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Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

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Re: Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

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Post by juddlyon »

bradgessler wrote: post #21

So far, my experience with Evernote has been watching them make Skitch almost unusable. The app always forgets my Skitch credentials, keeps displaying the startup screen even when I check "Do not show this to me again", and tries to force me into an Evernote account. At one point they changed Skitch to display 10 different things I could do after an upload. They made it a real mess. I assume Evernote's products are o…

Evernote is a fantastic app and not hard to use or overly complicated.

I agree with you on the Skitch integration, the startup screen has driven me bonkers.

My guess is that they'll sort it out, the last release seemed a little better.

Re: Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

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Post by enraged_camel »

I don't mean to be a debbie downer, but I find the idea of taking pictures of moleskine pages really, really clunky. I have done that in the past to take photos of book/magazine pages, and in my experience the picture almost always comes out low quality - a combination of blur, contrast, the curvature of the page and flash reflecting off the paper makes it very difficult to read later. I can only imagine what types of problems these factors will cause for Evernote's hand-writing recognition program. After all, software can optimize image quality only so much.

Re: Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

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Post by vtail »

nvoorhies wrote: post #64
shawndumas wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

quality is fractal; good, smooth acid-free paper that can take a wide variety of inks without smearing, discoloring, or bleeding through -- well constructed and durable. quality is worth paying for...

Moleskine notebooks are mediocre in paper quality, though, and not very consistent. You'll see variations based on which of their Chinese suppliers manufactured a particular notebook, but bleed through and feathering are generally sub par for the price. They're nice and easy to find though, and the form factor's lovely.

What would you recommend as a higher-quality notebooks?

Re: Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

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Post by vtail »

Now, for those of us interested in startups - what a perfect example of great product development:

- Address existing need that few other products addresses

- Helps generating new customers by removing some of the barriers - "I like to create my notes with a pen on a paper"

- Involves non-trivial blend of hardware and software

- Involves non-trivial business partnership

- Serves as a test-bed for bringing the solution to more people by refining unskewing algorithms

- etc. etc.

Well executed, Evernote!

Re: Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

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Post by niels_olson »

cjoh wrote: post #77

As an author, it's depressing to see empty books -- stickers and all -- selling for twice as much as full ones.

I walked out of the library today and was treated by the free books stand. I got Crime and Punishment, The Crucible, The Old Man and the Sea, and 4 others of equal caliber. And when I got home, I was reminded I'm out of shelf space. In mymind, that's a great reason to get a bookshelf. To my wife, not so much. Dead tree books have negative value to a growing percentage of the population.

BTW, for those buying, unless you're a reporter, I highly recommend the large size. If you look at the notebooks of great men, most tend to be closer to the larger size. Michelson is the one that sticks in my mind, since I walked past those notebooks every day for 7 years.

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