Michael Doornbos Just your average evil genius

11Mar/097

Why is Evernote asking to be paid bad?

One of my most used programs is Evernote.  I use it all day, every day.  From my Mac, my Ubuntu boxes, my Blackberry and my iPod touch.  I'm a premium user which costs me $45/year.  A reasonable price to me.

Last night, they updated the Mac client to include a small ad box in the lower left hand corner that serves some ads (and a bunch of really awesome features).  It's a small box and as a premium user I have a preferences option to disable it (which I did).  There has been a minor uproar this morning about privacy issues and some people using the words "Evernote is adware".

As of right now I have no reason to believe that they are mining my notes information to serve me ads (a privacy issue which would be a serious problem considering what they do as a service).

It's standard practice for web services to have a free add supported version and an ad-free paid for version.

I'm not sure I see what the fuss is all about.

They provide a great service and want to make some money.  What's wrong with that?

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6Mar/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-03-06

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27Feb/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-27

  • I don't often laugh out loud at stuff, but this is hilarious: http://tinyurl.com/aqp8ta #
  • The further south we travel today the nicer people get. I think we should move. #
  • coloring outside the lines #
  • Retweet @motionblur: Apple introduces Safari 4 beta: http://bit.ly/jteBY #
  • Looks like we're going to have clear skies to observe Comet Lulin tonight. #
  • WhiteKnightTwo to Make World Debut at Oshkosh: http://tr.im/gK7P #
  • Shh, the recording light is on at Imapenguin. Can't you see the red "On Air" light? Sheesh. #
  • RT @battamer: At least I got rid of my blackberry, they were becoming too popular. Thank God Android is Linux based, it'll never be popular. #
  • RT @OnOrbit: Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Progress Report: More Lunar Boulders http://tinyurl.com/df3nbr #
  • OmniWeb, OmniDazzle, OmniDiskSweeper, and OmniObjectMeter are now available as freeware: http://bit.ly/pq6A3 #
  • I love that I got excellent customer support from @linuxjournal via twitter. Kudos to those guys for "getting it". #
  • Holy crap Safari 4 is fast #
  • Thank you @1Password for making a Safari 4 beta solution so quickly. I'm in love with both. #
  • RT @yatinsactivity: A fully functional 5 watt Linux server http://ff.im/-1delR #
  • RT @StephanieBamBam: hahaha get a shirt with your twitter profile: http://shirt.social-shirt.com/index.html #
  • RT @tferriss: Love this track - Ghostwriter by RJD2: http://ping.fm/6HUR5 Great for writing. #
  • BlobLive: I am continually surprised by how many venture ideas come after people backpack the world. (via @BrianReich) in reply to BrianReich #
  • RT @hotdogsladies: Hooters should do a Sadie Hawkins Day where chickens get to gnaw on fat guys while skanks pretend to like them. #
  • RT @Veronica: My idol, Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe, is on Twitter. Show the man some love! @mikeroweworks #
  • RT @delucajared: M$ sees Piracy & Linux as biggest threats "Ballmer: Linux Bigger Competitor than Apple" http://tinyurl.com/debyky #
  • Fighting with a clients #scalix server this morning #
  • "Carrying around an iPhone in Japan would make you look pretty lame.": http://bit.ly/oqILw #
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20Feb/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-20

  • Retweet @motionblur: Google Chrome for Mac is on its way. Here's the first screenshot: http://bit.ly/3Ezh8 #
  • 10 ways Microsoft's Retail stores will differ from Apple stores. I like #3 and #5 best: http://tinyurl.com/brtan8 #
  • Anyone have any thoughts on the costco executive membership vs the gold star? #
  • Retweet @Veronica: New blog post: The Trilogy Meter http://tinyurl.com/c325ly #
  • Deleting a bunch of stuff from Facebook. Their new Terms of Service suck and I'm not playing along. #
  • I'm loving TweetDeck. It's replaced twitteriffic. I wish there was something like this for iPhone or blackberry. #
  • just reading that the Palm WebOS is going to support XMPP out of the box. This is huge for multiplayer games. #
  • The 100 requests per hour limit business on twitter is irritating me at the moment. #
  • Checking out Virb: http://virb.com #
  • Retweet @nealcampbell: ScreenFlow 1.5 looks pretty awesome: http://tinyurl.com/5lbvdu #
  • Retweet @OnOrbit: Oil Prospecting From Space http://tinyurl.com/b7qmrf #
  • looking for a breakthrough #
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13Feb/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-13

