Quick Evernote Capture via Scratch

Karbon’s very own Bill Griesau runs through some workflows for using the new custom email exports system in Scratch with Evernote:

The thing about Evernote is that it is the perfect system for storing and referencing information, but it is not the best tool for quick capture. However, with Scratch custom email exports, it makes including Evernote into my workflow so much easier.

I’ve never been an Evernote guy, but many Scratch users are and this functionality and simple workflow should be quite helpful. And I have to admit, after reading Bill’s post I’m considering hooking it all up because it’s so easy to use.

A while back we released Scratch v1.4 with a whole new customizable email exports system. You can create unlimited email export options with To and Cc addresses, custom placeholder-based subject lines, and have them sent instantly in the background (without showing the compose sheet) if you want.

A couple of really cool ways you can use this:

Setup an “Email Me” export (as shown in the screenshots here) and you can instantly email yourself notes after a meeting or at the end of the day.

Create a version that emails to your personal Evernote email address. Check the “Strip first line from body” box and make the subject the first line placeholder and have it send instantly. Bam, your Scratch notes look great in Evernote.

You can create as many as you want and configure them all differently. It’s pretty boss. Go get it.

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slomoyallslomoyall asked:
Is scratch the unofficial successor to xPad?

We didn’t intend for it to be. Shawn came up with the idea for Scratch and pitched it to the team (and then engineered and led the project), and never once did we realize the similarity between the two apps. But it makes perfect sense to me that we’d create both xPad and Scratch, since we’re always trying to build tools for ourselves to work better. xPad solved a problem I was having back in 2005 (managing lots of text documents on my Mac) and Scratch solves a problem we have today (quick note taking and jotting stuff down on the iPhone and then doing something with the content). We’re thrilled it’s solving that problem for other people too.

Scratch Version 1.2 — Let’s Talk Exports

Another new version of your favorite quick-input notepad with some awesome new features:

Tons of New Export Options
Email HTML, Copy, support for apps like Things, Day One, OmniFocus, Tweetbot and more! Plus we’re adding more all the time and they’ll automatically show up in Scratch without needing to upgrade the app. Missing your favorite app? Let us know and we’ll add it.

Manage Your Export Menu
You can choose which export options to show when you tap the export button to completely streamline your experience. Don’t want Copy HTML? Move it to inactive. Boom, done.

Markdown Auto-Linking
If you have a URL on your clipboard, the Markdown link button will automatically use it.

TextExpander Support when Naming New Files in Dropbox
Use your TextExpander Touch snippets to rapidly name documents.

And, of course, plenty of little fixes to make Scratch even sharper:

  • Fix for bug affecting input via Japanese and other non-Roman character keyboards
  • Better word counts for non-English languages
  • Minor fixes for upcoming iOS version

Scratch users are the best—thank you very much for your support. We’ve loved all the feedback so far, please keep sending it our way! And, of course, rating and reviewing is always helpful.