I can enter action items into OmniFocus at a later point. I then keep running notes throughout the meeting. Then at the start of the meeting, I open the note, type “dtm” (which inserts the day’s date via TextExpander) at the top of the note and use markdown to make the date a heading. This makes it easy to open the note before the meeting and scan through the last set of notes. One of my favorite aspects of using Bear is having notes that I continually open to keep running notes updated with the date of the event.įor instance, when working on a long-term project with a collaborator I typically have one dedicated note such as “Meetings with X” in Bear, that I keep for all meetings. I enjoy using the folder-like system of nested tags. I now use Bear for meetings or situations for which I need to take notes. Drafts also has a powerful set of actions for sending your text “drafts” to other applications.īear: Prior to using Drafts (and after using Evernote and Apple Notes), Bear served as my catchall for note-taking. At any point, I can search through my notes in drafts and move a note to a different app such as Tinderbox, DevonThink, or Scrivener to mobilize it. Later in the day while reading something, I might make a note in drafts and tag it for a project I’m working on. I can send it to another app at a later point.įor instance, if I’m listening to a podcast and have a related idea, I might open drafts, tap the dictation option, get my thought out, tag it, and then get back to the podcast. Drafts helps me get the idea out of my head immediately and into digital form without having to figure out what app I should open or where it should go. I often use dictation to take the note and use tags to help organize the notes. I have Drafts available on my iOS devices with easy access so whenever something comes to mind I can get it into Drafts and then worry about where it goes later.
Devonthink pro consultants mac os#
Drafts is slowly becoming my starting point for most texts when I have something I want to get out of my head and into text form on both iOS and Mac OS platforms. I use each tool for the following situations:ĭrafts: I’m newer to using Drafts and am still learning its capabilities. The four main tools I use for notetaking are: It is critical for me that any note-taking tools I use are seamless in syncing across computers and devices. The tool I use relates to the type of notes I’m taking. Whether making notes about aspects of learning and teaching during a class, capturing thoughts that pop into my head, keeping track of what occurs during meetings, interacting with texts, or many other situations, having a digital place to keep everything is important to my workflow. Doodle, people!įor, one on one meetings I’m experimenting with Calendly but am still trying to figure out the best solution to using something like Calendly for the multiple calendar accounts I use. I don’t understand why anyone would send multiple emails back and forth to find a common meeting time among a group of people when they can create a Doodle Poll and then identify the date and time that works best for most people. There’s great satisfaction in typing a dash and 3 characters and watching the text for an entire email open before your eyes with blank spaces and multiple-choice menus for customization. TextExpander saves me so much time and frees up headspace to focus on less tedious things. I use it for all types of situations such as when I type “dtm” to insert the day’s date or “-avoice” to insert feedback on writing in active voice with the option to include several related resources or when I type “-muestatus” to insert an entire email that I can customize with a couple of clicks to inform a student of their status in a course I teach and any issues they might want to address. It is brilliant for any text that you type repeatedly. Snippets can range from a word or link to an entire email message with optional parts or fill-in-the-blanks sections. Text expander allows you to create “snippets” of text, links or media, that you can insert anywhere by typing an abbreviation that you assign to that snippet.
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