(2024-03-25) Ptpl097 Informed Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps

Ellane W: PTPL 097: Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps. To choose a tool, first know your processes. (note-taking)

You may have noticed “How to leave Evernote” articles leaking out of the online woodwork lately, sparked by that company’s recent price increase and crippling of their free plan

“How to Transition from Evernote to …Nothing”, is wonderfully intriguing, don’t you think? And the subhead, “You don’t have to replace a thing with another thing”, clinched the deal: here was an article this non-Evernote user had to read. Spoiler: the author, Darryl Brooks, is still an Evernote user. An informed, intentional Evernote user. And I love that!

embraced a mindset of using Evernote as a tool on top of files he controlled outside of that app.

Instead of putting everything into Evernote and then trying to figure out how to back it up. I put most things in a place where they will be backed up and then put them into Evernote.

our underlying philosophy is the same: control your notes, and have an exit plan.