Join Phil Libin (CEO, Evernote), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital) and Gary Little (Morgenthaler Ventures) for a conversation with Wade Roush of Xconomy about what it means to build a 100-year company.

In a valley where the latest tech fads rule and venture funds often last a decade or less, how do you even begin to think about making your startup last into the 22nd century?

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The event will take place in Mountain View, California on February 7th.

Last night, Evernote won the Best Mobile App Crunchie Award. We’re honored.

Tremendous thanks to you, our amazing users and fans, for your continued support.

Thank you!

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Redesigned note panel

In this update, we completely redesigned the note panel. The goals of the redesign were clarity and simplification. You’ll notice that the new layout is much more space-efficient. For example, we moved information about the note into the “i” button. We also made note sharing options much more prominent with the new, big share arrow.

In addition to saving space, the new layout is also easier to understand and use. The icons have all been updated, and we now treat dropdowns in a new, cleaner way.

Additionally, we added some intelligence into the headers. When you’re browsing through your notes, we show the date created and updated in the note header area. As soon as you start editing the note, the date fades away and becomes the formatting bar. If you want to edit the date, click on the “i.”

Easier checklists

Creating checklists has never been easier. Now, the app will continue your checklist when you move to a new line. Start your checklist by clicking the checkbox icon in the format bar or by pressing CMD+SHIFT+T. After typing in your first item, hit return. The next line will also contain a checkbox. Hit return again without entering any text and the checkbox will disappear.

View multiple notes when in fullscreen mode

When you’re in full screen mode on OS X Lion, you can now double click on as many notes as you like and view each in its own window, all while Evernote remains in full screen in the background.

Better tables

Tables also get an upgrade in this release. Now you can add or remove rows and columns in existing tables. To do this, right click on the table and select Tables from the menu.

And lots more

As always, in addition to the things you see, there are a ton of improvements under the hood. We have lots more to come. Enjoy.

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Behind the Lightbulb

Tap on the lightbulb icon and then choose an item from the menu. You’ll be taken to a screen that explains where to find, and how to use, a bunch of useful features—from creating a checklist to using Skitch to exploring new features.

New items and those that you haven’t tried appear at the top of the list. Once you view an item, it moves to the end. Check the lightbulb after every release to see what’s new. It’s a fun way to explore and learn more about Evernote. Take a look.

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• App: Quicktate
• Platform: Any
• Price: Monthly and Pay As You Go Plans available
• Type: Transcription

For those of you who use Evernote’s audio feature to record notes, you’ll find today’s Trunk Spotlight to be very exciting. Quicktate can actually turn lengthy voice notes into text that you can easily search for and access anywhere you have Evernote installed.

An introduction to Quicktate

Unlike some transcription services, Quicktate does not use voice recognition technology but rather, employs its own team of pre-screened professionals that transcribe voice recordings. Because your audio notes are transcribed by a real human being, the accuracy of the transcription is remarkably high, and the turnaround is surprisingly quick.

Quicktate transcribes both long and short voice notes. A 60 minute voice note recorded in Evernote can be transcribed in about 4-6 hours. This means that if you attended a meeting in the morning and recorded it using the audio feature in Evernote, you’d get the transcription before the end of the day. A 30 second voice note can be transcribed in minutes.

How it works

To start using Quicktate, first create an account. As part of setting up your account, you’ll be asked to authorize Quicktate to access your Evernote account. After you’ve linked your accounts, anytime you create an audio recording in Evernote, the recording will be sent to Quicktate for transcription, and the transcribed text will go straight back into the original note in your Evernote account.

You can record an audio note in every version of Evernote. But if you’re on the go, you can also call (888) 222-NOTE and dictate your recording to Quicktate. They’ll transcribe your recording and create a new note in your Evernote account containing the results).

Why would I want to transcribe long-form audio?

There are plenty of reasons why you’d want to record and then transcribe a long audio note. Here are a few ideas:

• To capture and search everything discussed at a business meeting. There’s no better way to know what each person said at a meeting than to record and transcribe the entire meeting.
• To capture speeches and lectures. Whether you’re attending a class, or a conference, you can record a speaker and forget about having to feverishly take notes.
• To write your book. Ok, you might not be an author, but if you are writing a book, blog post, or article, you might want to speak some (or all) parts of it to capture nuanced dialogue and emotion.
• To record an important event. Whether you need to capture the scene of a car accident, or a business deal, dictating the events happening around you might be the easiest way to capture them. Transcribing these notes might be the easiest way to find and remember them later.

How would you use Quicktate and Evernote together? Tell us in the comments.

The Evernote API

Quicktate was able to do all this thanks to the open, free Evernote API. You can also create amazing Evernote-integrated apps and products. Take a look at our developer site for more information.

It’s been a few months since we announced our Ambassador Program, and since our launch, we’ve added a few new faces to the mix, including our Fitness Ambassador, Chad Williams, and Parenting Ambassador, Carley Knobloch. We hope that you’ve been able to gain some valuable insights from them on ways to use Evernote in a slew of different contexts.

Most of the tips that they share have, to date, been online, but we’re excited about some of them starting to take their teachings and experience offline. Case in point: Brandie Kajino, our Organization Ambassador, recently held a meetup in her hometown of Vancouver, Washington.

Users Teaching Users to Get More Out of Evernote

Brandie created a set of great tips for using Evernote, available for download below.

People of all backgrounds and levels of use (Free and Premium, die-hards and newbies) came to the meetup to learn about ways to get the most out of Evernote’s organizational features. You can read all about Brandie’s meetup on her blog.

