We often liken Evernote to a second brain, one that helps you remember all the stuff that might otherwise fall through the cracks. There’s another great analogy for Evernote: a bridge. It connects the old with the new, the physical with the digital in ways that would’ve seemed impossible just a few years ago.
The Evernote Trunk is full of partners that demonstrate this–from scanners to smartpens, Evernote has become the go-to way to digitally save analog content, which is why we’re so excited about today’s announcement of Evernote’s partnership with IdeaPaint, now available in the Evernote Trunk.
What is IdeaPaint?
IdeaPaint is a special kind of paint that can turn anything into a dry-erase writing surface. It’s used in schools, offices, hospitals, and homes around the world. Why get a whiteboard when you can write on your entire wall with a coat of paint.
How do IdeaPaint and Evernote work together?
Evernote is good at bridging the worlds of old and new technology because it not only stores content, but also makes it searchable. After a long brainstorming session with IdeaPaint, snap a photo with your digital camera or smartphone. Next, bring the image into Evernote. We’ll make all the text searchable so you can find those great ideas whenever you want from any device you use. Next, use Evernote’s sharing features to share those images with your class, team or colleagues. It couldn’t be easier.
The simple, inexpensive digital whiteboard alternative
Evernote and IdeaPaint are turning something incredibly simple into a powerful, high-tech solution. For a fraction of the cost of a digital whiteboard, you can now use your walls and Evernote to write, save, find, share and repeat. This is the ideal option for school and small businesses looking to do more with tools they already have.
Super bundle: Get IdeaPaint and Evernote together
Evernote and IdeaPaint have teamed up for an extra special offer. Buy 50 square feet or more of any IdeaPaint and get 3-months of Evernote Premium for free (offer valid in the US and Canada, only). The Evernote Premium offer means you’ll be able to snap photos of lessons, meetings, lectures, doodles, and just about anything else to your heart’s content. To take advantage of this offer, visit the IdeaPaint website.
Giveaway time!
Here are the winners of the Evernote IdeaPaint Giveaway!
479 Comments
Ryan K.
Team meetings just got better – instead of leaving up weeks old stuff on the board/wall, Evernote can help ensure we clear it every day… meaning new ideas go up every day. Use Ideapaint to put the dry-erase wall not confined in some distant meeting room but right where people work. Thanks.
Mahesh S
Working in a tech startup means that you never have enough whiteboard space. Also means that we can’t afford to buy many traditional whiteboards let alone digital whiteboards. I’d use IdeaPaint to convert all our conference room walls into whiteboards. Today, we photograph discussions and email it to ourselves. Would be nice upload it to a shared Evernote account and make everything searchable. When discussions resume, we can project previous conclusions and search for discussion keywords as necessary — no need to spend another hour arguing about the same topic over again.
Marissa Dumas
OMG I think this is a SUPER AWESOME IDEA!! White board are a necessity in most offices, but are extremely expensive. Idea Paint is a GREAT option for our office. I work at an Architect’s office and we have whole wall of ideas and thoughts, posted by stickies or hanging up a huge sheet of white paper… we call it brains on the wall
This idea paint is a PERFECT solution for this messy wall. Oh my goodness, I can’t even tell you how excited I am about this idea. I also think it’s a great product to share with the many school districts we work with, not to mention the business we design for. This is a really great product and I’m excited to spread the news 
Michael Durwin
I’d paint the walls of my office with IdeaPaint: I work best with white boards, yet I crave the organization and safety of digital. To be able to plan on white board, photograph then add to Evernote to tag and organize would be key!
Rev. Brian Henerson
Wow! Our community ministry team could really use this in our arts and music school as a tool for teaching pretty much everything. In addition, we would use this for team planning and brainstorming!
Steve
At my previous consulting job we painted the entire office in ideapaint. We used ideapaint exclusively for meeting notes, idea generations and even client presentations. We archieved everything via snapshots from our cameras. Excellent product!! I’m no self-employed and would love to incorporate this in my business in the same way. Plus isn’t the iPad so freaking awesome.
David Thomas
I would use IdeaPaint in my home workout room so that I can plan out my workouts for a week, then save them to Evernote for tracking my progress.
Nicola
This would be great for teaching math – we need lots of board space, and evernote to save it.
Steph
This is pretty rad! I would use ideapaint to cover a part of my bedroom and use it for both school and marathon training.
I’d write up the homework and training schedule for the week. Write the date, snap a photo and always have my to do list for the week handy
Robin Rakes
I think this will be a *hit* product!!! I could really use this in my art studio… another creative surface!!!! If it evers gets clean. Think you can throw in a organizer? LOL
Jimmy Parker
I’d paint my bathroom walls and encourage visitors to leave graffiti.
Corey Russell
I can think of endless uses for business and personal use. Entire wall coverage in training room, class room, office. I could paint my desk top, office door, file cabinet doors, supply cabinet doors. At home… Definitely a Kitchen wall or pantry door for notes or grocery items. I child’s wall, game room wall, an art table, and more. This is a very cool idea. Especially in collaboration with Evernote. Never use a sticky again! just Jot,Snap,Save to Evernote. I feel more organized already! Thanks!
Edsel Dumas
Wow super awesome idea, kids room for sure with the paint and evernote for everything else !!!!
Missy Skattum
I love the ideapaint, such a great concept. I have been contemplating putting up a dry erase board in my office, but I would rather use this product. I would use the ipad and ideapaint for many ideas, it is so unlimited with what you could do
Tim
Most of our brainstorming starts at either peoples’ desks or in the break room. I would paint our desktops with IdeaPaint and also the cabinets and appliances in the break room. It might be a bit challenging when you have to interrupt someone though. For example, “I hate to interrupt you illustrating your version of grand unification theory, but I need to get some Sweet n Low.”
JPW
I just saw the Idea Paint developers on a CNBC special the other night . . . how apropos.
I’d use the paint with invisible markers, then install a blacklight
As the the iPad, I’d probably paint that too. Opaque. I have no use for a cult product other than to donate it to an art auction and raise funds for charity.
Jamey Edel
I would use ideapaint in my kids rooms, above my kitchen counter(Keeping notes during cooking), and my office walls. I can’t imagine how much pain this would have saved me when my kids write all over their walls with markers. I can’t wait!!
Alison
I would paint one wall of our meeting room at my office to create more room to create.
Inga
I homeschool my kids, and this would have endless possibilities for us!
Aaron Uribe
I would use it to paint a wall where we currently hang a white-board family calendar. I think it would be cooler to just be able to use the wall.
Christine McDaniel
I would love to use this paint on my gym at home to leave inspirational messages to my husband and son for their workouts. It would also be a great way for us to keep up with our progress on how much we lift and the reps!!!!
Andy
I would paint my desk with idea paint. It’s currently covered in sticky notes and it would be much better to just be able to right on my desk, then take a pic at the end of the day. One way to be a little bit greener too.
Jessica J.
ipad is already my main meeting notes thing – but I have to carry it + a paper folder for certain quick notes. Having the ability to do the quick notes ON the ipad? Golden.
As for ideapaint in general – we’ve been talking about a wall to write on in our office for ages. That’s just perfect.
Chris Revon
As soon as I get to buy my own house, I will definitely love to have this thing painted on my wall as my ideas just come to me just like that, and I would not want to turn on my computer when it is still fresh. I just would like to just go back to basics and just write them down, in this case, on a wall. And the good thing about it is that I could always see it unless I erase it, so I could always add stuff into it. And for sure, this is great for brainstorming. And since I write scripts, great for outlining. As for ideas for my photo shoot, I could just draw on the wall and be able to see my concept unless I erase it.
Erik Deckers
I would use my IdeaPainted iPad to write notes like “I have an iPad and you don’t! Neener, neener, neener!” on it, and then hold it up so everyone else in the coffee shop could see it. Then I would use the camera to tell me when someone is about to come up and punch me in the eye.
Erik Deckers
On a more serious note, I do a lot of writing and blogging for clients and for various book projects. I am building a home office, and would love to turn one of the walls into an IdeaPaint wall so I can sketch out chapters, outline blog posts, and create social media marketing plans for clients.
Joe Carr
I belong to an amateur astronomy group who are involved in preventing light pollution and promoting a green, power smart community. I would use Idea Paint at our strategy meetings to keep us focused on the important stuff. Posting our strategy to a shareable Evernote would really help out group pull together and become more effective.
Dan Sullivan
We are in our dining room almost 20 hours a day, homeschooling, home-officeing, and playing games. I would paint 50 square feet of our dining room, mount a frame to the wall around it, and use it as grand central station for info for our many kids and seriously organized wife! (and dad [me] would probably doodle on it and archive them to evernote.)
It looks pretty cool!
Thanks!
Tricia
As a teacher, this would be a fantastic way to motivate my students, especially when they discover it’s actually okay to draw on walls!