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Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by synaesthesisx »

saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

Personally I use Ulysses which has been great on desktop & mobile (supports code blocks, markup & more). However I'm not sure how I feel after they switched over to the whole subscription-model thing...anyone else have any success with similar alternatives?

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by saidajigumi »

ArekDymalski wrote: post #17
saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

>so far nothing has stuck. Have you tried diigo.com and it's apps? I highly reccomend it to everyone looking for Evernote alternative, especially for web clipping and organizing.

Not yet, but I'll definitely have a look. Thanks!

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by cal5k »

mikestew wrote: post #10
godzillabrennus wrote: post #7

I have been using evernote since it practically launched. I only use Evernote these days because there is no competitor I like a lot. Not because it's good. The app crashes, it takes forever to open, and the company has not improved anything in a long time. Now they even changed the logo making it harder for my mind to locate the app. Total disaster at Evernote. I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet.

I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet. Why on earth would they want to? OneNote runs on everything, ties in well with Office, and covers the big ticket features that Evernote does. I'm a vimwiki user for the most of what Evernote/OneNote cover, but what I can't believe is that Evernote users haven't saved Microsoft the trouble, and just switched to OneNote. I mean, if you're going to go walled-garden, Micros…

I use OneNote - it's really great. Until it suddenly decides it doesn't want to sync anymore.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by colechristensen »

saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

I would be happy if Evernote was "done". I pay for a subscription, I am not interested in paying for new features, I would simply be happy if it went into eternal feature freeze and only did security and compatibility updates.

Of course this kind of thing won't happen but maybe it says something about the optimization pitfalls of our economy.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by tolien »

saidajigumi wrote: post #5

I've been an Evernote user for a long time, but it's been ages since I've felt that they're actually user-focused by way of improving holes like poor functional parity across their apps(1). As a outsider, a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps while a stream of core app rebuilds launched, none of which significantly moved the functional needle. I've been exploring altern…

> a huge amount of energy felt squandered on a shotgun-strategy of special-purpose apps

Never mind random apps, what about socks? [1]

1: https://mashable.com/2013/09/26/evernote-market/

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by hndamien »

cecja wrote: post #12
gargarplex wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open source companies could run on a blockchain and one could have a smart contract to release the source code or access to one's proprietary data upon company going out of business..

They could just as easy use a flux compensator to mangle with the time continuum and use the Bermuda triangle as a energy source for their servers.

This wouldn't work. Flux compensator blocksize capacity can't support the throughput of a mangle tangle even with Merkle pruning. That's assuming that the Bermuda triangle would even come close to providing enough energy for your servers.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by briandear »

mhneu wrote: post #18

Oy. I use Evernote because of its excellent image markup. You can mix images and text in notes and really document an image-based or figure-based data flow. Not sure if there's any alternative that does this as well.

The new Apple Notes app does all this beautifully.

Re: Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes another fundraise

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Post by nodamage »

> “In the past three months (June, July, August), Evernote has been downloaded 2.5 million times worldwide,” a spokesperson for analytics firm Apptopia said. “After store fees, the app has brought in revenues of $2.9 million through in-app purchases.”

That seems like... not a lot... for a company that has raised $300 million in funding.

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