Very Cool: Evernote adds reminders

In what they have said is their #1 request (it certainly was mine!), Evernote has added reminders.

You can specify a reminder date for a note, and Evernote will email you with a reminder for the note.  The reminder also pops up in the app.

Right now, it works on IOS and Web, but the other clients should be getting it very soon.  I hope it is sooner than Reminders itself.  Phil Libin said in one of their podcasts that Due Dates were coming "soon".  That was at least two years ago, maybe three.  Supposing Reminders are what he meant as Due Dates, he has a rather loose definition of soon.

Joking aside, this is an awesome feature addition.

Also the notes with Reminders end up at the top of each Notebook, and you can arrange them by your order of importance.

Read Evernote's blog post, and watch their video for more information.

Cross posted on GetProductiveFast.com and Ideas from Mark Stout.

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On April 30, 1993, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), publicly revealed their new creation, the World Wide Web.

Tim Berners-Lee's team had created the web to share information among computer users all over the world.

This was the first web page.

The Web has taken us way past academics sharing information.

Look around.  Do you see many record stores?  Video tape or DVD rental stores?  Do you have to go to high school reunions to keep up with old friends?  \

The impact of the web is great.  I think there is more government transparency, although we have a ways to go.

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You have to wonder, what will the next 20 years bring?

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