Evernote is the grand-daddy of all note-taking services. It has been around forever and, despite some bumps, remains one of the best note-taking services on the market. Some will argue that Evernote has slipped in recent years but I believe there are still things that Evernote does better than any other note-taking service. It is cross-platform and has a rich feature set. The best feature that Evernote has and, in my opinion, does better than any other note-taking service in the market today is how well it handles PDFs. Specifically, it is the king of PDF search. Evernote is the place where I put the PDF documents that I want to be able to quickly reference and find the key piece of information that I need. A good understanding of the GTD principles should be sufficient for you to be able to apply the general GTD workflow so that it works best in your favor. While other apps can do some of what Evernote does, in my experience of using Evernote, no one does it better. Unless you find it daunting to set up a particular piece of software, you don't really need a GTD guide. This blog post will walk you through how to import, annotate and search for and in PDFs in Evernote.īefore we get started with the tutorial, if you are looking to learn more about apps like Notion, Todoist, Evernote, Google Docs, or just how to be more productive (like Keep Productive’s awesome Notion course), you should really check out SkillShare. Skillshare is an online learning platform with courses on pretty much anything you want to learn.

Evernote gtd setup guide