That's a lot of data! (Graphic by Evernote)
My favorite cloud-based notetaking tool is having an anniversary! This June 24 marks the 8th year since Evernote emerged from private testing to a public open beta. That’s 8 years of note taking, 8 years of scribbling down ideas on the fly, 8 years of recipes (in which case, you might need some of my organizational tips to get that collection under control!). All told, it’s 5 billion notes!
An equally large milestone is Evernotes’ 200-millionth user! Sometime early next month, Evernote expects to blow past that vaunted number. It’s an exciting accomplishment and one that seems to ensure that Evernote will always be around. But we all know that apps or services that today are “indispensable” can eventually end up on the last page of your phone with you doing the golden retriever head-tilt as you try to remember why you have it installed.
To that end, CEO Chris O’Neill, in a celebratory blogpost, made a promise to the Evernote community that they were dedicated to making sure the service was always there for its users.
To celebrate our anniversary, we want to make you a promise. Over the past eight years, you’ve shown us an incredible amount of love in the form of faith, trust, and dedication. We want to give it back to you by letting you know that the content you put into Evernote can stay there as long as you need it. We call that promise #forevernote.
It’s a nice gesture and I appreciate O’Neill’s eye to the future. Evernote has become a tool that I can’t imagine working without. If I were to ever lose access to my content there, the damage it would do to my ongoing projects (and waistline) would be catastrophic.
In addition to the anniversary news, Evernote has gotten some updates this past week.
PIN-lock, previously a Premium-only feature, is now available for Free and Basic accounts. It’s a nice security measure that lets you lock your Evernote mobile account with a 4-digit passcode.
If you’re an Evernote for Salesforce user, you can now take advantage of Evernote’s excellent scanning capabilities to turn business cards into Salesforce connections. (And, really, if you haven’t taken advantage of Evernote’s scanning capabilities yet, you’re missing out. It’s the most powerful tool I have in my arsenal for getting rid of paper in my house. I’ll talk more about that next week.)
So, Happy Anniversary Evernote! Here’s to another 8 years!
