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Show HN: Evernote powered website/blogging platform

by nerdburn on 3/26/13, 6:54 PM with 35 comments

We built this 2 months ago, but put a new landing page on it, added some features, and made it publicly available without requiring an invite.

  • by anologwintermut on 3/26/13, 8:24 PM

    Who needs a blogging platform? With Evernote's lovely security practices your data is likely public anyway.

  • by bmac27 on 3/26/13, 9:23 PM

    I'll definitely give it a shot as I've become a fairly heavy Evernote user and the templates look great. The problem is most of what I post to Evernote is typically in the form of short notes, ideas, lists, bullet points or anything that I've typically "notepaded" in the past. In other words, nothing that would be considered "blog-worthy" out of the box. (edit: maybe Tweet-worthy?) So I would have to flesh out these thoughts into something worth reading on this platform the same way I do now with any notes I compile: in a word processor.

    (Note that I have no idea whether my habits fit the typical Evernote use case but I figured I'd throw it out there even if I'm my own cohort.)

  • by geekforbrains on 3/26/13, 8:49 PM

  • by andygcook on 3/26/13, 8:13 PM

    You should add a button to a demo on the homepage. It would be nice to see what a Postach.io blog looks without having to register.

  • by ritonlajoie on 3/26/13, 9:10 PM

    I like the website, but it lacks some documentation on how it works, what are the features you provide, etc... I would like to know more without being forced to register.

    How do these blog post work exactly ? How to make an article ? Does it work by tagging evernot notes with a special tag ? How does image inclusion works ?

  • by ryanSrich on 3/26/13, 9:06 PM

    Super easy to customize and use. I'll be playing around with this more tonight. Made this in a couple minutes (http://onthoughts.postach.io/post/test-post)

  • by bollockitis on 3/26/13, 8:08 PM

    Clever idea. The only problem I see with this is that rare occasion when that poem you were writing for your Bronies is accidentally tagged as "Published."

  • by forrestblount on 3/26/13, 10:38 PM

    Would it be possible to allow custom post paths? I'm looking to move off of posterous and I'd like to preserve the link structure domain.com/title.

  • by cavemangeek on 3/26/13, 8:09 PM

    This looks great! Evernote is one of my favorite apps and I use it daily. The Markdown support is just icing on the cake.

  • by brandonb927 on 3/26/13, 10:02 PM

    I love Evernote and this has gotta be the most useful and easy-to-use platform out there, if not the only one I've seen!

  • by uslic001 on 3/26/13, 8:27 PM

    Very easy to use. Great idea. Published my first blog post already.

  • by raferx on 4/2/13, 11:50 PM

    This is cool. -Rafe from Evernote.

  • by theguild on 3/26/13, 10:34 PM

    This is an idea whose time has come. I've also seen Evernote used as a game distribution platform [1-2].

    With how much Evernote is expanding as a platform and as a way to store and index information, maybe the next threat to Google isn't Facebook but Evernote itself.

    [1] http://flowandzonegames.com/break-bad-habits-addictions-card...

    [2] http://flowandzonegames.com/hypnotic-visions/

    EDIT: Was Postach.io a bookmarking app in it's past life (and a pretty good one too)?