Reconsidering Evernote. Can It Be What It Once Was?

Is my hero of yesteryear making a comeback?

I’m not sure I can count myself as an OG user of Evernote, but I wasn’t too far off. According to my notes, my first one still visible is 26 November 2010.

Excuse some of the more grandiose goals! 😉

I remember using it for everything. It was the place to put notes, create task and packing lists. Which I used as intended.

Being on the bus on the way to work, opening Evernote on my phone, and writing down my BIG 3–5 Most Important Tasks. And then, on the way home, happily crossing them off as “DONE!”.

Good Times! 😀

Evernote was the darling of the note taking app world.

But Then …

I was listening to the Mac Power Users podcast at some stage and the host, David Sparks, mentioned some dissatisfaction with Evernote, combined with an upgrade to Apple Notes.

Being the self-confessed nerd David is, he decided to try out Apple Notes over Evernote. To make this easier, there was an export (from Evernote)/Import (to…