A number of you have asked if an event can be held in your area and the answer is: YES! Anyone is welcome to hold a meetup. You can organize a meetup at your local coffee shop, park, or public space, using Meetup.com. We’ll also be working with our existing Ambassadors to hold local events around the country. Stay tuned.

New Ambassadors Coming Soon!

Our Ambassador Program keeps growing with great new ideas and people. To follow what our Ambassadors are up to, learn about ways to get the most out of Evernote, and share your tips, join the discussion. Follow @evernotelife on Twitter, where we share Ambassador tips, tweet about local Evernote events, tweetups, and more.

Get Organized Today: Download Brandie’s Tips Evernote’s Organization Ambassador, Brandie Kajino, shares her top 10 tips for using Evernote to get organized. From figuring out how to approach active tasks and projects, to staying on top of office needs, this worksheet will help you get a headstart on living a more organized life as a working professional.

• App: Dolphin
• Platform: Android
• Price: Free
• Type: Mobile Browser

Whether you’re traveling, working from a coffee shop, or just sitting on the couch, sometimes it’s just easier to browse the web from your mobile device. If you’re using an Android device, then a great way to do your mobile browsing is with Dolphin Browser. Now, you can get add-ons for Skitch and Evernote that let you annotate webpages or save text to Evernote.

The Skitch Add-On

You can now seamlessly grab web content you’re viewing on Dolphin on your Android device and annotate it using Skitch. You can point something out on a page, draw on a map, make a quick reminder to yourself, then save it to Evernote or share with your friends. First, be sure to install Skitch. Next…

1. Download the Skitch Add-On for Dolphin.
2. When you come across web content you’d like to edit, swipe to the right to reveal the add-on bar and tap the Skitch icon.
3. The page instantly opens in Skitch, where you can add text, arrows, circles, free-hand lines and drawings. Next, save it or share it. It’s that simple!

Clipping Text from Webpages

In addition to allowing you to annotate web clips and screenshots using Skitch, you can now also clip text from the webpages you visit straight into your Evernote account. Capture articles, research, travel deals, and more. To do this:

1. Download the Evernote Add-On for Dolphin and authorize your account.
2. Whenever you come across text on any web page that you might want to remember, select it and tap the Evernote logo on the right side bar. The information you want to remember will be synced to your Evernote account.

The Evernote API

Dolphin was able to do all this thanks to the open, free Evernote API. You can also create amazing Evernote-integrated apps and products. Take a look at our developer site for more information.

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The new PDF functionality lets you do things that weren’t possible before. Search results will be highlighted inside of PDFs, you can easily drag PDFs out of Evernote, and you can even copy text. Also, when you mouse over the PDF, you’ll notice a new toolbar. Here’s how it all works.

Search inside PDF
If you have a scanned document or a digital PDF in Evernote, then search results will be highlighted in yellow right inside the PDF. You can also use CTRL+F to search inside a specific note.

Drag PDFs out of Evernote
Besides allowing you to move from page to page of your PDF, the new PDF toolbar also lets you drag a PDF out of Evernote and into other apps, your desktop, or just about anywhere you like. To do this, click and drag the middle section of the toolbar, then drop the file.

Copy and paste
If your PDF contains text that can be selected, you can now copy that text and paste it into other programs right from the note pane.

PDFs are even better with Evernote Premium

One of the great features of Evernote Premium is that it automatically performs OCR on any scanned document PDFs in your account and makes them searchable. This feature is made all the more powerful now that search results are highlighted right inside the PDF. Learn more about Evernote Premium »

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Auto titles

There are times when you need to remember something on the go — a fast snapshot or a quick voice memo. Evernote is great for that. The problem was, how to find those notes later? In this update, we’ve come up with a great solution: auto-titles for untitled notes. Now, Evernote will create a title based on the content of the note and time that the note was created, making it much easier to find it later.

Improved image layout in notes

We’ve also made some improvements to how snapshots appear inside your notes. There is now padding around images, so if a note contains several images, they show up nicely spaced and easier to view. As always, if you tap on an image, you can view it in full-screen view. A long tap lets you annotate it in Skitch.

Save anytime

If you compose lengthy notes on your phone or tablet, then you’ll like our new Save feature. Tap the Save button in the note and a version will be saved to your device’s memory. No need to exit the note. When you’re finished, tap Done and the note will Sync.

And more…

This update is also full of bug fixes and reliability improvements. You’ll notice that notes save much more quickly. We have lots more to come. Stay tuned.

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Your photos are now on a beautiful dark background, which really showcases the meal. Notes are placed at the top of the meal and captions are right below each image. Friends that receive your link can save the meal to their own Evernote accounts, see where the meal occurred and re-share it to their social networks.

Here’s an example of a shared meal that I created on a recent trip to the Ferry Building in San Francisco.

How to share a meal

There are two options for sharing a meal. You can either do it inside Evernote Food or from Evernote.

• From Evernote Food: Open the meal and tap on the share icon in the lower right. Choose a sharing option and you’re done.
• From Evernote: Open the meal and share it as you would any individual note.

More to come

We have lots more to come from Evernote Food, including new features and new platforms. Stay tuned.

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Bio

Daniel works at LexisNexis, where he consults with attorneys on how to be more productive and effective by using LexisNexis litigation software. He’s also an attorney and recently penned an e-book, which is for sale in the Evernote Trunk, about ways to use Evernote to be more productive.

