Bending Spoons was the best thing to ever happen to Evernote.
The more I learn about how Evernote was operating before Bending Spoons bought it, the more I love how well it’s been taken care of now.
Although I began using Evernote in 2008, it was only in 2012, when I joined the Ambassadors Program, that I found myself gaining access to some inside information. But just like what happens today as an Evernote Expert, there was never full access to all the details, strategies, or plans for the future. For those, I’ve always done my homework, consuming every bit of public information and connecting the dots myself.
Things got slightly more complicated when they were acquired by a company I had never heard of before. That meant starting from scratch to learn all about Bending Spoons.
Like in the past, I found myself reading, watching, and listening to everything I could find related to that unknown company. And I mean anything. Even if it is about products unrelated to
I make every effort to avoid these planes, but sometimes it is not possible. Before boarding, I already knew it. It is easily identifiable by looking at the turbines. If they have a zigzag pattern on the back of the engines, it’s a Max. This was a 737-8200 variant, but a Max is a Max. I would be lying if I told you I was not scared, but everything ended up fine.
Voicenotes Believer Plan, which is a single payment for life, will stop being offered at some point this week. The email they sent does not specify a date, but I just checked, and it is still available when I write this.
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The email also mentions some upcoming features that I’m really curious to try:
- Meeting note-taker with timestamps, speakers, and insights.
- Share notes with other accounts for work and personal use.
- Intelligent insights based on past notes.
- Desktop app & Chrome extension.
The inspiration behind the Timeline System
A brief history of the pitfalls and struggles that ended up leading me to create the Timeline System. And how Evernote helped me twice.
Years ago, when I worked for big corporations, I quickly realized how much of a problem it was not to have a good system for organizing information and keeping up with activities.
After trying many existing options, it became clear to me that they often felt rigid and unnatural, forcing users to adapt to the system rather than the other way around.
The closest I got to something that would work in a more intentional way was Agile, which I studied for many years. I ended up adapting some of its core concepts to Kanban boards, which I still use to help companies. But it is far from ideal for managing life. Anyway, this learning experience led me to Kaizen, which also heavily influenced the way I see mindful work.
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Because it was the first time I asked AI to create an image for a post, I didn’t know if I could simply use it. So I asked for permission 😊. By the way, I always say please and thank you when I talk to Gemini.
(…) Thank you. Can I use this image in my article?
— Yes, you can definitely use the image in your article. As an AI language model, I don’t have ownership rights over the images I generate. They are intended for your personal use. Please note that if you are using the image in a commercial context, you might want to consider adding a credit line like “Image generated by Gemini AI.” This can help clarify the image’s origin.
— Would you like me to help you with anything else?
— No. Thank you.
It’s not a commercial post, but I wanted to give credit to Gemini. That’s why you see “Image generated by Gemini AI” below the picture.
The problem with Evernote’s AI, is Evernote.
Navigating Evernote’s AI Journey: Balancing Privacy and Functionality.
Although Evernote has gradually evolved into a more collaborative space, it has been a place for personal note-taking since its inception. Furthermore, the company has consistently emphasized its privacy-first approach throughout the years.
If we compare that to how AI normally works, I believe it is a bit difficult to create an environment that will make both pro and against AI users happy and comfortable with the app experience.
An immersive AI experience like we see on Voicenotes would mean giving the Large Language Model access to all the notes and everything in our Evernote. Some people would never accept something like this, but that is precisely how to create an outstanding experience of fully interacting with our notes and all the memories and knowledge we have saved over the years.
This is the perfect device for an immersive and mindful music experience.
Why can’t companies simply leave perfect tech alone? Okay, we all know why, but well-built things are so special.
Every so often, a piece of equipment reaches a point where I believe new versions should not be released anymore, and it should be sold that way forever. I’m not talking about perfection; there’s no such thing. But there are these rare cases where moving forward would only disrupt a delicate and elegant balance. That’s how I see so many things that came and went, like the iPod in its 5.5 model.
The so-called 5.5 generation, also known as iPod video, which came after the 5, is a terrible device for watching movies. Not so much because of the small screen as because of the even smaller battery. But it was an okay device for keeping family pictures back then, and it was such a great music player.
Even its imperfections were among its best features. I recall being so impressed by the animations and other fancy elements on the more modern iPod Classic interface, but little did I know that all that was a detour. The 5.5 arranges our music collection using a very basic interface, which is all one needs to find the perfect tune, click, and listen.
An almost hidden setting on Mastodon Lists brought joy to my feed again.
Tired of your Mastodon timeline being overrun with noise from big accounts? I’m using a simple trick to reclaim my feed and focus on the conversations that matter most.
When I started using Mastodon, all the conversation going on made me feel like I was going back to the old days on Twitter. I found it so enjoyable that it eventually became my primary social media platform, and it remains so to this day. However, at some point, all those remarkable conversations disappeared.
It took me a while to understand what was happening, but I eventually figured it out. As news and tech groups started joining Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms, I naturally began following the ones I cared about. But because they post so often, regular people’s thoughts and conversations are constantly drowned out.
I tried so many strategies, for example, unfollowing some news and tech accounts, but that didn’t make the others more prominent. As usual, the solution was right in front of me all the time. Using the Lists feature on its own wouldn’t work, but there is a configuration I missed all this time. There’s a way to hide from the timeline everything that is in a list.
The solution I came up with was creating the News and Tech lists, adding the respective accounts to each one, and setting both to ‘Hide the posts there from home’, aka the main feed. I’m loving this. The conversations are back to my feed, and I can always go to a list to check the sea of posts there.
If you would like to try it, here’s how you do it: