Evernote is still too big and clunky to me. But I always seemed to be gathering a lot and then ended up throwing it away months later.
It advertises with being a second brain, but makes one huge mistake. Building a useful second brain in 2026 is not about GATHERING information mindlessly, but about WHAT you store and HOW you are able to retrieve it. Our own brains are dynamic wonders of nature. In my opinion a second brain it’s basically stale and useless if you don’t tie it dynamically to your notes directly to goals, projects, tasks etc.
I’ve used evernote for years when I switched to better alternatives in 2013. Since then I’ve discovered Notion and never looked back.
Raycast
Wow... the first Evernote launch since 2020...! And since Bending Spoons acquired them.
Bold — drenched in AI!
Glad I exported my notes years ago, looks like they're now being held hostage! 🫠
AskUCP
Ah.. Evernote! It's always cool when "older" brands get a new life with new owners. I'll check it out, if only to see my 2011 notes first.
Got to use Evernote a lot back in the days, why should I back to it? Congrats on the launch anyway :)
Thanks for posting this @chrismessina . Funny thing is, if you browse around a bit you can still find the old UI from years ago. These are the settings and profile pages, for example:
NEW
https://accounts.evernote.com/settings/account/summary
OLD
https://www.evernote.com/Settings.action
I wonder how come they never removed the old batch of pages from the server... 🤔
I any case, I am over the 50 pages limit for the free version... 😔 - CIAO!
Big moment for Evernote after a long pause – congrats on the v11 launch.
Curious how you’re thinking about when AI should step in vs. when notes should stay quiet. In my experience, a lot of thinking happens before ideas are ready to be summarized, searched, or "understood."
How do you balance augmentation with not pulling meaning out of notes too early?