I use Evernote, Everywhere:

• Windows (work)
• Windows & Mac (home)
• Android phone
• iPad

I use Evernote for Work

At LexisNexis, I oversee business relationships with 150 of the largest law firms in 8 states in the Southeast. I quickly found that managing this business was much more complex and challenging than practicing law, and I realized I needed a much better system to organize everything I do at work and responsibilities at home (I’m a dad to three children).

Evernote changed everything for me. It shook the very essence of how I stay organized.

• Evernote is much more than a note-taking app. To me, it’s a life management tool. It allows me to organize everything that I do in my life — from my work, to my blog, to my e-book, and my life with my wife and kids.
• I use one notebook to remember everything except shared information. I have a couple of levels of organization. I use separate tags to break out my GTD methodology (such as contexts, things I need to do today, next actions, active projects, inactive projects, etc). I have a major category for tags, such as Home, Work, Clients, Reference, Stuff, etc., and then minor categories nested underneath, such as insurance, mortgage, doctors, and so forth. I use Notebook Stacks to stay organized as well. Anything that needs to be shared with clients, colleagues or family will go into a Shared Notebook inside of the Stack. To search, I look through my tags, or do a Saved Search. Some of my tags and Saved Searches are dragged to the awesome Favorites Bar!
• When compiling content for a client, I include a lot of information in one note. I’ll include contracts, literature pieces, Powerpoint presentations, and notes where I talked to the client on the phone. I’ll use Note Links to paste a link if the information resides in a separate note within Evernote. A real bonus is that Evernote auto-populates the date and time for me with a single shortcut every time I want to add new information in the note.

• When working on new business, I send all pertinent emails to Evernote. I review those and all relevant notes. When trying to understand next steps, everything is in one central location. [Learn how to email to Evernote]
• Note Links help keep me on track when I’m running around meetings. I think Note Links are the key to success in Evernote! I use them everywhere I can.  For example, when I’m traveling for work, I create a master note with my travel itinerary. In that master note, I include all of the times of where I need to be and when. My airline confirmation is a Note Link in this master note. On my last trip, I had a meeting with a law firm, where I hyperlinked the lawyer’s name to the agenda I created in Evernote for that lawyer, which talked about three things I wanted to accomplish in that meeting. Within that agenda was a Note Link to another note that embedded a video of a client testimonial I saved in Evernote that I wanted to show him. Because I’m a Premium user, I had saved the notes in an offline folder. When it came time to meet, I brought only my iPad, and only had to access that one note to know exactly what we would talk about. I didn’t have to go fiddling around folders, notebooks, or my work laptop. I had it all there in my iPad and all I had to do was click on that Note Link. It was “magical” and the client was really impressed with my organization and professionalism! [Learn how to use Note Links]
• I use Shared Notebooks with my team. This is where I can send other members of my team to benefit from finding existing information, rather than having to spend hours doing repetitive work. For example, I’m working on travel plans with a colleague. I’ve already done the research we need and put it into a Shared Notebook, along with our itinerary. Similarly, while I prepped for a presentation on electronic discovery for a law firm’s litigation team, I did research on LexisNexis to learn more about new case law and about the law firm, created the presentation based on what I found, and then put it all into a Shared Notebook, which I shared with the marketing and branding teams, as well as other colleagues. [Learn more about sharing from Evernote]

• I scan all of my expenses while I travel, to save time later. When I’m at a hotel, I’ll scan all of my receipts for the day. It makes my life so much easier at the end of the week, when I’m back from my trip and don’t have to worry about scanning.

Evernote for Managing Family Life, and Learning

I’ve found Evernote to be an invaluable tool to not only help manage my family trips, recipes, kids’ artwork, and progress reports, but to actually help my son learn.

How I use Peek to Help my Son with Math

My son’s school gives him these 25 question speed drills in math. I wanted to create a fun and engaging way to help him learn the answers to questions, so I decided to give Peek a try. I created a new notebook called ‘Jacob’s math questions’ and took 75 of his math questions and created 75 notes in that notebook. I opened the notebook up in Peek and Jacob has been loving it. It’s so engaging for him and fun to watch him. He gets so excited to lift the cover and see he got the answer right. Evernote has basically helped Jacob turn his math speed drills into something fun!

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Audio Notes for Demonstrating Learning Progress

My son had a reading tutor over the summer and I wanted to track his progress. I turned to the audio note feature in Evernote to record him at the beginning of the summer reading his book. At the end of the summer, I recorded him reading the same exact book. It was not only amazing for me as a parent to hear the difference before and after, but even more amazing for Jacob! Now, Jacob even asks for me to record him in Evernote.

Evernote for Everything Else

I use Evernote for everything related to organizing my family and capturing sentimental things that I might want to recall in the future. For example, I have a ScanSnap scanner which goes with me on all my travels. At home, I use it to scan in my kids’ artwork. To date, I have about 250 notes with artwork tagged with my kids’ names. They know their creations live in Evernote.

I’ve also tried to go paperless, so I scan in documents related to landscaping, pest control, everything for my dog, my kids’ progress reports, and more. [Visit our Paperless discussion]

Another great example of how I use Note Links is for planning family vacations. I was recently planning a family trip with my parents and they wanted to know where we were staying, what we’d be doing, and have directions to all of the places we’d be going. I pulled together all of the information that my wife had planned into an Evernote notebook and sent it off to them. I made it so much easier for my parents! The alternative is sending an email with multiple attachments or sending multiple emails, which can get totally overwhelming. My mom was blown away. [Learn more about sharing from Evernote]

Join the Parenting discussion and read about how our Parenting Ambassador, Carley, uses Evernote for Parenting.

