Now you can send your tweets directly into Evernote. Why is this cool? Because Twitter is chock-full of great stuff. Your ideas, thoughts, and experiences mixed together with all of the content from the people you follow: journalism, storytelling, commentary, activism, even comedy –to quote Rob Corddry, “It’s the perfect joke-writing medium. If you need more than 140 characters then it’s not worth it.”
Thanks to the Evernote-Twitter integration, you can easily capture the tweets you like: your own or those showing up in your stream. Plus, as an added bonus, you can now send yourself a quick note right from Twitter –no need to do any of that pesky app switching. Here’s how…
Say ‘Hello’ to @myEN
Evernote now lets you send public Twitter messages, and private Direct Messages, right into your Evernote account for searchable, permanent safekeeping. It’s called myEN, and here’s how it works.
Setting up myEN
First, you’ll need an Evernote account. It’s free. Get yours now »
- Follow myEN on Twitter (you will need a Twitter account)
- myEN will follow you back, and send you a DM with a link
- Click the link, sign into Evernote, and connect your Evernote and Twitter accounts
If you have a protected Twitter account, then do the following: follow myEN, accept myEN’s follow request, then send myEN a DM. After that, go to step 3 above.
How to use myEN
- For Public tweets: Add @myEN to the body of any public tweet
- For Direct Messages: Send a DM to myEN to create a new note in Evernote
Tip: Retweet something you like and add @myEN to save it into Evernote.
It usually takes under a minute for a message to show up in your Evernote account, depending on how Twitter is feeling.
SMS notes
Thanks to Twitter’s built-in SMS support, you will now be able to send notes into Evernote from any mobile phone, anywhere in the world. In the US, text message “d myEN [your note]” to 40404 (you will need a Twitter account to do this). Go here to see your country’s Twitter SMS number.
Tweets with Twitpics
A popular way to embed photos into Twitter messages is with Twitpic. If a tweet that you send to Evernote contains a Twitpic URL, a thumbnail of the photo will show up in Evernote along with a link to the original image. Nice.
API developers take note
This integration now adds Twitter to the, ever-growing, list of ways to interact with Evernote, and by extension your apps. Think about it. There are tons of great possibilities. Check out our developer section for more info.
We hope you like our Twitter integration. There’s lots more exciting stuff coming soon.
Update: How fast is it?
The speed with which your notes get into Evernote depends on how you send them and how bogged down Twitter happens to be at the time. Direct messages (DM) to myEN will almost always get into your Evernote account in a minute or two, while public @myEN replies can sometimes take 30 minutes. Either way, don’t worry, the tweets will be there by the time you need to remember them again.
251 Comments
Rob Boyd
Very awesome integration of Twitter and Evernote. What will you guys think of next?
Doug
I’m having the same problem as some others. I went through the Follow routine last night, but no DM from myen. Tried sending the DM to myen today, still no DM back. Am I missing something?
Doug
All is well now. Don’t know what the problem was earlier, but I got the DM and everything appears to be set up.
Guitar Alliance
My twitter list is getting out of control! This will really help – thanks!
Steve H
myEN won’t send me a DM or even a request to follow me. It just kinda sits there. hmmmmmn
xen
i just tried to set this up and didnt click the link. now it wont work, cant find the link anywhere
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Andrew Sinkov
@xen Try sending a DM @myEN. It will reply with a new link.
Acai Extract
I have registered in twitter for a while but I don’t know how to take advantage of it so I rarely use it. This article really solve my problem.
john
This is awesome! I’ve been using evernote for quite a long time and I just started using twitter. The integration is just awesome. Took me a while to finally make the move to twitter but I’m there now.
Dunno if it was answered yet or I just missed it, but is there a way to have the tweets go to specific notebooks just for twitter specific content?
ljay
Same question as Tim above..I have several twitter accounts for home and biz. Can I use this on different accounts?
thanks,
ljay
Andrew Sinkov
@Ijay You can only link a single Twitter account to your Evernote account.
Bodylastics
Oh yeah – I love new features – thanks!
Muhd Noor
Hey, this is really, really awesome man! Now, I don’t have to keep switching from evernote to twitter and back again.
Appreciate it, thanks man..
Muhd Noor
greatlife
Twitter has changed the world we communicated.. thanx for this info it really will help make things easier.
Jan
Not working for me on direct messages…
What did I do wrong?
Mork
Wow..this is just what I was looking for, you guys rock!!
Anwar
This looks a great feature. Should be exciting to use.
Singer Machines
This is awesome! I love the new features!
MICR
Wow! Just when I think Evernote can’t get any better, there you go proving me wrong! I don’t know how I ever got along without it!
Allan
Thank you very much, great powerful feature, this will come in handy
quimicadelta
For me is not working either, please reset my account. I don’t get the direct message to link the accounts.
