#upnote

[ailelie]

Google Keep Alternative

After trying out 6 to 7 different apps, I have found what is (in my opinion) the best replacement for Google Keep: UpNote.

My requirements for an alternative were the following:

A widget that lets me see all of my notes at once.

The ability to pin a note to the top of the list.

The ability to add both text and checklists.

A widget that lets me add a note easily.

After trialing a couple apps, I added:

The app must primarily be a note app, not a productivity tool, life organizer, knowledge base creator/manager, etc.

I should not be required to add times and dates to notes.

No (or very limited) AI.

I know that must all seem incredibly basic, but none of the apps I tried met every requirement until I tried UpNote. I'd initially skipped over this app because it looked like an Obsidian-wannabe or life organizer (and maybe it can be those things), but in practice it is very simple.

You click the button. You make a note. It also has notebooks so that you can easily organize your notes by topic, if you so wish.

It also allows you to password protect and hide notes and write in Markdown.

The app has a free version (which works perfectly well), but the paid version is either $1.99/mo or about $35 for a lifetime subscription.

[abanddreamer]

So Long, Evernote

Evernote (EN) was great.

I'd used it since 2010 when I was in University. A good friend recommended it to me.

At some point, I started paying for the service. It was about $3 a month, I think.

After half a decade, I took a hiatus to try out Google Keep. I survived for a year, because I initially didn't have much note taking requirements. But plain-text is messy. And my ideas and notes became more complex and needed some structure to sort it out.

So I went back to Evernote.

But recently there was a tremendous price hike. $10+ a month for US, Canadian, and European (western bloc) users!

If users from the English/Western market are the majority users and are frightened by the pricing, it is not good for the business.

I had to leave Evernote.

What are good choices? I offer you the following:

OneNote - free, traditional note taking app

UpNote - affordable app most similar to Evernote

NotesNook - affordable, privacy-focused app. But unstable and doesn't support checklists

AmpleNote - task / journal app that is v.responsive but doesn't support checklists

Craft - beautiful journal app

I had some additional requirements (which may not be applicable to you):

Web App

Offline Mode

Version History

Checklists which are not Tasks

So I narrowed it down to OneNote - which is my anchor app is everything goes wrong, and Craft - which is my aspirational app if everything goes right.

I'm still evaluating Craft!

[wooliguns]

i would suggest a good app to write (something I recently discovered): UpNote. the design, the interface. it's literally so... inspiring-to-write while using it. you know what I mean.

people who write their fics directly onto archive of our own site do not fear death by the way

in all seriousness, please always keep backups of your works, write them somewhere else (google doc is a good choice) then copy and paste onto ao3 when you're done, because ao3 itself does not automatically save your works for you, meaning you can lose all of your progress

[teknobeyin]

UpNote Uygulamasında "Alanlar" Nasıl Oluşturulur?

Üretkenlik ve düzen odaklı kullanıcılar için UpNote'un sunduğu "alanlar" (spaces) özelliği, notları konuya göre gruplandırmanın etkili bir yoludur.

Devamı: https://www.teknobeyin.com/upnote-uygulamasinda-alanlar-nasil-olusturulur.html

[jexetic]

I made UpNote perfect.

There’s this notes app that I really like called UpNote. It’s kinda similar to Evernote in that your notes are available wherever you sign in. It’s really simple to use, let’s you organize your notes basically however you want with tags and notebooks etc, and just works for basically everything I need.

I had two small issues with it, though. First of all, this icon… it sucks. It doesn’t make it obvious what the app is. It did not stand out to me on the home screen of my phone. Just no good.

You know what does have a pretty decent icon? The default notes app on iOS. So I used the Shortcuts app to change UpNote’s icon to something that makes a lot more sense:

I think it looks a lot nicer on the home screen:

There was one other issue, which was that if I hadn’t opened it in a bit it would open to the All Notes view instead of opening my General notebook. I don’t want to have notes created outside of notebooks, so ideally it would always open to my main notebook I use. Luckily, UpNote offers links you can use to open the app to a specific notebook. So, instead of having my custom icon shortcut just open the UpNote app, it actually opens the link to my general notebook. And UpNote is smart enough to only bring me to the notebook view if it’s not already opened to a specific note in that notebook. Basically, it works perfectly.