Are you a father or an attorney? Share how you’re using Evernote in the comments.

You may recognize Chad Williams from the story he shared with us a few months ago. Chad is a personal trainer that started an online coaching business to help clients get in shape and stay motivated. Evernote plays an important role in helping his customers stay accountable and on track. Today, we’re excited to announce that Chad is joining our Ambassador Program as our new Fitness Ambassador. As many of us may have lofty fitness goals in 2012, Chad is sharing his tips for ways to use Evernote to help you get (or get back) into shape. Welcome, Chad!

It’s a new year, which often means time for resolutions for how to make this year different than the last. Unfortunately, many people fall short on accomplishing their resolutions each year. Usually this comes from not being clear in your goals, forgetting what they were, and not tracking your progress to see what’s working and what’s not. As a personal trainer, I’ve seen this happen all too often. Since I started using Evernote, I’ve figured out how I can help my clients stick to their fitness resolutions. I’ve compiled my top 10 tips for using Evernote to get you ahead of the game and finally reach your fitness goals this year.

Top 10 Ways to Stick to Your Fitness Resolutions This Year

1. Set your goals: make a checklist
   Clearly defining your goals is a big key to your success. We often say something like “lose weight” or maybe even “lose 20 pounds” but what’s missing is when that will happen. Leaving the door open on the goal makes it easy to then say, “I’ll start tomorrow.” Set a completion date for your goal and check off milestones as you complete them. [Learn how to create a checklist in Evernote]



2. Create workout logs
   Exercise is usually at the top of the list of New Year’s resolutions that people make. Be clear with what you plan to do and how often, but then make sure you log workouts to track your progress. By logging your workouts, you’ll have a better understanding of the progress you’re making.
3. Maintain your meal plans
   Diet is another big New Year’s resolution. Planning ahead is the key to success when it comes to watching what you eat. Use Evernote to plan your meals each week or even each month. When your meals are planned, you can be more organized and more likely to stick to your plan. You can also make a grocery checklist based on upcoming meals. [Learn how to create a checklist in Evernote]
4. Create a recipe resource
   Make sure you stick to your diet plan by creating a recipe resource. Having access to all of your favorite recipes in one location means that you’ll make smarter eating choices in the new year.



5. Keep track of what you’re eating
   Now that you’ve planned your meals and have recipes organized, keep a log of what you’re actually eating. Use Evernote Food to capture your chef skills at home or dining out experiences to build a resource of what foods you truly enjoy. Evernote Food can also be a great place for keeping your favourite recipes. [Learn more about Evernote Food]
6. Monitor your sleep schedule
   When it comes to health, sleep is one of the most commonly overlooked aspects of staying well. Do you know how long you sleep each night? Create a simple log of your sleep patterns in Evernote, recording the number of hours you sleep each night. You’ll probably start to see a trend and you’ll also figure out the amount of sleep you need for optimal performance in your day.
   
7. Keep track of measurements
   Monthly measurements of inches, weight, body fat percentage and accompanying body photos are an important aspect of tracking your success. If you see improvements, you’ll stay motivated. If you don’t, you’ll be reminded that it’s time to change something in your approach.
   
   
8. Capture inspiration and ideas from the web
   You probably browse the web for workout ideas, recipes, and inspirational quotes or photos. Use the Evernote Web Clipper to instantly capture anything you like into your Evernote account. [Learn more about how to clip content using the Web Clipper]



9. Share your results
   Sharing your progress with another person is a key element of staying on track. Share your logs or measurement notes with a close friend or family member to keep you accountable to someone who cares about you. Share individual notes via email, or put all of your result-related notes into a Shared Notebook. [Learn about sharing from Evernote]
10. Challenge yourself, with a buddy in tow
    Monthly or quarterly challenges are another way to keep you pushing forward. Create an exercise challenge and then invite others to participate. You can create a Shared Notebook with the challenge and then have a place for each person to check in daily or weekly. Working with others is a very powerful tool for keeping yourself challenged. [Learn about sharing from Evernote]

How will you use Evernote to achieve your fitness goals this year?

Bio

Kym Huynh is the founder of WeTeachMe, a company that lets people connect offline to teach each other everything from languages, to crafts and business. WeTeachMe operates on two levels: by connecting everyday people who want to learn new things with teachers around their area, and connecting teachers with a pool of students passionate about their topic. All the learning takes place in the real world where the sense of smell, touch and sight play an integral role in the learning process.

We use Evernote, Everywhere:

• iPhone
• Mac

We use Evernote for…

WeTeachMe aims to democratize education by giving everyone with a passion the ability to teach something to an engaged and willing audience. We’re an international team of five (we have folks in Australia, Greece, Ireland and China) and we all use Evernote.

