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Jon Tromans
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Writer of Taming the Trunk🐘 I run training courses in MailChimp, email marketing, podcasting & SEO. Evernote Certified Expert. jtid.co.uk 🖖🚴
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A deep look at the new @evernote.bsky.social Semantic Search 🔎

✅ A look at what semantic search is. Finding related notes.

✅ What the re-indexing or embedding process is.

✅ Examples on how semantic search differs from standard search.

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/dee...

#evernote
Deep Dive: Evernote Semantic Search
A huge thank you to Albert, Doug, Michael, Eric, LB, Patrick, Geoffrey and Alasdair who became paid subscribers over the last week and many thanks to Bill who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported, no ads or commission links and your support is really appreciated.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Special guest on Taming the Trunk🐘

Evernote chat with Stacey Harmon:

✅ Evernote price changes

✅ Reactions to pricing

✅ New plans: Starter vs. Advanced

✅ Comparing Evernote with other tools

➕ bonus content for paid subscribers

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/the...

#evernote
The Impact of Evernote's New Pricing Plans. Reaction from Evernote Certified Expert Stacey Harmon.
A huge thank you to all paid subscribers and many thanks also to those who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported, no ads or commission links and your support is really appreciated.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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A deep dive into the @evernote.bsky.social AI Assistant🐘

✅ Details about the AI version & privacy - zero data retention & no training from the AI

✅ Demos on questioning a large PDF, planning a weekend break & making a chilli🌶️

👇

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/dee...

#Evernote
Deep Dive: The Evernote AI Assistant
A huge thank you to Sean who became a paid subscriber over the last week and many thanks also to those who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported, no ads or commission links and your support is really appreciated.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Deep dive & test of the new AI Meeting Notes in @evernote.bsky.social

✅ Recording for in person & remote meetings
✅ The AI inside
✅ File formats, sizes & limits
✅ Test with background noise & quiet audio
✅ Editing the transcription & summary

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#evernote
Deep Dive: Evernote AI Meeting Notes
A huge thank you to Kate, Beepark & dp who became a paid subscribers over the last week and many thanks also to those who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported, no ads or commission links and your support is really appreciated.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📅Free @evernote.bsky.social Calendar Template

A bit late sorting out my 2026 calendar templates this year.

Two different ENEX files to download.

One with the week starting on a Monday and the other on a Sunday.

Full instructions here.

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/fre...

#Evernote
Free Evernote 2026 Calendar Template
Surprise!
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October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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First look at the @evernote.bsky.social recorder. Transcribe & summarise meetings.

➕new insert menu with search and favourites
➕ new slash command menu with built-in aliases so finding commands is easier

New Taming the Trunk🐘

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/fir...

#Evernote
October 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Better Markdown support arrives in @evernote.bsky.social

✅Paste in markdown tables
✅Paste in markdown nested tags

➕much prettier calendar widget on the home screen

🐘New Taming the Trunk 👇

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/bet...

#Evernote
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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First look at the new @evernote AI Assistant and Semantic Search.

Exciting times!

New Taming the Trunk in the wild 🐘

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/fir...

#Evernote
First look at Evernote AI Assistant and Semantic Search
A huge thank you to all paid subscribers and thanks to Todd who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported, no ads or commission links and your support is really appreciated.
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October 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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This week's Taming the Trunk🐘

☑️A hack to get links to headers working inside @evernote.bsky.social tables

☑️Infinite scrolling arrives for search results

☑️Better note focus after moving or deleting a note

☑️Undo a deleted note

👇
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#Productivity
An Evernote table heading hack + some small improvements
Newsletter housekeeping: The latest version for PC & Mac is 10.137.1.
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May 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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How can I tag tasks in @evernote.bsky.social

Another question from the Taming the Trunk community answered🐘

📽️
www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/ama...

#evernote #productivity
AMA 34: How can I tag tasks in Evernote?
This week on Ask Me Anything about Evernote we have a question from Adam.
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May 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Share Your Strategies on @evernote.bsky.social naming conventions and acronyms

New Taming the Trunk 🐘

I share my WHO WHAT WHEN naming convention and the acronyms I use

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www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/eve...

#Productivity #Evernote #NoteTaking
Evernote Naming Conventions. Share Your Strategies and Acronyms.
A huge thank you to Robert who has become a paid subscriber over the last week and many thanks also to Jean who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported and I very much appreciate your generosity.
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May 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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New Taming the Trunk🐘

@evernote.bsky.social AI Transcription limits have just been increased to 100MB/1 Hour.

Also, a little trick using the -space:spacename to help exclude space notes from advanced searches.