[wishbetterlife]

【使用工具心得】Evenote的替代方案"Upnote"？！比較看看就知道了

我跳槽了！從Evernote跳到Upnote了… 最近看到Evernote使用者在網路文章上有太多的抱怨文，紛紛選擇跳槽到其它雲端筆記軟體，但是眾多選擇之下，到底那一個才是對自己最好的選擇呢？ 我自己最近在使用Evernote時，一直有一種很卡的狀況發生，比如過去的資料要讀取很久才會出現，瞬時間還以為資料不見了！但是讀取很久後才出現。可是這明顯已經拖了很長的時間了，這個太怪了！而且也太不正常了。 後來才從新聞中了解到evernote裡面的人已經不再是過往的模樣了。相關新聞：《Evernote關閉美國辦公室、老員工全被裁？曾經風光的它為何黯然收場？》 也因為如此，紛紛眾多Evenote愛好使用者也開始找尋新的”替代方案” 正因為這一波新聞還有使用上出現許多問題之下，Upnote默默的成為Evernote的絕佳替方案。 Continue reading Untitled

[nicolemariemessina]

This is why I left Evernote after using that app for YEARS. I was even a premium member and they jacked up the price so much that it made no sense for me to stay with them. Anyone looking for alternatives that don’t cost a kidney, I suggest UpNote.

Excuse THE FUCK out of me?

Okay I gotta double back and add to this. I have been using Evernote since 2010 and I have 4500+ notes. What I DON’T have is $130 a year. Are you absolutely fucking shitting me. Like I’m going to be moving all my shit to a different service, do not make any mistake about that. But I’m also just—it’s such a STARK difference. I don’t know what longtime users are supposed to do here—obviously we’ll have 100s-1000s of notes, “fifty” isn’t gonna do shit. So we just have to cough up $10/month, or…? What do you THINK we’re gonna do?

[wovenstarlight]

Girl. What

[queenboimler]

this is fully on me for not paying attention but the whole time i thought Dulcinea Septimus was at least 45 and Gideon just really liked older women because same

[shinyotachi]

I def think I'm having a bad depressive low, which is only being made worse by the fact that my insurance still hasn't started yet when it was supposed to start on the first so i can't get in to see anyone, and even if it was apparently no doctors in this area are taking new patients so like!!! Guess I'm waiting regardless!!

[theburnedoutnerd]

I use Upnote and Obsidian. Upnote is a lot like Evernote and the biggest plus for me was that i could pay for a lifetime purchase instead of a monthly subscription. You can either pay $2 a month or spend $40. The price has gone up since I first purchased it, but it's still decently affordable, in my opinion.

I use Obsidian for writing on my iPad, and Upnote for archiving and writing across multiple other devices - Apple, Android, and Windows.

Well, it's been real, and it's been many years, but I think it's time to move on.

Evernote is bringing in AI features, and I'm not comfortable using it anymore. I've read Evernote's article about how the features will work and how they will be implemented, but frankly I just don't want to see the little AI button hovering precariously near my writing.

Furthermore, with Evernote Personal's pricing going up to 14.99 a month, I likely won't be able to afford it soon.

Does anyone know a similar note-taking app, with MASSIVE storage capabilities (I have over 2000 notes, some of them very long, entire chapters), that can sync to multiple devices and web, and has a reliable back-up or export feature?

I use other software for drafting, like Scrivener and Google Docs, and for my worldbuilding, Campfire Writing.

I'm going to look around now, and I'll update if I find something I can share with you,

but writers, what do you use?

[punkasshunter]

Out-of-context Symbiosis

[beanarie]

wip wednesday

tagged by @bidisasterevankinard (last week) and @leashybebes (technically)

tagging @geddyqueer @rcmclachlan @typicalopposite @bybobbysbeard

what if buck and tommy don't get a chance to talk things out throughout the events of the coming weeks and then tommy finds buck bitter drunk in a dive bar

~

"Tommy boy," they hear from behind, and Evan instantly looks pained. It makes him think of a patient headed towards hypovolemic shock giving a flinch because the medic started an IV line.

Tommy turns. "Allen. What happened to Bon Jovi girl?"

"We had our moment in the sun," Allen sniffs, meaning they got each other off in the bathroom or the alley or her car.

"Wasn't very good, huh?" Tommy says, and Allen flushes red. "Evan, I told you about my cousin. Allen Kinard, Evan Buckley. Evan Buckley, Allen Kinard."

"Oh," Evan says. "Allen." It's not a greeting so much as a testing of the name.

Allen, unable to read the room even without two boilermakers in his system, widens his eyes. "Wait. Evan Evan?"

With a hand to Allen's spine, Tommy propels him back to the bar. "See if you can find another one with a band tattoo. Only come back if you bag a Pink Floyd."

"You told your family about me?"

Tommy thinks about saying yes. He thinks about changing the subject. He decides he won't lose much from telling the truth. "I texted him once, accidentally. While drunk. Thought I was talking to you." He winces for effect. Evan just blinks. "It was a lot, but he never said anything. I should've known he'd remember it forever."

"That's the accountant with the- with the stress rash," Evan says, the upnote on the last word barely noticeable.

Tommy shrugs. "He likes to come here after tax day and pretend it's Vegas."

"Weird."

"LA has free room and board. Can't really beat that."

[waterme-stories]

20 Questions with a Fanfic Author

Thanks for the tag, @punch-love! I'm so terrible at following up on these kinds of things (my inbox for ask games is worse than my WIP folder), but this caught me at a good time :)

1. How many works on AO3?

74. but five of those are art posts so I guess I'm currently sitting at 69 😎

2. Total AO3 Word Count?

375,414

3. Top 5 Fics by Kudos

Driven to Dickstraction

There is [No] Sex in the Champagne Room

Try A Little Tenderness

Cicatrices

Mr. Pool's Wild Ride

I continue to be delighted that Cicatrices made the cut, since it's so weird and melancholy compared to the other 4 (which are all fluffy and tropey). I'm also glad Champagne Room remains high on the list. I wrote it because I know a lot of sex workers IRL, so most sex work fics frustrated me in one way or another. It's nice to see it continue to circulate, and I hope it continues to influence the way other authors write the genre!

"Fun" fact: My #2 in hits (Neigh's Not A Safeword) is #14 in kudos. I don't usually stress about numbers, but it actually really bummed me out that my most-viewed fic was something people seemed reluctant to interact with. It's heavy kink (and has a strong content note), so if people are curating their experience and tapping out before it gets too much, I'm glad! But gosh, I was so happy when "Deadpool Recognizes Spider-Man's Dick" took the top spot from The Goddamn Horse Dildo Fic.

4. What fandoms do you write for?

For someone so flighty, I've been surprisingly consistent within the greater Spideypool polycule. I have only a handful of fics that don't include Wade or Peter in some way, and those are still Marvel.

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try to! Responding to comments is a way of engaging with the fandom community that I really enjoy. I also find that the more I respond to long, thoughtful comments, the more of them I get.

That said, responding to comments takes from the same bucket as writing does for me :( If I feel good enough to reply to comments, that probably means I have the energy to write fic, and I figure if y'all had to choose, you'd want more stories. I get to as many as I can, though :)

6. Angstiest Ending?

It was supposed to be Three Steps to Inferno, with the unhappy Noir ending being "turns out Benji is gay and it's still the 1930s" 🤣 But that ending actually felt somewhat hopeful!

I have a few with flat-out distressing endings because the bad guy wins (Hope Is A Thing With Feathers, Because You're Mine, Riptide), but I think for angst I'm going with Obfuscation. While I left the question of "will Peter and Wade work their shit out" open to interpretation, as the author I think Peter is a stupid dumb idiot who'll keep accidentally hurting Wade for as long as Wade lets him.

7. Fic with the Happiest Ending?

That's my secret, Cap. They're all happy endings. Even when the end is melancholy or bittersweet, I still want it to end on an upnote.

For purest joy, I think it's The Lost and the Lucky. I didn't actually have an epilogue planned--the last scene where Wade and Peter decide to adopt baby Ellie was the very first thing I wrote. But by the time I finished writing the rest, that felt too abrupt. The epilogue with Ellie learning her own history from various family members (who the readers had met and bonded with long before we meet Ellie) brought it full circle for me. I also really like the way I wrote that chapter in reverse chronological order, starting with Ellie as an adult and working down through her childhood. The last vignette has Peter and Wade putting their newborn baby to bed with no fucking clue how to do this, except that she needs to be warm and fed and (most importantly) that they need to tell her a story... I tear up every time I read it. I'm tearing up right now.

8. Do you get hate?

I've been incredibly lucky in that regard. Occasionally I get people who are squicked by the heavier kink and work through that discomfort in my comments section, but even that hasn't felt like an attack. I think part of it is being clear and confident about what I'm writing--I'm not an easy target compared to someone who seems unsure (which is total bullshit, and I'll put myself on the front lines to protect those people any chance I get). Mostly though, I think it's dumb luck.

I did once get a bookmark comment that just said "NO," which I thought was pretty funny (sometimes it's hard to tell the nuance of "you've ruined my life!!" comments, but I tend to assume they're positive just for my own health and happiness). I clicked through to their public bookmarks and they were all structured like GoodReads reviews, with gems like "Interesting plot and decent characterization, but the writer is clearly ESL and the way they use punctuation makes the fic unreadable." Wow. How many languages can you write fanfic in, shithead with 0 works? I can definitely be more protective of other people than of myself, and that got me worked the fuck up.

9. Do you write smut?

It's a surprise to everyone (including me) when I don't write smut.

10. Do you write crossovers?

I haven't, but I would if something struck me!

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

Once on Wattpad, in good company with a lot of other Spideypool oneshots. The compilation story was taken down before I could even file a report, lol. (Now that I think about it, I think it was The Goddamn Horse Dildo Fic??? That thing haunts me 🤣)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but that would be incredible! I've had a few offers but they wanted to post the fic on other sites and not ao3, and I didn't feel comfortable with that.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic?

Ka-Chow!

I have a few shared drafts out there, but it's hard enough for me to finish a fic on my own, let alone with multiple people who have similar executive function issues 😔 Even with the Spideypool Cars AU, my co-author and I had one very exciting week of planning and co-writing, didn't touch it for years, and by the time I decided to come back to it, she'd moved on from that part of fandom. I'm really grateful that she gave her blessing for me to finish it on my own <3

In the past, I've had some tight-knit friend groups where we all helped with each other's fics from the ground up. Calling them "betas" encapsulates only a fraction of the support we gave each other. I don't think I have the emotional bandwidth for that right now, but I hope it's something I can build again someday--it feels incredible to work with people who are that much on your wavelength!

14. All time favorite ship?

I'm way too poly for this question 🤣 I like variety (both in and within pairings), and I love learning more about a character through the way they relate to others. Spideypool is my top in fics and bookmarks, but they're one of many loves.

15. WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Lollllllllll. So, so many. I was really excited to write a sequel to Three Steps To Inferno, but I never had a clear idea of the mystery, which is kind of a blocker when it comes to writing Noir. I also have an outline and some really killer scenes for a longfic about what Vanessa was up to when Wade ditched her during DP 1. While I'd like to come back to it, I may have scratched the itch (in a lot fewer words) with You Are Lonely, You Are Like Me.