We’re shifting from being a startup to a business, and Evernote is helping us make the transition. Evernote was absolutely essential to the organization of WeTeachMe. We literally have hundreds of documents, images, sound files and notes floating around. The ability to have them all centralized in one location is absolutely invaluable. We use Evernote to:

• Record audio notes during the customer development process: With Evernote installed on our smartphones and computers, we’re able to record and store audio clips from our customer development process for later reference and discussion.
• Location scout: The lessons and workshops at WeTeachMe happen at a variety of different locations and our team is always on the lookout for possible venues. When a suitable one is found, we snap photos of it with Evernote. These snapshots have both the longitude and latitude captured, so we never forget where a potential venue is located.
• Set goals: We use the checkbox function in Evernote to keep track of goals that we have set. Long-term, short-term; we got them all covered. [Learn how to create a checklist in Evernote]
• Keep a historical archive: We save old copy from our website into separate notes for later reference. It also provides a chance for the WeTeachMe team to tweak the copy as needed.
• Capture snapshots of handwritten notes: Notes are often written by hand. Evernote’s ability to take snapshots is incredibly handy. What really impresses us is Evernote’s ability to search for text within the image snapshots, which saves the need for us to type the notes manually; a big productivity booster.

• Get things done on the go: Having the Evernote app installed on our mobile devices gives us the freedom to accomplish more on the go.
• Keep track of expenses: We scan all of of our coffee, food and company receipts into Evernote for accounting purposes.

• Create and store meeting notes: Prior to launch, we used Evernote to create and store our meeting notes. Having them searchable and arranged chronologically makes referring to past meetings to see what we discussed/decided upon an extremely easy process.
• Save time by creating template notes: We tend to write the same emails over and over again. To shave time off writing emails, we saved some of the more common emails that we send out into separate notes. Instant productivity!

All of our work is centralized around Evernote’s incredible organizational and search capabilities. Evernote has also provided a great historical record of everything prior to launch. Post launch, we’re continuing to use Evernote to capture miscellaneous notes, meeting minutes, ideas and as an archive for our continual customer development process.

Making your goals happen

Often, things said in meetings are forgotten. Being able to jump back in time to see that snapshot is incredibly invaluable. We never lose sight of the goal and we make sure we don’t deviate from our original mission. Evernote was, and is, absolutely instrumental in the productivity boost at WeTeachMe headquarters. Rather than spend time working inside the business, we can spend the extra hours working on the business.

In this episode, we talk about Evernote Clearly, Evernote Food, Evernote Hello, Skitch for iPad, and take a look back at the year that was.

Podcast MP3 | iTunes | Audio feed | Length: 61mins

Podcast #32 topics

• Inc Magazine Company of the Year [Read the article]
• Evernote Clearly [Related post]
• Evernote Food [Related post]
• Evernote Hello [Related post]
• Skitch for iPad [Related post]
• Twitter questions

Inc Magazine

The many faces of Phil Constantinou

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We’ve set up a voicemail box just for you. Call us and tell us how you use Evernote-–don’t forget to tell us your name and where you’re from. We’ll choose the best ones and play them in our podcast. Call +1 (347) 497-3572 and leave a message.

Any questions?

Have a question you’d like us to cover in a future podcast? Leave it in the comments section or send a tweet with the hashtag #EvernotePodcast.

• App/developer name: iMeet
• Price: $39/month, free 30 day trial
• Platform:Web

Nice to iMeet You

These days, many of us have to attend conference calls and meetings in which the participants are spread out across a lot of different locations. Increasingly, we have less face-to-face interaction and more voice chats, which means that presentations aren’t as dynamic, it’s hard to get everyone on the same page, and the real value of collaboration is lost. That’s why we’re so excited about our new integration with iMeet.

When you sign up for iMeet, you create a virtual ‘room’ that you can ask up to 15 people to join. Enabling video means you’ll see everyone in your meeting in one place and interact as if you’re all sitting around the same conference table. With our new integration, you’ll be able to bring Evernote right into your room to capture more insightful information from your meeting.

Evernote + iMeet: More context around your meetings

In addition to enabling you to invite people into your own private meeting room, iMeet also lets you share files and your Evernote notes in a visual way with everyone in the room, fundamentally transforming the way that you’re used to exchanging information when meeting with someone via your computer.

If you make a habit of taking diligent meeting notes in Evernote or want to share your notes, you’ll love this integration.

• App/developer name: ifttt
• Platform: Web
• Price: Free
• Type: Task management

Imagine if the Internet was like a Rube Goldberg machine; an event in one place caused a planned cascade of actions. Well, now there’s a way to make that a reality. A service called IFTTT (if this, then that), allows you to devise a simple automated flow that starts whenever a certain action occurs. The setup is easy, the possibilities are endless and it can make Evernote even more useful for you.

Create Tasks and Recipes with ifttt

Ifttt connects two services of your choice to create an automated flow called a recipe. Recipes consist of Triggers and resulting Actions. You can create your own recipe or use those created by other ifttt users. There’s a near-infinite number of ways to use ifttt. Here are some great Evernote-related recipes.

Using ifttt with Evernote

To get started, create an ifttt account. Next, decide what your first task will be (a world of possibilities!). In these recipes, a Trigger in Craigslist, Twitter, Gmail, Foursquare, and others will create a new note in your Evernote account.

