Send Your Bookmarks to Evernote using Booknote Importer (Mac)

 

I know, I know, another post about Evernote. Sorry!

Many people, myself included, use Evernote for bookmarking. I like being able to easily add notes and even attachments to a bookmark. Richard Byrne, FreeTech4Teachers, also uses Evernote for bookmarks.
(I still use Google Bookmarks too. I use them for different bookmarking reasons).

If you use Mac and want to have your current bookmarks imported into Evernote, there is a solution for you: Booknote Importer.

Booknote Importer takes your bookmarks from your browser and makes them notes in Evernote. You first export your bookmarks from your browser and then open up Booknote Importer and load them in. 

This is a great way to move lots of bookmarks into Evernote quickly and easily. Once in Evernote, you can share the notes the bookmarks are in with others.

It is free and available in the Mac App store.


Source: Lifehacker

MasterNote - Templates for Evernote - makes it even more powerful (Mac OS)

MasterNote is a very cool application that I just found out about for Evernote. It's not free, but it's only $5 and very useful. It is currently only available for Mac OS X.

MasterNote allows you to create templates to save time on repetitive tasks and notes. You create the templates from your Evernote notes and can save them for future use. It saves you time by allowing you to create the template of your most frequently used notes and each template can contain as many notes as you wish. You can save multiple templates and even save some as forms.

With MasterNote, you can create template notes for note taking, reports and papers, journals, lesson plans, quizzes, handouts, and more.

The site has tutorial videos for different types of notes and templates,


Thanks to William Stites for letting me know about this site! My PLN Rules!


Related:

Evernote for Education - resources for using Evernote as an Educator or Student

Evernote - some great ideas for using it in education

10 Great, Free Apps for Students for Notetaking and Class Planning - includes Evernote, Everstudent and Skitch

Evernote Trunk- hardware, apps & notebooks that make Evernote more awesome. 

Evernote Clearly - one click for distraction free online reading - very cool 

Some more great Android Apps for Education

Evernote For Schools Site: Resource for Using Evernote in Education

Evernote - get organized - free and on all platforms

Technology I use on a Daily Basis - updated for this year

Google Chrome Web Browser

Google Chrome is Google's own web browser. It is available for free for Windows computers, and is in final development and testing for Apple and Linux.

Chrome takes a very minimalistic approach as a web browser, keeping the interface simple and the screen uncluttered. Chrome is extremely fast, ranking 1st or 2nd in web tests, including Acid, V8, Sunspider, Celtic Kane, and Slickspeed. Web pages load quickly and simply, without problems.

When you download and install Chrome, it can import your favorites and other settings from you current browser, making the transition to Chrome very easy.

Chrome has tabbed browsing, crash control (which prevents one tab crashing from affecting your other open tabs), private browsing, safe browsing, instant bookmarking, and more. You can even create application shortcuts with Chrome and Google Gears. These shortcuts allow a web page or web application to run as if it was a native software application. This keeps the window layout much cleaner.

Chrome only has one area to enter a webpage or search. Google calls this the Omnibox, and you can enter a web page URL or a search term. As you type, Chrome automatically brings up related pages and past searches that you can quickly search. This makes web searches and entering web page URLs very simple and quick.

If you use a lot of other Google Web Applications, such as iGoogle, Blogger, or others, you will find that Chrome works flawlessly with them.

The bookmarks toolbar is very easily customizable, and there are some great user scripts that you can add to it. I have added "Clip to Evernote", "TinyURL", and "Google Bookmark" scripts to my bookmarks toolbar. This allows me to very easily clip a web site to my Evernote account, create a TinyURL for the web page I am browsing, and add the page I am viewing to my Google Bookmarks account. More scripts are out there and being developed everyday. Chrome does not have the kind of add-ons that Firefox has, but there are some and more are being worked on. Many companies, such as Evernote, have bookmarklets available for Google Chrome.

When you click on a new tab, Chrome brings up thumbnail images of your most visited websites. This is very convenient, allowing you to quickly visit important, often used web sites. This feature can also be disable for privacy.

I find Chrome works better than Internet Explorer, is the fastest at loading web pages, and I like it's interface and layout better than Firefox, Opera or Safari. I have not had any problems with it and it makes a lot of sense for me to use it because I use so many other Google products. Try it out and see what you think. A browser, like many other things, is a lot about personal preference.

For more information on Google Chrome, go HERE.

Some other Chrome resources:

http://www.google.com/support/chrome/?hl=en

http://www.pctipsbox.com/ten-tips-and-tricks-for-google-chrome/