Episodes

  • The Elephant Gets Smart: Evernote's AI Assistant, Full-Screen Tasks, and V11’s Biggest Changes
    Apr 30 2026

    In this episode:

    • AI/LLM Focus: The Evernote v11 Launch introduced a unified AI framework, featuring Semantic Search for intent-based discovery and a conversational AI Assistant.
    • AI Task & Meeting Management
    • Interface & Workflow: Multi-Tabs, a dedicated Full-screen Tasks View, and the ability to create and manage tasks directly within tables.
    • Bulk Edit on mobile for managing multiple notes at once.
    • Structural/Pricing Changes: Legacy subscription tiers were retired in favor of new Starter and Advanced plans.

    I had the pleasure of inviting back on the show, Dr. Frank Buck, time management expert, author of several time management books, and a fellow Evernote Certified Expert.

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    44 mins
  • Evernote Tasks:A Conversation with Product Manager Jack Lynch About Evernote's New Feature, Tasks
    Jun 24 2021
    Evernote Tasks: A Conversation with Product Manager Jack Lynch About Evernote's Newest Feature, Tasks Hello, and welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 018. WHERE TO LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE Subscribe via RSS In this episode Interview with Jack Lynch, Product Manager at Evernote. For full show notes and more, please visit https://gettingmoredonewithevernote.com/post/a-conversation-with-product-manager-jack-lynch-about-evernote-s-newest-feature-tasks. I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.
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    20 mins
  • First Impressions of Evernote Tasks with Stacey Harmon
    Jun 22 2021

    First Impressions of Evernote Tasks with Stacey Harmon

    Hello, and welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 017.

    WHERE TO LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE

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    In this episode

    • Major new feature release, Tasks in Early Access for Evernote 10.x+, first impressions with fellow Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America Stacey Harmon, Harmon Enterprises

    For full show notes and more, please visit https://gettingmoredonewithevernote.com/post/first-impressions-of-evernote-tasks-with-stacey-harmon.

    I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.

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    23 mins
  • A Conversation with Nate Fortin, SVP of Design, About Evernote's New Feature, Home
    Apr 28 2021

    A Conversation with Nate Fortin, SVP of Design, About Evernote's New Feature, Home

    April 28, 2021

    Hello, and welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 016.

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    In this episode

    • A conversation with Nate Fortin, SVP of Design, about Evernote's newest feature, Home, a one-stop dashboard to get your day started in Evernote...which I covered in Episode 014.

    I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.

    I invited Nate Fortin, Senior Vice President of Design at Evernote, back to discuss the design decisions behind Evernote's newest feature release, Home. As Nate noted, Home in Evernote is "just the start." Enjoy the conversation!

    That’s all for now. To learn more and follow me please visit gettingmoredonewithevernote.com. I’m Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant, and host of Getting More Done With Evernote. Here’s to your productive life.

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    10 mins
  • Behind-the-Scenes with Nate Fortin, SVP of Design at Evernote
    Apr 27 2021

    Behind-the-Scenes with Nate Fortin, SVP of Design at Evernote

    Welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 015.

    NOTE: The next live, free five-week Evernote masterclass, Pushing the Envelope With Evernote (https://focusatwork.co/evernotemasterclass), is starting on May 3, 2021! Learn more and register here.

    I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.

    As you may have noticed, we have new Evernote apps on Apple iOS and macOS as well as Android and Windows. With the new suite, Evernote has brought to fruition a new user experience; new applications built from the ground up. To discuss all the changes and why, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Nate Fortin, Senior Vice President of Design at Evernote, to discuss the design language Evernote went about developing, the process and what those changes mean for users.

    That’s all for now. To learn more and follow me please visit gettingmoredonewithevernote.com. I’m Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant, for Getting More Done With Evernote. Here’s to your productive life.

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    19 mins
  • An Introduction to Evernote's New Feature, Home; and, the New Evernote Masterclass Series Announcement
    Jan 13 2021

    An Introduction to Evernote's New Feature, Home; and, the New Evernote Masterclass Series Announcement

    Hello, and welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 014.

    In this episode

    • Evernote just launched a new feature called Home
    • Big announcement about my new Evernote masterclass series

    I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.

    Evernote announced today the launch of its brand-new feature, Home. Evernote is calling this feature “Home in Evernote” according to its Release Notes...stating Home as “a new one-stop dashboard that puts the information you need front and center--neatly organized and instantly available.” It's rolling out to Evernote Desktop and then will follow with bringing Home to Evernote Mobile after that.

    Watch the "first look" video I recorded.

    And, register for the Evernote masterclass series!

    That’s all for now. To learn more and follow me please visit gettingmoredonewithevernote.com. I’m Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant, for Getting More Done With Evernote. Here’s to your productive life.

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    10 mins
  • First Impressions of Evernote for macOS 10 and Evernote for Windows 10 with Stacey Harmon
    Nov 3 2020

    November 3, 2020

    Hello, and welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 013.

    In this episode

    • New Evernote for Desktop version 10.x releases (macOS and Windows), first impressions with fellow Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America Stacey Harmon, Harmon Enterprises

    I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.

    • New Evernote for Desktop version 10.x releases (macOS and Windows), first impressions with Stacey Harmon, Harmon Enterprises
    • Stacey has created a resource center about all the changes and updates to the new Evernote apps: Evernote v10 Resource Center.

    That’s all for now. To learn more and follow me please visit gettingmoredonewithevernote.com. I’m Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant, for Getting More Done With Evernote. Here’s to your productive life.

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    26 mins
  • First Impressions of Evernote for iOS 10 with Stacey Harmon
    Oct 1 2020

    October 1, 2020

    Hello, and welcome to Getting More Done With Evernote, Episode 012.

    In this episode

    • New Evernote for iOS 10.0 release, first impressions with fellow Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America Stacey Harmon, Harmon Enterprises

    I’m your host, Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote user since 2009, Evernote Certified Consultant and Evernote Regional Leader for North America. As you can imagine, I love Evernote. And, with Getting More Done With Evernote, I hope to help everyone love Evernote, or at least enjoy digital note-taking, a little more with each episode.

    • New Evernote for iOS release, first impressions with Stacey Harmon, Harmon Enterprises
    • Stacey noted her tutorial, Evernote Feature Tutorial: Checklists vs Checkboxes (iOS 10.0)
    • Also, this is the interview with Ian Small, Evernote’s CEO, that was mentioned in the episode also.

    That’s all for now. To learn more and follow me please visit gettingmoredonewithevernote.com. I’m Ray Sidney-Smith, Evernote Certified Consultant, for Getting More Done With Evernote. Here’s to your productive life.

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    31 mins