Andrew Sinkov
@quimicadelta Try sending myEN a direct message.
Game Console Bundles
Yet another way to catalog my life in Evernote
Great feature – keep up the good work!
adjustable bed mattress
Yet another great feature added, wondering how easy will it be for people using evernote, keep the good work going..
jshoreman
Very useful for people who use twitter, but i’ve never tried or known what twitter is about.
Mr. nG
How about function or Add-on for
Evernote + facebook = Instant goodies
Fred
Wow! Thank you for the info. Great job, I cant wait to try it for myself
Shawn
Excellent news! Kudos to the EN team. I do have two feature requests, if you’re making a list: 1) An option to have EverNote import Favorite Tweets would be quite handy for capturing tweets you don’t want to RT. 2) Will you explore adding more twitter-specific image hosting services (especially pic.im) to the list of things EN will recognize?
Again, many thanks.
z.Yleo77
it’s a wonduful update…
ClintW
Excellent idea to increase input options to EverNote. This increases usability exponentially.
In this same spirit, may I suggest the following:
A plugin / option that will allow users to use an external editor to enter data into Evernote.
I’m sure there are many coders, writers and bloggers who ‘d love that feature:
Current workaround is to use a mail client that allows external editors and e-mail the note to evernote…. not ideal, but …
Paul Easton
Great use of twitter for more functionality, thanks for the information.
Rohit Nair
Brilliant feature, extremely useful
Alviz
We’ll love this feature… it’s awesome and powerful.
Tim
I can’t wait to try it. Just as a note in the video it says t check your “Evernote account” for a direct message, but you really meant Twitter.
ghostlibrarian
I really, really want to use the twitter/evernote connection. There are so many tweets that I’d like to save but it doesn’t work for me. When I put @myen nothing happens. When I click on the drop box for my DM myen is not in the list. What’s the problem?
Andrew Sinkov
@ghostlibrarian Have you followed myEN and received a DM from it?
Bon
This is great for my twitter-filled lifestyle I have these days. Thanks so much.
fasil
Evernote is one of my favorite and this improvement is highly commendable one…
Great work…
Just a tweet will make a note ,wow to use…
Rob
Great idea – but my LINK TWITTER EVERNOTE option does not appear – even after following your instructions twice.
Greg
Great idea – but my LINK TWITTER EVERNOTE option does not appear – even after following your instructions twice
I have the same
Michael
I also have more than one Twitter account and would appreciate the ability to import messages from any of them. Keep up the good work!
Les Foster
Yet another way to catalog my life in Evernote
Great feature – keep up the good work!
BD
Yea I’m still waiting on the direct message to link to my evernote account.
Conrad
I followed MyEN but never got the DM back. Is there another way to connect the accounts?
Andrew Sinkov
@Conrad Send myEN a DM, it should reply back.
Hugh Collioer
This looks fantastic. I’m always losing great content on twitter because I don’t get around to bookmarking it right away!
I’ve followed @myEN but haven’t had a follow back or a DM. Strange thing though is that I can send @myEN a DM which usually you can only do when someone is also following you. Anyway hope it resolves itself because like I said this looks fantastic!
Hugh Collioer
RE: my last post. I was too impatient. Everything is working fine now.
Cara
I haven’t gotten the message back from EN with the link, signed up this morning. maybe it will come thru later? also, EN is not on the direct message list.
Greg Santos
Finally got a link from @myEN.
Says I have connected my Twitter account, but dm’ing myEV is not adding notes to my Evernote.
Is there a current issue or suggested fix?
Shazzer
The twitter link to my EverNote account was working beautifully until today when…for some reason…”myEN” unfollowed me. This means I can no longer get info into EverNote by DM and I am uncertain how to get the bot to follow me again. Please advise.
Ally
I’ve been having a problem with using @myen. I noticed this morning when I synced Evernote that some of the tweets I’ve been sending aren’t being downloaded/saved, while others are being saved twice.
This especially concerns me because I’ve sent quite a bit from my phone while on the go.
Is there a reason this might be happening?
Technoshaman
Ah, that’s what I’ve been looking for so long! Finally a tool that makes my Twitter experience more deeply meaningful. I predict that this little tool has a huge future. A small step for the Evernote team, a giant step for the collective memory and intelligence of organizations and communities!
It also inspires me to become a power user of Evernote and develop smart uses of it for my client system. That is, after going through the first hurdle: finding a simple, 1-click way to add tags to a new note instead having to create it first and only after having to locate a view where there’s the tagline to click on. I hope there’s a simpler way but the Guide .pdf didn’t say anything about it.
Homeway
I made many notes in Evernote. But I want to read the notes in Evernote of iPod touch，always force quit。
Paulette McNab
How to add evernote to my blackberry?
Accounting Outsourcing
Hi Guys,
It’s Very Good news.
Thanks for this good news.