Here are some of the ways you can use ifttt with Evernote:

1. Keep track of searches in Craigslist. Have every new posting that matches your search parameters sent to your Evernote account. [recipe]
2. Create a new note in Evernote for every Starred item in Gmail. Don’t miss important emails; send them straight to your Evernote account for followup or reference. [recipe]
3. Create a new note in Evernote every time you Star an article in Google Reader. Remember articles and blog posts from your Google Reader and access them from any device where you have Evernote installed. [recipe]
4. Save your Instagram photos to Evernote. Are you an avid Instagrammer? Use Instagram to create and share your beautiful photos, then ifttt will save a copy of the photo to your Evernote account for easy access. [recipe]
5. Archive your Tumblr posts in Evernote. Enable Tumblr to send new posts straight into Evernote to create a searchable archive of everything you publish. [recipe]
6. Send your Flickr photos to Evernote. Send all newly-published, public photos straight to your Evernote account. [recipe]
7. Create an archive of your Foursquare checkins in Evernote. Keep track of your activities about town to remember places you’ve recently visited and might want to return to. [recipe]
   
8. Send your favorited Tweets to a Favorite Tweets notebook. Anytime you favorite a tweet, automatically send it to an Evernote notebook where you’ll be able to keep track of your most valuable tweets. [recipe]

We see infinite possibilities for automating tasks with ifttt to make Evernote even more useful. Have you already created some recipes in ifttt that you’d like to share?

Our new Support chat feature assists users with basic issues like account maintenance, Evernote how-tos, username changes, bug reports, etc. If a Support member can’t immediately help you with your issue, he/she will gather all of the information needed for a specialist to assist you with your ticket.

Let’s Chat

Initiating chat is easy. Navigate to the Evernote Support page, and select “Chat with Evernote.” From there, you’ll be able to sign into your Evernote account. You’ll be prompted to provide some additional information (see screenshot, above) and then, you’ll be connected to an Evernote Support Tech.

At this time, chat is only available in English, Monday-Friday, from 9:00am-5:00pm PST. We’ll be expanding both our hours and supported languages soon.

We’re excited to offer this new service to our Premium users and are eager to hear your thoughts.

Learn More About Evernote Support Features

Chat is just one of the many ways we’re increasing support for our users. Submit a Support ticket, check out our Knowledge Base, visit our user forums and more at our Support page.

Sending a reminder

To do this, go to the Manage Sharing screen in the Mac, Windows and Web versions of Evernote, then click on a notebook that you’ve shared with individuals. You’ll notice a new link labelled “Send Reminder.” Clicking this link brings up a popup with a list of all the individuals that you’ve invited to view or edit the notebook. You can either send a reminder note to everyone or to specific people.

Don’t forget, if you’re a Premium user, you can allow others to edit notes in your notebooks.

Say hello to Skitch for iPad, available now for free from the iTunes App Store!

What is Skitch?

Skitch is the amazingly fun and surprisingly powerful way to move your ideas and projects forward using fewer words. With Skitch, annotate and draw on just about anything that you see, whether it’s a new or existing photo, a webpage, screenshot, map, or a blank canvas. Then, share your work with friends, colleagues or save it all to Evernote. It couldn’t be simpler.

Skitch for iPad

The Skitch for iPad home screen gets you started. Here’s are your options:

Photos and Camera
Choose to work on an existing image from your camera roll or take a new photo with your iPad. Use the camera to take photos of things that inspire you or to draw a mustache on a friend. If you have an iPad 1 with no camera, then the camera option won’t appear.

Screenshot
Skitch for iPad has built in smarts that help it identify recently-made screenshots. Taking a screenshot on your iPad is easy, simply press both the power and home buttons at the same time. The screen will flash and the screenshot will be saved to your camera roll. Open Skitch, tap the Screenshot button, annotate the image, then share it with your team. This is great for everything from mobile app design to showing off your latest Angry Birds score.

Web
Skitch for iPad has its own web browser designed to help you mark up any webpages you encounter. After tapping the Web icon, you can either go directly to a URL or type in a search. When you find the page you want, tap on the Snap icon. Now you have an image of the webpage to annotate. Use this to provide feedback on a web project or to point out something you want to buy.

Map
Have you ever struggled to explain exactly where to meet someone or which building on campus is yours or how to find the best hiking spot? Then the Skitch Map option is for you. Pinch and zoom into the map, then use the Skitch drawing tools to point out a landmark or draw a path. You would be surprised how often the exact place you need isn’t easy to locate without some additional help. With Skitch, you can put an end to driving in circles or walking for hours.

Blank
Sometimes you just need to start fresh. Open the blank canvas and sketch to your heart’s content. Use the shapes, arrows, drawing tools, and colors to compose a work of art or to play a killer game of Pictionary.

The drawing tools

Skitch comes with a number of touch-friendly drawing tools that are designed for speed.

• Finger: Use the finger tool to grab and manipulate any object that you’ve drawn and move it around. You can also tap on an object and rotate it or pinch and zoom to resize it. Using two fingers to rotate and resize Skitch rectangles is surprisingly satisfying. We don’t know why.
• Pencil: The pencil is your go-to for freehand drawing.
• Arrows: Draw the famous Skitch arrows to point out what’s important.
• Text: Select the text option, then tap wherever you want your text to appear. Enter it into the text box and tap Done.
• Shapes: Choose from circles, squares and lines. Drag you finger on the canvas to draw your shapes.
• Crop: Crop your canvas to any size you wish with this tool.
• Color and thickness: Tap on the colored dot to choose a color and line thickness for your arrows, shapes and text.
• Trash: Select something with the finger tool, then tap trash to remove the item, or tap without selecting to clear the canvas.

Save it all to Evernote

All of your drawing and annotations are saved in the Skitch for iPad app, but if you’d like to have them available to you everywhere, then you should save them into Evernote. Save your images individually or by tapping on the elephant icon.

Share to Twitter, email…and AirPlay!

