When I am working on my iMac, I find TextExpander by Smile Software really speeds up my work. Use TextExpander for frequently-used text snippets in notes Text expansions you’ve created in TextExpander will automatically expand when used in Drafts (see tip #2 below). One final advantage that Drafts has: it can integrate with the iOS version of TextExpander. ![]() I also like the clean, simple interface of Drafts: This is less than the time it would take me to pull my pad out of my pocket, turn to a blank page and start writing. Based on my own cold trials (iPhone 5), from the time I click the Drafts icon until the time I can start typing a note is less than 3 seconds. If I need to jot a quick note in Evernote in my iPhone, I’ve found myself using Drafts more and more. I did this and was delighted to find that Drafts is very speedy and integrates seamlessly with Evernote. ![]() Several people back then suggested I try out an iPhone app called Drafts by Agile Tortoise. In instances where the Evernote app was already running on my phone, it took 13 seconds. Based on my trials, it took me 25 seconds in cold 1 trials before I could start typing my note into Evernote. To capture this information without paper, the process needs to be faster than it would be if you carried around a pen and paper.īack in May, I wrote a post describing how, after running some trials with the Evernote app on the iPhone, I found that it was still faster for me to scribble notes like these down on a pad of paper, and scan those pages into Evernote later. When you need to grab a quick note–perhaps you are jotting down a phone number, address, or some other important piece of information, speed is everything. Use the Drafts app to quickly create note on your iPhone ![]() ![]() In this week’s post, I have 5 more tips, this time centered around how you can speed up your paperless productivity with some third-party tool. Last week, I provided 5 tips for speeding up note creation and searches in Evernote. Jumping through hoops to create notes or capture paper can be a show-stopper. As I became more determined to go paperless, I realized that getting information into Evernote quickly and easily was critical.
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