Get Evernote Premium for the rest of the school year… FREE

Evernote is offering free Premium account upgrades to all college and university students with a valid .edu address! From now through April 25th, you can sign up to receive Evernote Premium for free for the rest of the school year (through June 30th, 2012). If you’re already on Evernote, all you have to do is request to join Evernote Premium for College’s Evernote Group. If you are already a premium subscriber, Evernote will pause payment until the promotion ends.

I love using Evernote to organize school stuff, writing inspiration, and just life in general. If you’re not on it, I highly recommend you sign up now while you can take advantage of this awesome promotion– Evernote Premium is normally $45 per year. In addition to all the benefits of a free Evernote account, you get the following Premium Only features:

Create, save and clip 1GB of new content each monthAdd up to 50MB of ideas, files and web pages to notesSearch within PDFs attached to your notesOffline notebooks on Android, iOS and Windows PhoneShare your notebooks and allow others to edit themFaster recognition of images containing textTop priority support, plus live chatAdd a PIN to lock the

Callnote Records Skype Calls and Saves the Audio to Evernote Automatically [Downloads]

 Win/Mac: We've discussed a few ways to record Skype calls in the past, but they tend to be pretty hit-or-miss. As long as the audio is the only part you're worried about, CallNote can record your calls and then save the audio file to your Evernote account immediately as soon as it's finished recording.

Callnote is pretty simple to use. Fire up the app, head over to the Evernote tab to log in to Evernote, and while Skype is open and running click to record, stop recording, or play back what's been recorded, so you can test before your call or podcast begins. The app allows you to record up to eight participants, and includes a note when the audio is uploaded to Evernote with the attendees names and the call time and duration included. You can set the process to take place automatically—as in the app starts recording as soon as the call begins, stops when it ends, and uploads immediately after it stops, or you can toggle triggers in between so you can manually select the destination notebook.

The app is free, and can be downloaded directly from the developer or directly from the Skype App Store. Do you record Skype calls, or use a different method? Share your alternatives and suggestions in the comments below.

Booknote Importer Sends All Your Bookmarks to Evernote [Mac Downloads]

Mac: If you're an avid bookmarker you likely have a few hundred great pages saved that you'd like to have access to no matter what computer or device you're using. If you're a Evernote user who doesn't want to import bookmarks manually, Booknote Importer pulls your bookmarks from you browser and sets them as notes in Evernote so you have access to them no matter where you are.

The process is pretty simple. You start by exporting your bookmarks from your browser. In Chrome, click the wrench icon > Bookmark manager > Organize > Export Bookmarks. In Firefox, click Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Organize > Export Bookmarks to HTML. Next, open up Booknote Importer, enter your sign-in information, and drag your bookmarks to the app. Now all your bookmarks are saved as notes in Evernote, saving you the trouble of doing it manually with an extension like Evernote Web Clipper. It's especially handy if you work from a lot of different computers and want to bulk dump all your bookmarks into Evernote. Booknote Importer is a free download in the Mac App Store.

The Secret Weapon Combines GTD and Evernote into One Synchronized Productivity System [Video]

Getting Things Done (GTD) is one of the most popular productivity methods and Evernote the most popular note-taking tool among Lifehacker readers. The Secret Weapon merges these two into one system so you can achieve your goals.

More specifically, The Secret Weapon offers a GTD structure and workflow for your Evernote notebooks. The requirements for using TSW, are installing Evernote on all your devices (obviously) and reading David Allen's Getting Things Done.

Reading The Secret Weapon Manifesto introduction page you'll get an overview of why this system exists—like the video above—but productivity-seeking Lifehackers may want to just jump to the Setting Up The Secret Weapon section, where you'll find details on the suggested notebooks to set up—Cabinet, Action Pending, Completed—and initial tags.

From there, the site will tell you how to process your to-dos and other power user productivity tips.

If you've been searching for a new productivity system or want to make better use of Evernote, give The Secret Weapon a try. Be sure to come back and let us know what you think.

The Secret Weapon | via How-To Geek