Evernote is my personal digital assistant, always at the ready to record my thoughts and capture interesting stuff I see. I use Evernote to create notes, clip interesting web pages, store my PDFs and even snap photos. The best thing about Evernote is that my notes are available everywhere, on my computer, my phone and on the web. So no matter where I go, Evernote is always with me.

Right now, I'm building a new house and Evernote is helping me stay organized and on track. Here's how.

This is the wish list for my new house. I can check these items off as we incorporate them into the design. I can easily capture information from a web page by highlighting the information I want, right clicking the Evernote button in the text bar and choosing “Clip current selection”. This works in Internet Explorer, Firefox and other browsers. Capturing images to Evernote is easy. I've captured hundreds for my home building project using my camera phone, scanner and from the web to inspire me and help guide the design process. And Evernote magically recognizes words that appear in my images, even my handwritten scribbles, to help me easily find them later.

There are lots of other things you can put into Evernote. If you're a premier user, you can throw any file into Evernote, including Word docs and spreadsheets. So there are some of the ways Evernote makes my life easier. You'll soon discover the many ways Evernote can help you. And in no time, your account will go from this to this.