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Re: How To Host An Awesome Conference Panel

Brett Kelly — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:08:38 -0000

I think you're thinking of "lit'rally."

Re: The Fastest, Cheapest Way to Learn Evernote

Brett Kelly — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:22:05 -0000

Hi Pam,

Brett Kelly here (the dude who wrote Evernote Essentials). I just checked my records and it looks like you were able to download Evernote Essentials. If this isn't true or there's anything else I can help with, send an email to support@brettkelly.org. Thanks!

Re: Dealing with a customer service disaster - the NerdGap way

Brett Kelly — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:19:47 -0000

Thanks for the kind words, Des. While I'm certain this won't be my last explosive SNAFU, it's really cool how most of those affected are brushing it off and encouraging me not to beat myself up over it :)

Re: The Fastest, Cheapest Way to Learn Evernote

Brett Kelly — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:05:25 -0000

The web app is great in a pinch (like, when you're using a computer you don't personally own, for example), but the native application provides a *much* richer experience and offers several benefits as well as much better integration with the OS the computer is running.

Re: The Fastest, Cheapest Way to Learn Evernote

Brett Kelly — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:03:18 -0000

I may be biased, but I think it's pretty good :)

Don't forget — if you don't love it, you have a month to return it for a full refund. Ping me if I can answer any specific questions you have!

Re: The Fastest, Cheapest Way to Learn Evernote

Brett Kelly — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:10:34 -0000

Thanks John — I appreciate the kind words :)

Re: My Top 10 Favorite iPad Apps and How I Use Them

Brett Kelly — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:36:52 -0000

Hi Sid,

I'm Brett (author of Evernote Essentials). I'm sorry about the trouble you're having! It looks like the emails I'm trying to send to your address are being rejected by your email server. Email me (brett [at] brettkelly.org) and I'll get you straightened out right away.

Apologies again!

Re: Generational with Dr. Drang: Curiosity and Analytical Thinking [Link]

Brett Kelly — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:33:44 -0000

Easily one of my favorite Generational episodes. You and the good doctor sounded like peas in a pod.

Re: Reflections on the World Domination Summit (and Why I Didn’t Sign Up for Next Year)

Brett Kelly — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:51:46 -0000

Great post, Tom. Bummed we didn't get to connect up north!

I agree that the inspirational aspect of the whole thing can be a little... overdone? Maybe? I'd hate to sound cynical, but inspiration is like a drug in itself. You hear a talk or read a book or a blog post and your chest swells up and you feel like you could throw a rock to the moon, but then nothing is done and it's back to the hunt for more, bigger inspiration.

That's part of why I appreciated this year's conference so much, I think; it seemed to give much more focus to the action part of the equation. Most of the talks I saw were quick to skip over the heartwarming positive energy stuff and get on with removing barriers and moving your thing—whatever it is—a little further up the hill.

Everything requires action, if you ask me.

Re: How To (Expertly) Use Evernote To Be A Better Blogger

Brett Kelly — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:46:33 -0000

If you install Skitch (the drawing and image annotation utility that Evernote acquired late last year) on your iPad, there's a one-tap option to send the current sketch to Evernote. It's super slick. Also, check out Penultimate (another app recently acquired by Evernote) that's for hand-written notes and sketches that also integrates nicely with Evernote.

Re: Five Words That Will Change Your Life

Brett Kelly — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:52:31 -0000

Hearty congratulations to you both!

Re: How Does an Evernote Fan Sell Over 10,000 eBooks? The Amazing Story of Brett Kelly

Brett Kelly — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:10:29 -0000

Thanks Jason!

Re: How Does an Evernote Fan Sell Over 10,000 eBooks? The Amazing Story of Brett Kelly

Brett Kelly — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:27:25 -0000

Thanks much for the opportunity, David! It was really fun to do this with you.

Also, forgive the obvious math SNAFU around minute 25:00 — I was nervous :)

Re: To use iBooks Author or not

Brett Kelly — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:23:43 -0000

Perhaps I wasn't clear (author of linked post here - howdy); my point is that if I use iBooks Author to create an ebook and wish to sell it, I *must* sell it through the iBookstore, according to the EULA. Since that is an understood ramification of using iBooks Author, I chose to cover why that part won't work for me, either.

