Using Evernote to Save Your Schooling

As students, we accumulate a ton of stuff. Papers, handouts, syllabi, class notes, tests, and a whole variety of other things cross our desks during the course of a semester. This semester, I’ve resolved to do a better job of handling it all. I need a better way to collect and process all the things I get for school, and then use them over the course of the semester. Not to mention, I don’t want to lose things...

Join a Worldwide Study Group with wePapers

I know, I know, you’re on vacation… When you do have to head back to school, though, you’ll be right back in the thick of reading, writing, and studying before you even know what happened. Here’s a tool to bookmark that might make the return a bit easier on you. wePapers is a brand new startup, just into public beta, that calls itself “The YouTube of documents.” Though the tagline’s...

Pimp Your Flashcards With Quizlet

As I’ve mentioned before, I think the best way to study is in ways other than just sitting and reading notes. I find that boring and unhelpful- did I mention it’s boring? How about unhelpful? I’ve just recently discovered an incredible tool to make studying and learning much easier and much more fun, and it’s called Quizlet. Basically, Quizlet is a massive flashcard database, full of every kind of...

7 Reasons Why I Love OmniFocus (and Why You Should...

“You can’t expect to meet the challenges of today with yesterday’s tools and expect to be in business tomorrow.” One of the biggest challenges of GTD lies is finding the right tools and system for you. There are many tools available across all platforms, including online. The hardest part is choosing a single tool that fits your personal needs, and ultimately something that you will stick to and not...

Write and Highlight All Over the Web With WebNotes

    (Update: I’ve been given 25 invites from WebNotes to give our readers to their private beta. The first 25 comments here will get invites. It’s worth it, give it a try! Even if you can’t get an invite, sign up on their site. The turnaround, in my experience, is pretty fast.) Most, if not all, of the research I do is on the Web. When I write papers, do presentations, or study for finals, I spend a...

The 3 Step Plan to Owning Your Task List

(Image source: Flickr) In my experience, keeping track of all the things I have to do as a student is very difficult. I have my daily reading, my bigger assignments, my part-time job, my clubs and organizations, my writing- there’s a lot of variance in my life, and thus in my task list. Because of this, things tend to pile up. I end up with lots of mundane, small tasks that need to get done, but easily fall by the...