I’m an avid user of Evernote. Since the first day the iPhone has given me death grip hands, their icon has been on my first home screen page. I use Evernote mostly to transfer notes from my work desktop to my iPhone for meetings. It’s part of my mission to become entirely paper-free in the workplace. And along with that comes the weird looks when I whip out the phone to check my notes followed by the “quit goofing off with your iPhone in the meeting” comments. I don’t get it. I do more than check email and make calls. Like Evernote says, it’s my external brain.
I’m also a avid fan of meetups. Especially ones that revolve around web applications. The team I manage here at Metromix organized the first Foursquare “Earn Your Badge” night earlier this year–and after that failed, tried again at the DC Twestival and more than succeeded with 65 check-ins. It’s exciting to see people gather together not just for a charity or 1/2 price appetizers, but for an app that changes the way they live and communicate with each other.
When Evernote announced their first Global Meetup Day, I was more than thrilled to not only participate, but to organize the event here in Washington, DC. And only a few hours into it, I see our market has the most attendees than any other in the world. Granted it’s only 10, but hey–cut me some slack, it’s the first day. The participants requested we meet at Fado Irish Pub downtown, and with some advice from Lisa (@DCEventJunkie), looks like a promising venue and a few tweets later, we’re in.
So, what will we cover at this meetup? I hope to hear some real life stories from other Evernoters that will benefit everyone, find more creative uses for the app, and to really put the features to the test–like taking photos of badges or business cards then having them convert to text and create notes automatically. Plus if we get more than 20 participants, we’ll receive stickers and other awesome Evernote stuff.
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If you live in DC or will be in town on June 23, 2010, please RSVP and swing by our meetup with iPhone, Android, iPad, etc in hand. Need more incentive? #1 Beer. #2 Free WiFi.
Evernote Meetup, Washington DC:
Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Fado Irish Pub
808 7th Street
Washington, DC 20001
202-789-0066
@fadodc on Twitter
Easy access to Metro: Exit Chinatown/Gallery Place, walk 1 block north at 7th and H. Map.
