July 8th - Brainstorming methods for organising research (Entry #12)

The first step I wrote on my previous entry is to find a method to organise and gather all my research, I am going to brainstorm some possible methods and their pros and cons:

1. Microsoft Word

• Pros
• Everything can be found in one single document
• Color coding system
• Date and time automatically recorded
• Cons
• Only viewable on computer
• Not friendly to inserting images
• Forget to save, it's gone forever

2. Evernote + Blog

• Pros
• Syncs to many devices (eg. Phone)
• Can be retrieved if computer crashes (since it's online)
• Can be organised into folders, each note is separated by number labelling 
• Date and time automatically recorded
• Websites can be saved to notes through the Evernote clipper extension 
• Can be viewed by anyone with the link
• Cons
• Less functions compared to Microsoft Word (eg. fonts, colors etc)

Final choice: Evernote + Blog - Since it is a lot easier to organise, and also much more accessible through different devices. I will also be uploading each note to my Blogger (this website) so that my process can be seen on both platforms.