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Evernote adds reminders

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Re: Evernote adds reminders

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Post by rz2k »

ianstormtaylor wrote: post #2

The last time I tried Evernote it already had way too many features. It always felt like they were trying to way too many things at once, to the detriment of all of them. Apparently this feature is the "most requested feature of all time", but I'd guess that half of the other ones aren't. For example, my impression was that Evernote was about being able to store all of your memories, files, photos, etc. for future re…

For your purposes, something like Notational Velocity or nvAlt on a Mac, Resoph Notes on Windows, or PlainText on iOS might be much better products. They use SimpleNote or Dropbox for cloud storage and synching across devices.

Re: Evernote adds reminders

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Post by k-mcgrady »

icebraining wrote: post #10
k-mcgrady wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> "I love Evernote and think it's a great service, but there should be a simpler way to get most of the same functionality. MultiMarkdown files let you do this while still being able to use vim, grep, etc." What you're building is cool but markdown, vim and grep aren't simple. Evernote is.

Evernote is simple to learn. His system is architecturally simpler.

Good point.

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Post by seagreen »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #9
seagreen wrote: post #6

OT, but I'm working on a modular Evernote-style system based on MultiMarkdown files: https://github.com/seagreen/baudelaire Here's the first thing built off of it (it lets you make a notebook public): http://pensieve.housejeffries.com/ I love Evernote and think it's a great service, but there should be a simpler way to get most of the same functionality. MultiMarkdown files let you do this while still being able to u…

>> "I love Evernote and think it's a great service, but there should be a simpler way to get most of the same functionality. MultiMarkdown files let you do this while still being able to use vim, grep, etc." What you're building is cool but markdown, vim and grep aren't simple. Evernote is.

Gah. I'm starting to have trouble thinking about things from a non-technical perspective. I like icebraining's distinction and will try to make that clear in future descriptions.

Re: Evernote adds reminders

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Post by veidr »

rz2k wrote: post #11
ianstormtaylor wrote: post #2

The last time I tried Evernote it already had way too many features. It always felt like they were trying to way too many things at once, to the detriment of all of them. Apparently this feature is the "most requested feature of all time", but I'd guess that half of the other ones aren't. For example, my impression was that Evernote was about being able to store all of your memories, files, photos, etc. for future re…

For your purposes, something like Notational Velocity or nvAlt on a Mac, Resoph Notes on Windows, or PlainText on iOS might be much better products. They use SimpleNote or Dropbox for cloud storage and synching across devices.

I've used those, and they fail for my use cases because you can't put all kinds of stuff in them. Most of my notes and code are textual, but sometimes I have to use rich text and colors and embedded pictures. Sometimes I need to store audio or embed arbitrary attachments in my notes.

Things like Notational Velocity can be simpler because what they do is simpler.

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