next week. Here is how it works for me.
3. Finally, I bet you always wanted to write someday your own "What I've Learned" thoughts. And the notes are ideal for this as they automatically highlight the first row — exactly like Esquire editors do.
So I think there is lot of potential in notes. Not just using them as sub-tasks but also as something you wish to do, but you don't have to.
There is still something inside the Notes engine that inspired me to use them more than just that. Here are three ideas which perfectly fits into Notes concept, and I hope you'll find something for yourself:
1. Notes are wonderful for making a list of movies you want to watch, books you want to read and so many other things. The great thing about notes is that they are automatically sorted by time implementing First-In-First-Out list - so whenever you feel an urge to watch something new you just scroll down the list, get that movie and cross it out. Simple and clean and it does not clutter your task lists.
2. In the very similar way notes are great for recording ideas and making sketches of you want to post into your Blog. Especially if you own one of those QWERTY-smartphones. I have a permanent task called "Post to the Blog" with the due date usually at some day of the current week. And I have about 50 notes what I wish to write about. After picking a topic → writing → crossing out I'm just changing the due date to the next week. Here is how it works for me.
3. Finally, I bet you always wanted to write someday your own "What I've Learned" thoughts. And the notes are ideal for this as they automatically highlight the first row — exactly like Esquire editors do.
So I think there is lot of potential in notes. Not just using them as sub-tasks but also as something you wish to do, but you don't have to.
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