Skitch for iPad gives you a few different ways to share your drawings. You can send them to your friends over email and you can post them to your Twitter stream. One additional option is sharing over AirPlay, which lets you mirror your iPad onto any screen with an Apple TV attached. This is perfect for giving presentations, demos and for teaching.

iPad first

We built our iOS version of Skitch first for iPad because it’s the ideal form factor for tactile annotation. Fear not, Skitch for iPhone is in the works. In the meantime, go try it out. Use it for work, for play, for school, for design. Use it to plan your wedding layout or to build your house. Use it to communicate when you don’t speak the same language. Just use it and you’ll be amazed by how much a few simple shapes and arrows can do. Enjoy.

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Today, we have some great news. Evernote Clearly, our browser extension that creates a beautiful online reading experience for blogs and articles, is now available for Firefox.

Install Evernote Clearly now »

How it works

When you come to a site that you’d like to read, click the Clearly lamp icon in your browser bar. The page is transformed—all distractions are removed, leaving only the content you want to read. Then, once you’re done, click on Clearly again and you’re back on the regular article.

Imagine getting through an article without clicking on a bunch of links before reaching the end. Now you can, with Clearly.

Save it to Evernote
If you don’t have time to finish the page you’re reading, click on the Evernote icon in the Clearly sidebar to save it into Evernote. In Preferences, you can also set a tag that will be associated with the pages you clip.

Multi-page clips
If you click Clearly on an article that’s broken up across multiple pages, Clearly will put everything into a single, long page.

Themes
Clearly arrives with three attractive built-in themes: Newsprint, Notable and Nightowl. If you’re a fan of customization, you can make your own by going into the Preferences.

Enjoy!

By removing distractions, Clearly makes reading online truly pleasurable. Enjoy.

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Notebook sharing

Sharing entire notebooks is great when you’re working with a group. Evernote for iOS already lets you share single notes, now you can do that with notebooks. Here’s how.

• iPhone: From the Notebooks screen, tap Edit, tap the notebook, choose Share this Notebook
• iPad: From the Notebooks screen, tap Edit, tap the notebook, tap the Share icon

From there, the Sharing Settings screen will appear, letting you choose to either make the notebook completely public or to share with specific individuals. To make sharing with individuals easier, choose emails from your Address Book by tapping the blue plus icon, or enter them manually.

In addition to sharing, Premium users can allow others to edit the content of their notebooks. Manage these settings in the Recipients May field.

If a notebook is public, you can post a link to the notebook on Twitter and Facebook, from the Sharing Setting screen. You can also copy the URL and share the notebook via email or IM.

Manage sharing
The Sharing Screen is also the place to go if you wish to add new people, remove people, modify access privileges, or stop sharing a notebook completely.

Premium feature: Easier access to Offline Notebooks

Premium users are able to take entire notebooks offline for access whenever and wherever they like. In this update, we’ve made it easier for iPhone users to browse to offline notebooks, which are now listed near the top of the notebooks list. Go there to view your Offline Notebooks or tap on the gear icon to add new ones, remove old ones, or take everything offline.

And more…

We’ve made a number of under-the-hood improvements, as well, including making the application significantly more responsive during the note editing process. We have lots more in store. Stay tuned. Also, if you haven’t already, be sure to check out our new iPhone apps: Evernote Hello and Evernote Food.

Don’t forget to download our Holiday Guide»

The logistics

Before you start figuring out your menu and vendors, consider your budget. Once you’ve set a budget, it’s time to start planning!

1. Scout locations. Unless you know you’ll be throwing a party in your home, use Evernote to find your perfect location. Snap photos with your mobile device, jot down notes and ideas, and compare locations back home on your computer. Remember that notes taken with your mobile phone are geo-tagged, making it easier to keep track of locations.
2. Research your vendor options. Clip information about catering companies, party supply stores and more using the Evernote Web Clipper for the browser of your choice. Be sure to capture information like phone numbers and addresses.[Learn more about web clipping with Evernote]
3. Make your guest list. Use Evernote to come up with your guest list, and keep track of emails and addresses by adding them to your ‘Guest List’ note in your ‘Party’ notebook.
4. Sketch out your table settings. Planning a dinner party? Use pen and paper to draw your table settings. Annotate your photos with Skitch, to add more detail. Snap a photo of your drawing with Evernote to make it searchable. [Learn how to use Evernote + Skitch, together]
5. Create your playlist. Whenever you come across a great band or song you’d like to add to your playlist, add it to your ‘Party Music’ note or notebook. It will make compiling your party playlist a breeze.
6. Figure out your party menu. Snap photos of cocktail menus at restaurants, clip recipes from the web, and scan in magazine articles to your menu inspiration notebook.
7. Join forces. Plan your party with a co-conspirator! Share your party-planning notebook to exchange ideas, share guest lists, menu plans, and more. [Learn more about sharing in Evernote]

Party time!

Once you’ve gotten everything planned, it’s time to enjoy the party. On the day of the party, use Evernote to:

1. Prepare your meal, appetizers, and cocktails. Use Evernote on your tablet or mobile device to access the recipes you’ve collected to pull together delicious bites and sips.
2. Organize your decorations. Refer to your sketches and outlines in Evernote to put up your party decorations, place settings and more.
3. Capture memories. Use Evernote and Evernote Food to capture the things you want to remember from your party: photos with friends, tasty treats, and more. [Get Evernote Food for iPhone]
4. Find information when you need it. Need to call a guest or the bakery that’s making dessert for your party? Access the information you need from your Evernote account, even if you’re not at your computer.
5. Remember the people you meet. Meeting someone new at your party? Use Evernote Hello to remember new people and reconnect with them later. [Get Evernote Hello for iPhone]
6. Pass on the good stuff. Share your drink recipes, vendor contact info, and more, with guests, straight from your Evernote account. Email individual notes, and post to Twitter and Facebook.

