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Current: "Evernote is in deep trouble" (overly strong, imo).
Also, I don't think the article supports very well the "deep trouble" description. It sounds like the company has plenty of money and continues to grow.
Evernote is such a great idea and in its early stage, it showed a lot of promise as the "trapper keeper" of all things digital. But as time went on, the client became bloated and there were weird products like Evernote Food that were pushed on users. I'm still using it for certain parts of my work, and I'm increasingly frustrated with the pop ups in the application every few days to upgrade to Evernote Premium. Someo…
Finally, and maybe this is something only scientists people care about, their pen input support is abysmal... AFTER acquiring one of the best note taking products for the iPad! How have they managed to screw this up so bad? OneNote gets all these things dead on correct, and that's why it's the standard in labs that keep digital notes. Evernote does not seem to understand the role their product takes in people's lives. I really hope they either shape up or go away so they can stop distracting people from what they actually want.
Evernote has me hooked on cross device persistent notes. And I will change to the first quality alternative that lets me import my existing notes from Evernote. Evernote still can't handle even simple non-overlapping changes on two devices. Every time I close my laptop I have to wonder if changes were synched. Especially embarrassing because superb open source code is already available for conflict resolution (git, f…
I realise there's a billion and one todo apps out there, but being able to combine my ramblings and 3am thoughts with an in-line todo system is the killer feature for me. I think the next notes app that supports this will have to be a self-hosted option
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As a Linux user I have never used Evernote, but Google Keep has cross-device persistent notes and I've never had even the tiniest glitch with synchronization.
As a Mac and Windows user I've never used google keep as there is no native app.
From this article, I have some of my software business beliefs validated: - don't be afraid to charge money - release frequent, small updates. Users tolerate this much better than infrequent big updates with major changes - focus on quality. Every update should include several bug fixes. As much as possible, fix bugs before adding new features - focus. Put all your eggs in one basket, to some extent. - watch costs li…
> watch costs like a hawk. Operating in 10 locations sounds like Evernote let their costs get out of control. This one's so important. When you have some millions in the bank from VCs, it's really easy to default to "just spend it" mode. That can vanish so quickly, though... particularly when you're setting up offices with the intent of impressing potential hires and VCs.
You could probably open 3 different offices in 3 other metropolitan areas for the same cost as your SF office.
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As a Mac and Windows user I've never used google keep as there is no native app.
Just curious, what do you need a native app for? I ask because I'm usually suspicious of any company that has a native app when one isn't needed. I usually suspect they have some ulterior motive, spy ware, malware. Etc. Plus even if they don't have an ulterior motive installing a native app is one more vector for having my machine owned whereas a web site is not. (the browser might be a vector but it's a given I'm go…
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As a Mac and Windows user I've never used google keep as there is no native app.
Dropbox + .txt files. Never failed me. Just need to remember to save before you put away current device. Can use whatever editing interface I favor on whatever device I'm using -- usually Sublime on my Windows/Mac machines, I'm only viewing on my mobile devices.