I am going to get back to the Logan/Weapon XI and the Frank/Bambi fics as soon as I finish my current series, so you have that to look forward to :)

16. Writing strengths?

Humor, and the Wade-esque whiplash between jokes and smut and heavy feelings. Snappy and/or poignant opening and ending paragraphs. "I hate that you made me like this": about kink, but also about tropes, 1st and 2nd person POV, etc. I just think the world is neat, and I seem to have a skill for conveying that in engaging ways.

17. Writing Weaknesses?

If you've gotten this far, you're aware that I'm long-winded. I love my rambling paragraphs of prose, but I'm not as snappy as I used to be and I miss that sometimes.

Not to pull a "my biggest flaw is being detail oriented," but it really does bite me in the ass and keep me from finishing things. My editing process for even a short fic can take weeks of moving words around until they gel. I've been working on this post for almost 3 hours, because if I don't get the words right to convey exactly what I mean I will be fired out of a cannon into the sun. It's really hard for me to maintain focus and motivation for long projects, and the amount of time I spend on minutiae really compounds that. This kind of executive dysfunction is the reason I consider my ADHD to be a disability.

The nice thing is that, since I don't post fics until I'm 100% happy, I pretty much never read my old work and cringe. (with the exception of The Goddamn Horse Dildo Fic, but that's not about grammar 🤣)

I'm sure I have more direct writing weaknesses, but someone else will have to point those out. I try to lean into my strengths, and I budget my time and energy on improving those instead of stressing over things I'm not good at.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

The few times I've done it, I spent hours agonizing over, like, two words of slang (see the above perfectionism). I doubt I'd do more than that unless I had a resource who was really strong in both the language and the culture. I don't hold other fanfic authors to my own high standards, but most of the time I think using brackets around English is the way to go.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Lord of the Rings Legolas crack-fic 🤣 It was over 20 years ago on FF.N, so it's lost to the mists of time (which is kind of sad, I'd be curious to read it). I was a very hyperactive teenager who thought being random was a personality. Now I'm an energetic adult with a strong sense of whimsy, which is obviously very different 😌

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

The Goddamn Horse Dildo Fic

This is like asking me to choose a favorite child 😣 My go-to answer is Three Steps To Inferno, and I'm not sure that's actually true, but I'm really proud of it and it took a lot of love and work.

tagging: @farmhandler, @chronologicalimplosion, @bunsofhoney, @wagemama-ningyo, @some-stars, @lukeqatwalker and anyone else who made it this far because holy shit do I ramble

[teknobeyin]

UpNote Uygulamasında "Kilit Şifresi" Nasıl Oluşturulur?

UpNote uygulamasında yer alan notlarınıza ekstra koruma katmak istiyorsanız, "Kilit Şifresi" özelliğini aktif hâle getirmeniz oldukça faydalı olabilir.

Devamı: https://www.teknobeyin.com/upnote-uygulamasinda-kilit-sifresi-nasil-olusturulur.html

[kvetchtheboltcutters]

tagged by @asilverspring 💌

First off, happy new year everyone!! 🏄

last song: ghost on - angel olsen

favorite color: hmm atm like a sort of earthy purple?

last book: banal nightmare by halle butler

last show: i'm on ep 4 of my severance rewatch. also, mainlining seinfeld (as i do every year in december)

sweet/spicy/savory: savory

last thing i googled: "canapé recipe"

current obsessions: lowballing people on poshmark for nice margaret howell shirts, waxahatchee and mj lenderman's cover of abandoned, upnote (have been mad at evernote ever since they stripped back some of their cool features on the free version), these cookies that have a really nice and rich flavor and are also really easy to bake

looking forward to: small nye party with my friends later today, watching phantom thread tomorrow morning as it is my tradition, going skiing later in jan, getting through the first year of grad school (successfully), elif batuman's next book

tagging: @runningbacks @reds1981 @rostovs @nicholasbritellhive @ergothereforethus