  • Having fun outsourcing, who woulda thunkit #
  • Anyone know if the Kindle 2 has native PDF support? #
  • Installing google sync: http://www.google.com/mobile/default/sync.html #
  • Full moon tonight. Remember to load your favorite weapon with silver bullets just in case. #
  • Move over Mozy, Sugarsync is here: http://www.sugarsync.com/ #
  • The Kindle and the End of the End of History: http://tinyurl.com/br85an #
  • Favre announced he's retiring. Again. Again. Again. I'm not watching him cry this time. Again. Again. #
  • I'm spending a lot of time on skype doing overseas calls. I wonder how much money that's saving me. Quite a bit methinks. #
  • Phew, finally got those TPS reports done. Crap. I forgot the new coversheet. Where's the memo on that anyway? #
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6Feb/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-02-06

  • I think its funny when I'm taking notes on my blackberry and get accused of not paying attention because its mistaken for emailing. #
  • trying out google earth 5.0 #
  • I really wish the apple app store approval process was shorter #
  • I really wish I could attend the TED conference live #
  • Searching for virtual research assistants with excellent written English skills. #
  • Rereading a few of my favorite books in Feb #
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30Jan/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-30

  • Looking for a really great Italian bread recipe. With semolina flour preferably. Anyone? #
  • it's too warm to ice fish but too cold for anything else. Gonna spend the evening tying flies to get ready for warmer weather. #
  • love the new ars technica site #
  • Cool, rent a mobile device: http://www.rentobile.com/ #
  • Will the iPhone 2.2.1 update usher in the collapse of all nerd communication? Time will tell. #
  • My 10 year old and his buddy went around the block this morning shoveling snow. They each made $22 in 2-3 hours. Not to shabby. #
  • Savvy sake in case you want to be cool: http://tinyurl.com/de54u2 #
  • Oh Man. There's blimp in my milk. #
  • "Success is never found or earned from 9-5" - Earl Pertnoy #
  • Adding Offline to my gmail seems to have sped things up quite a bit. #
  • I'm in do it my way and ask forgiveness later mode on today's projects #
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23Jan/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-23

  • doing research that requires me to play games on mobile devices. Oh the humanity! #
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16Jan/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-16

  • This is just sweet: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/aircurve #
  • wow today is going by fast #
  • I have been shocked by my earbuds at least 5 times this morning. Curse you static electricity. #
  • This is easily my favorite iPhone app http://www.lexcycle.com/ #
  • "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries is not 'Eureka!,' but 'That's funny..' -Isaac Asimov #
  • Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence citing health reason. They froze the stock after hours. Time to short apple... #
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9Jan/090

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-09

  • The logmein app on my iPod touch seriously kicks butt. #
  • Finally wrapping my mind around objective-c. #
  • Looking for a decent local flight school #
  • Brainstorming for 2009, WOW, WOW, WOW. I'm telling you, put your seat belts on. #
  • This saturday is no pants subway day. http://tinyurl.com/7tcsgk #
  • iphone sketches http://tinyurl.com/7qdmm6 #
  • Anyone know how to use textmate like colors in xcode? The default is hard on the eyes. #
  • Finally, the first intersting thing to come out of palm since the Treo 600: http://tinyurl.com/957fdv #
  • Amazon management console for AWS: http://tinyurl.com/7e2cgt #
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