👇
www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/eve...

#Evernote #Productivity
Evernote AI Transcription limit increase + excluding space notes from search
A huge thank you to all paid subscribers and many thanks also to those who bought me a coffee. Taming the Trunk is 100% reader supported, no ads or commission links and your support is really appreciated.
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May 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Is there a way to turn handwriting into text using @evernote.bsky.social ?

Solution is to scan some handwriting or write using Evernote Sketch and then transcribe the image.

👇📽️

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/ama...

#Evernote #Productivity
AMA 32: Is there a way to turn handwriting into text?
This week on Ask Me Anything about Evernote we have a question from Alice.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Will @evernote.bsky.social be reading notes to us soon? Lots to get thorugh in this weeks Taming the Trunk.

- AI transcriptions as a slash command

- Voixce to text ??

- Add emojis when annotating

- New space tutorial video

- and more

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/a-n...

#Evernote #Productivity
A new slash command + will Evernote be reading notes to you soon?
Newsletter housekeeping: The latest version for PC & Mac is 10.136.3.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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AMA 31 has landed answering questions about @evernote.bsky.social the Taming the Trunk community.

❓I'm new to Evernote. Can you explain tags and how to use them?

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www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/ama...

#Evernote #Productivity
AMA 31: I'm new to Evernote. Can you explain tags and how to use them?
This week on Ask Me Anything about Evernote we have a question from Clare.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Latest TTT🐘 @evernote.bsky.social performance + added extras

☑️Editor & notebook list loading improved
☑️A new undo button
☑️Paste text when annotating images & PDFs
☑️A new BETA profile page
☑️CTRL/CMD+V tip

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www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/spe...

#Evernote #Productivity
Speed, undo + other little Evernote improvements
Newsletter housekeeping: The latest version for PC & Mac is 10.135.4.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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This is how I keep track of important contacts in @evernote.bsky.social

Not all contacts as that would be too much, but just the folk who I need to know about like clients, doctor dentist etc

Download my template for free

👇

www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/man...

#Evernote #Productivity
Managing contact information in Evernote + Free Template + New AI Edit Feature
Newsletter housekeeping: The latest version for PC & Mac is 10.134.4.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🐘A new Ask me Anything About @evernote.bsky.social is live.

A question this week from one of the Taming the Trunk subscribers:

❓How do you manage multiple note windows in Evernote?

📺
www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/ama...

#Evernote #Productivity
April 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Creating call-outs for your @evernote.bsky.social + free template

✅How to build one

✅Create a note full of them to use later

✅Free template with 10 pre-made call-outs

New Taming the Trunk👇
www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/cre...

#Evernote #Productivity #NoteTaking
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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This week's TTT looks at searching for types of files & attachments in @evernote.bsky.social

☑️How to use contains: to find office files and other stuff

☑️ How to use resource: in combination with a MIME type to find specific files

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www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/fin...

#Evernote #Productivity
March 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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How to manage receipts and bills in @evernote.bsky.social New Taming the Trunk.

I have bills in Evernote going back to 2010 & keep pretty much every bill, invoice & receipt I get

This weeks AMA looks at how I organise, manage, capture & find bills

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www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/ama...

#Evernote
AMA 28: How do you manage recipients and bills in Evernote?
This week on Ask Me Anything about Evernote we have questions from Eddie.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Two questions answered on this week's @evernote.bsky.social AMA

1️⃣What is Evernote lite editor?
2️⃣How do I stop accidentally editing notes on mobile?

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www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/ama...

#Evernote #Productivity
AMA 27: What is the Evernote Lite Editor & how to stop accidentally editing notes on mobile?
This week on Ask Me Anything about Evernote we have questions from Eddie.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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📝✨ Import Markdown into @evernote.bsky.social

Save your .md file + drag into the import area.
Evernote will convert most formatting & create new notes! 🚀

You can also paste Markdown directly into a note.

Find out how👇
www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/imp...

#Evernote #Markdown #Productivity
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Over the past few weeks, we received over 300 feature requests at product.evernote.com. 😍

Here are the top 3 most upvoted features that we’re adding to the roadmap:

🥇Full markdown language support
🥈Password protected notes or folders
🥉Table of contents at the side of the note
Evernote Product Updates
See the latest Evernote features, improvements, and product updates. Share your feedback and your suggestions!
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March 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Change the tone of your @evernote.bsky.social note.

I've done some testing in the latest Taming the Trunk🐘

+ an option to delete Evernote spaces has arrived.

👇
www.tamingthetrunk.com/p/cha...

#Evernote #Productivity
February 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM