CPD23 Thing 8 and 9: Google calendar and Evernote

I’m running scarily late, so I will indulge in some self-plagiarism (again). I have already talked about my use of Google calendar in a post written for Cam23 some weeks ago. Re-reading it, I don’t find much to add, apart that I have added some external calendars to it and this works really well. Also, that post had a link to the presentation of the first Mac computer by Steve Jobs and, if you have never seen it, it’s really worth it. Expecially to anyone wanting to enhance their presentation skills.

Evernote: it sounds like a really, really useful tool, although the restriction on Word documents makes me feel a bit wary. I have tried to download it at work and I almost thought I had managed to get around internal IT security, when I realised this message had been on my screen for quite some time and realised also that that “1 second remaining” was destined to last for a long, long time.

I have no excuses for not dowloading it at home now that our IT provision has been upgraded with a shiny new tablet, but my husband is using it all the time to read one of his sci-fi books (why oh why are they all available to download?) so I’m a bit stuck. I know, this is a really bad excuse, but don’t worry: I want that elephant icon on my computer and I’ll have it one day!