I'm well aware that I can create content with other tools beside iBooks Author and sell that content where I choose (since that's precisely what I've been doing for the last 18+ months), but that's not what the post was about.

[EDIT]
And, as I said in the post itself, I'm more than willing to be wrong about any of this. If I'm misunderstanding any of this, do tell me and I'll fix it.

Re: EVERNOTE MY NEW FAVORITE THING

Brett Kelly — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:39:54 -0000

Hi - I'm not the creator, but I do indeed work there :)

Re: Samsung, Google cancel event “out of respect for Steve Jobs”

Brett Kelly — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:29:40 -0000

It seems plausible to me... sorta. Apple couldn't have postponed the 4S launch, I don't think, because Jobs' passing would have eclipsed any Apple product launch for weeks after it happened. I think that the more likely reason for this postponement is that nobody is going to pay attention to the Samsung/Google announcement because the world is still too focused on Jobs and Apple to give a crap about yet another Android handset.

Re: Back to Work #17: Episode 17 - 5by5

Brett Kelly — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:01:20 -0000

So much of what hangs people up when it comes to priorities is honesty, both with themselves and with others. I'd venture to say that most of the priorities people struggle with were imposed upon them in the past, either by people or position, and have been around for so long that they're just assumed to be appropriate.

When a poor guy/gal is hamstrung with a bunch of stale "priorities" that don't match up with what they really want out of life, you get somebody whose creativity and drive is disappearing bitterly behind the shadow of all of the things they'd love to do/create, but feel (read: assume) they simply can't.

Taking honest stock of how much you *actually* give a crap about something is, IMO, the only way to unearth the pursuits that really (forgive me) motivate and inspire.

Just my $.02 - looking forward to the show!

Re: How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer

Brett Kelly — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:46:14 -0000

I'll send the message up the food chain - I know this isn't the first time folks have requested this, for what it's worth.

Re: How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer

Brett Kelly — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:47:28 -0000

Hi Chris,

You can't currently password-protect entire notebooks (or even entire notes, for that matter), but you are able to encrypt regions of text within a note. If you highlight a portion of a text note and right-click, you'll see the option to encrypt it. Be careful not to lose your password, though, because not even Evernote staff can decrypt the text without it!

-Brett
(Evernote employee)

Re: How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer

Brett Kelly — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:40:16 -0000

If Evernote feels like a bit too much for what you're doing, you should definitely give Simplenote a go - quite a bit more lean than Evernote for those that want fewer features.

Re: How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer

Brett Kelly — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:35:49 -0000

You can't password-protect entire notebooks, but you can encrypt regions of text within notes if you like. Be warned, though - if you misplace the encryption password, nobody (including Evernote staff) will be able to decrypt the text!

Re: How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer

Brett Kelly — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:34:34 -0000

One of the best things about Evernote is that you don't necessarily haven't build a complex scaffold around your data if you don't want to - in most cases, a good command of the search grammar is more than sufficient to find just about any note within a minute or so. Have a look at this article I wrote on the Evernote Knowledge Base for more information on advanced search: http://evernote.com/about/k...

Cheers!

Re: How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer

Brett Kelly — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:28:46 -0000

Hi Josh,

The Evernote database is highly optimized for the application itself, but if you export one or more notes as .enex files (HTML is the other option), you can open and manipulate them using any plaintext editor (Notepad is one, but you'd probably want something a little more powerful if you're hand-editing XML).

Cheers,
Brett Kelly (Evernote employee and the guy who wrote the ebook Michael mentioned)

Re: CES 2011: AT&T Announces A Slew Of New Smartphones

Brett Kelly — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:38:54 -0000

I'm just happy to see Android making a bigger dent in the market.

Re: http://blog.onefps.net/post/2701828106

Brett Kelly — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:42:16 -0000

Nice work, sir :)