Recently I celebrated a birthday. So for this week's Evernote Wednesday post, I thought I'd share my tips for both giving and getting gifts. First, giving them. Ever walked through the store with your spouse and hear them say: "I like that!" or "I could use one of those!" Those moments often seem to advertise a great gift idea for the future. Of course, it's hard to remember them when birthdays, anniversaries or Christmas rolls around. But recently when one of those moments happens, I've been hanging behind in the aisle, waiting for my wife to turn the corner. Then I snap a photo with my iPhone and later upload the photo into a list called: Wife's gifts. I tag it with "gifts" for easy searching. If I ever think of something that would be a useful or fun gift when at home, I enter the item into the same note in plain text. So far shopping for gifts in 2011 has been much easier.
I've also been using it for myself. There's always things I need or want, but when birthday time comes around and people start asking, "What do you want?" I can rarely remember these things. Now I have a list. And with my parents or siblings or wife, I even feel comfortable e-mailing them the note from Evernote.
Maybe Evernote could help you avoid just-another-tie gifts.
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