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Good advice Jon. Like you, my EN structure has evolved over the years. I would agree that minimising tag usage is essential - if they're not easy to remember or find in a list, it's just too much extra trouble. For deep granular categorisation, use Evernote's excellent search features.
On the question of how many notebooks, work out the best for YOU. I think the Stavcks feature is helpful to manage the list views. E.g. I have a stack called Houdeholfd which contains 4 notebooks: Gardem, House, Motoring, Utilities - because that's what works best for me. I have another stack called Finance containing notebooks: Bank accounts, Credit Cards, Investments,
Pensions, Savings. You might feel that Spaces would serve you better than Stacks - decide what woks best for your workflow. It's one of the joys of Evernote that it's very flexible.
I've just settled on one stack for a specific project and then a Main notebook.
I use tags a lot for the notes in the project stack, but they're all tags I know off by heart.
For the main notebook, that's just were everything else ends up. I do have some high-level tags for those notes as it can help with searching but nothing like as detailed as for my main project stack.
I think the simpler you keep the structure the better. I've tried adding stacks and spaces, but the novelty wore off pretty quickly and I went back to a simple structure.
Agree. Simple is better. I'm not using spaces as much as I thought. My Training space for work jobs is used a lot but others not so much. I still just find myself heading to the notebook.
Good advice Jon. Like you, my EN structure has evolved over the years. I would agree that minimising tag usage is essential - if they're not easy to remember or find in a list, it's just too much extra trouble. For deep granular categorisation, use Evernote's excellent search features.
On the question of how many notebooks, work out the best for YOU. I think the Stavcks feature is helpful to manage the list views. E.g. I have a stack called Houdeholfd which contains 4 notebooks: Gardem, House, Motoring, Utilities - because that's what works best for me. I have another stack called Finance containing notebooks: Bank accounts, Credit Cards, Investments,
Pensions, Savings. You might feel that Spaces would serve you better than Stacks - decide what woks best for your workflow. It's one of the joys of Evernote that it's very flexible.
All good advice. I did create a Personal Space that included a lot of my home/car/health type notebooks but I've not found myself using it much.
I've just settled on one stack for a specific project and then a Main notebook.
I use tags a lot for the notes in the project stack, but they're all tags I know off by heart.
For the main notebook, that's just were everything else ends up. I do have some high-level tags for those notes as it can help with searching but nothing like as detailed as for my main project stack.
I think the simpler you keep the structure the better. I've tried adding stacks and spaces, but the novelty wore off pretty quickly and I went back to a simple structure.
Agree. Simple is better. I'm not using spaces as much as I thought. My Training space for work jobs is used a lot but others not so much. I still just find myself heading to the notebook.