Evernote just announced Trunk, “a showcase of great apps and products that makes your Evernote experience more awesome.”
Does WanderNote qualify? I’d like to think so. I’ll update this post when Evernote get back to me.
The Magic Number 3
WordPress, the main platform on which WanderNote is built, is on the brink of releasing version 3.0. The WanderNote blogs born today started life with version 3.0, release candidate 1. There’s a series of posts about 3.0 over at my main blog.
Three is also a big number for Evernote. Well, not three itself: three million is the number of Evernote users.
Congratulations to WordPress and Evernote. On a similar note, a shout out to BlueHost and to EverPress. You might be able to guess from the names that the former provides hosting, and (although this one isn’t as obvious) the latter is the plugin that turns Evernote notes into WordPress posts.
Sony to Preinstall Evernote on Vaio
Starting spring 2010, Sony will preinstall a customized version of Evernote on Vaio laptops and desktops. This via Mashable (which I seem to consider a reputable enough source to cite even when no primary source is provided). I hope that some of those Vaio versions result in WanderNote signups.
How to Set Up Evernote
WanderNote turns notes from Evernote.com into WordPress posts at WanderNote.com – if you set up Evernote appropriately. The notes must be in a public (i.e. shared with the world) notebook. Sharing is right under Notebooks in the Evernote sidebar.
Once you’ve made a notebook shared, Evernote will give you the public URL. There are a few ways in which WanderNote can get to know that URL. The web-based registration system is on the WanderNote to-do list, but it’s not near the top.
Pioneers will either e-mail me the public URL, or tell WanderNote directly. The direct method means finding EverPress under blog Settings, then pasting in the URL.
The EverPress Plugin
The About page notes that WanderNote is built on two platforms: Evernote and WordPress. The service wouldn’t be possible without a connection between the two platforms. That connection is the WordPress plugin EverPress, for which hearty thanks are due to Martin Hawksey.
I don’t think that there will be many posts in the category Systems – which means software, hosting, etc. – because you shouldn’t have to be aware of such stuff in order to use WanderNote. But EverPress is one of the three key cormponents of WanderNote, so it would be churlish not to acknowledge the plugin and its developer.
Seeking a Few Good Pioneers
It’s good to be a WanderNote Pioneer. As the term Pioneer suggests, you are one of the earliest users of WanderNote. So you get a chance to influence its direction. You also get some features that are likely to be premium features later in WanderNote’s life.
On the other hand, there are lots of reasons not to be a WanderNote Pioneer. Some of them are variations on the theme: WanderNote isn’t for you. For example, you might have no interest in using Evernote.
Update: to make things even easier, there’s now a signup page/form.