Evernote vs. Dropbox
Mick
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There is a recent thread about goals and agendas which brought
up parallel programs we can use together with Nirvana for a
complete GTD setup. I do have a Evernote Premium account as well as
a Dropbox account.
I keep goals and agendas in txt files in my Dropbox, as well as all
project support material in two separate folders called Inactive
and Active projects.
I only use Evernote as a capture device but I guess it would be a
better place to store goals and agendas, while Dropbox wins by a
shot as a container for project files in my opinion. I really don0t
want to store 100 mb indd files in a evernote note, and dropbox has
a very good versioning system as well.
What do you think? Do you use other sw besides Nirvana? Box.net or
SyncPlicity or something similar?
2 Posted by dafyren on 12 Jan, 2012 11:08 PM
Besides Evernote for reference material, I use Sugarsync.
If you ask me, it is far better than Dropbox. Better iPhone/iPad apps, and you can sync whatever folders you want. Not only one "Dropbox" folder.
3 Posted by Mick on 12 Jan, 2012 11:13 PM
I'll check it out, thanks!
4 Posted by Proximo on 13 Jan, 2012 02:02 PM
I use Evernote and Dropbox. Evernote is my capture tool and Reference material tool. Dropbox is my file storage tool.
I heard about Sugarsync, but remember that Dropbox can do some crazy things that no other system can. Look up Dropbox tricks on Google and it will blow you away. You can do remote desktop connections, sync. multiple folders, share in many ways with others, play your music, run programs from multiple computers like a USB drive, etc.
Dropbox is simply amazing and has the most integrated setup for a computer. It's simple but very powerful when you start to read up on what people are doing with it.
Just saying. :-)
Here are some examples:
Start Torrents from Work
Migrate your My Document Folder to DropBox
Sync Passwords with Keepass
Keep Firefox Profiles in Sync with Dropbox
Keep Thunderbird in Sync with Dropbox
Save Copies on IM Logs
Save Windows Save Games on Multiple Computers
Host a shared Collaboration Drive for Remote Employees
Save to anything to a Dropbox PDF on OSX
Use Dropbox as your Personal SVN
Show Design Mockups using Dropbox
Read Books on your iPhone
Sync iTunes across multiple computers
Keep all your Desktop Wallpapers in one place
Track thieves that might steal your Laptop
5 Posted by Mick on 13 Jan, 2012 02:15 PM
I had to uninstall Sugarsync right after installing it for one MAJOR problem: no support for network drives or even USB drives!!!! I have my documents saved on an esternal hard drive and Sugarsync just didn't see it at all. Fail, fail, fail!
6 Posted by Proximo on 13 Jan, 2012 09:52 PM
Dropbox is crazy powerful but super simple. :-)