Weeknote 51, 2023

§1 The power of Bob Dylan

If you wonder how Bob Dylan got to be such a big deal in the first place, take a listen to this performance from 1963.

§2 Farewell, Evernote

I have closed the free Evernote account I had used since 2012. The first strike was the cascade of upgrade pop-ups that Evernote has required me to click through since the company was bought out a year or two ago. The second strike was the abrupt limitation of free accounts to one notebook and 50 notes (the limitation itself was fine, the abruptness of its imposition was disturbing). The third strike was the latest of those upgrade pop-ups turning my CPU into a significant heat source.

Bottom line: I no longer trust the company.

The notes that were simple lists are now in Google Drive. I haven't decided yet how to replace the rest of the functionality.