Evernote and Skitch Make a Great Match

Yesterday it was announced that Evernote has acquired Skitch.

This is exciting news and a great match! Evernote and Skitch are already two of the most useful apps I have on my Mac. The folks at Evernote claim that “Skitch will make Evernote better (and vice versa).” I agree. Improved integration between the two can only be a good thing. I look forward to seeing how the relationship between these handy tools develops in the coming months.

And the good news doesn’t stop there. A Skitch app has also been released for Android! The ability to mark up and add annotations to images along with the app’s Evernote integration will likely make this one of my favorite and most-used apps on my phone as well.

Finally, the biggest winners of this acquisition might just be Windows users. On its blog, Evernote promises, “We are committed, not only to making the Skitch Mac app more awesome, but also to bringing Skitch to every desktop and mobile platform under the sun.” Sound like a Windows app is in the works.

Read the announcement and get all the details on the Evernote and Skitch blogs.

What about you? Do you use Evernote? Skitch?

What features or improvements do you hope come from this new relationship?

 

Free Ebook – Read This Before Our Next Meeting

As one who has witnessed, first-hand, the broken “meetings system” (and contributed to it as well), I am really looking forward to reading this book:  Read This Before Out Next Meeting, by Al Pittampalli.

And the best part? The Kindle edition is free until August 10! Get it HERE.

 

via Michael Hyatt.

Desktop Notifications for Gmail

Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages were announced on the Official Gmail Blog yesterday. Though not life-changing, this is a feature that I am glad to see.

Gmail is typically open as a tab in my browser at all times, even while I work on non-email related items and tasks. This means that I regularly miss others’ attempts to chat with me. By the time I realize they have sent me a message and attempt to respond, they may not even be online. If this bothers me, then I’m sure it’s even more frustrating for the person initiating the conversation. Problem solved. The best part is that I don’t need to run an application in the background (such as iChat or Adium) in order to receive chat notifications any longer!

I’m less excited about the email notifications. I prefer to control my inbox and not the other way around. Email notifications kill my productivity, so I only check email at designated times. There is an option to be notified only when “Important Messages” arrive, however. As a Priority Inbox lover, I may consider giving this a try.

Desktop notifications are available only to Google Chrome users at this time. Details here.