Text Files Are Still the Answer

I used Evernote for more than ten years. It was my external brain. Meeting notes, project ideas, recipes, travel plans, random thoughts I wanted to capture—all of it went into Evernote. &#xA; And for a while, it was great. Fast capture, decent sync, available everywhere. The promise was simple: put your stuff here, we&rsquo;ll keep it safe, you&rsquo;ll have it forever. &#xA; Forever turned out to…