These are just a few of the ways you can use Evernote to help you plan your party (holiday-themed, or otherwise). How do you use Evernote to plan a party? Are you a party planner that uses Evernote to organize events? Share your ideas in the comments.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this series on using Evernote for planning your holidays. We hope you have a fantastic holiday season and a happy New Year!

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Improved home screen

We’ve revamped the home screen to make it easier to see which items are selected. The screen now has better colors, an easy-to-see grid and clearer text labels.

Choose your notebooks

You can now filter the Notes screen to show you notes by notebook. This is great for quick browsing. To switch between notebooks, tap on the green bar along the top of the list and choose a notebook. All the notes will instantly filter.

Better appending

When appending text to complex notes, you can now see the content of the note just below the text that you’re adding. This way, you can easily reference the content of your note in what you’re appending.

And much more

You’ll also notice that synchronization is significantly faster and that text throughout the app is easier to read. For those looking for a more compact view, the newly redesigned List View shows many more notes on a single screen than it has in the past. These are just some of the many improvements that we’ve made to Evernote for BlackBerry. We hope you like it.

Get Evernote for BlackBerry from App World »

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Note sharing improvements

Evernote for Android makes it easy to share select memories with whomever you like. In this update, we’ve increased the control you have over shared notes and also made sharing options more accessible.

We’ve redesigned the sharing screen completely. Now, when you share a single note, the URL appears at the top of the sharing screen. If at any point you decide to stop sharing, tap on the Disable URL option. Once you deactivate a shared note, the link will stop working for everyone that you shared with.

There are now several ways to access the sharing menu:

• Tap and hold the note in the note list
• When viewing a note, tap the Menu button
• When viewing a note, tap on the down arrow in the note title bar

Notebook type icons

We’re always looking for ways to give you as much information at-a-glace as possible. In this update, we’ve added icons that indicate notebook type. When you view your notebook list, you’ll see whether a notebook has been shared with an individual, the world, or not at all. It’s a great way to quickly know the state of each notebook.

Faster access to editing and options

We’ve added a pencil icon to the note title bar when you’re viewing a note. Tap this icon to edit note content. Tap the arrow next to the edit icon to view a bunch of additional note-related options.

And more…

We’ve also improved our login and registration flows, fixed lots of bugs and made the app just plain better. Stay tuned, we have lots more in store.

Get Evernote for Android from the Android Market »

Giveaway time: Win an HTC Sensation XL [CLOSED}

It’s been a while since our last giveaway, and we’re excited to revive the tradition with the excellent HTC Sensation XL!

The HTC Sensation XL is a great Android phone with a 4.7 inch screen, awesome camera and audio from Beats by Dre, including an in-box customized Beats headset. It also comes with the HTC’s own Sense user interface which has Evernote built right into the Notes application. Every note and scribble is automatically sent into your Evernote account. Learn more about Evernote on HTC phones and tablets »

This giveaway is over

Rules

• We will give away four (4) HTC Sensation XL Android phones
• This is a worldwide giveaway (certain shipping restrictions may apply)
• One entry per person
• To be considered, individuals must submit their entry by 9 am PT on Friday December, 23rd
• Winners will be randomly selected and contacted directly via email or Twitter Direct Message

Good luck!

Creating a master budget in Evernote

Make a plan for your holiday spending and keep track of it in Evernote:

• Figure out your spending categories. If you’re flying somewhere, make sure to include costs of transportation, dog sitters, winter coats, etc.
• Come up with a gift budget. Make a list of people you’ll be buying gifts for and come up with a reasonable budget for each person.
• Plan your holiday dinner. Have a big family dinner? Figure out your food and drink expenses (hint: menu plan by clipping recipes and menu ideas from the web using the Web Clipper). Keep everything in one place, in Evernote. [Learn more about web clipping with Evernote]

• Organize your holiday party. Whether you’re throwing a blowout bash, or a modest cocktail party, you can use Evernote to collaborate on a budget. Create a Shared Notebook where you can work with a co-host on splitting costs and assigning tasks. [Learn more about sharing in Evernote]

Keep track of your spending

Did you know that you can keep track of your spending using Evernote?

• Scan or snap photos of your receipts. Evernote can search for text in images so you can quickly scan through your receipts and subtract costs to your budget. You’ll also have them on hand in case you have to deal with returns.
• Email your travel-related purchases to Evernote. Anytime you purchase something online and get an email receipt, send it to your Evernote account to keep your spending under control.
• Get a handle on all of those holiday deals. Don’t miss your chance to save some money by capturing deals you see and saving them to your Evernote account.
• Comparison shop. Don’t just settle on the first deal you see. Do your research by clipping articles from the web, product deals from sites like BestBuy.com, and scan in magazine articles.

• Plan your route using Evernote + Skitch and save costs on gas. If you’re traveling by car over the holidays, plan out your route ahead of time: save a map to Evernote, then annotate it in Skitch, marking the route, any stops you want to make, and roads to take between the in-laws’ houses. [Learn how to use Evernote + Skitch, together]

This post is part of a series on using Evernote for the holidays. Check out the first post in the series: Evernote, Your One-Stop Tool for Surviving the Holidays: Gift-Giving

For more ideas, check out our Holiday Guide. Download the Evernote Holiday Guide >>>