Dearest Evernote,
It’s been so long since we were last together. Do you remember last summer? You and I, hand-in-hand, making notes of everything fabulous and fascinating on the internet? Oh, how I loved you so.
You were always by my side—on my laptop, on my smartphone, your handy Web Clipper in my Firefox window, always waiting to serve. I never thanked you for indexing my web research, for storing my Christmas gift ideas, for selflessly sending research sources to my editors.
But I took you for granted. I admit it, I was drawn away by starlust, by a grand obsession to consolidate my digital life under one server, by a foolhardy desire to fall into the big arms of Google. So, along with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader and Google Docs, I switched to Google Notebook.
At first, I was happy—but I always felt I was missing out on something. Notebook was much less attractive, but so much faster and efficient. I accepted the fact that I had sacrificed speed for beauty.
And then, one day after a Firefox update, Google Notebook was gone. No good bye, not even a warning. So I went looking for answers, an explanation. And there it was, tucked away on Google Notebook’s blog—I didn’t even know Google Notebook was keeping a blog—there was a letter that Notebook never bothered to deliver, explaining that Google Notebook didn’t want our relationship to continue developing.
I went for months without any web-based note taking system, relying on browser bookmarks and using (I’m embarrassed to even admit this) paper notes. I think I was punishing myself—for leaving you, for believing that Google would care about little old me, for thinking with my CPU and not with my heart.
So I’m back, on bended knee, begging for your help again. Without the slightest bit of exaggeration I can say that my life is a mess without you. You always told me that you “remember everything.” But I must ask—just because you never forget, does that also mean that you never forgive?
Evernote, I need you. I want you back in my life. And my browser. Please, give me another chance.
Your devoted admirer,
Lochness Ronster
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