mattokeefe
Matt O'Keefe
mattokeefe

I'm really excited about the update, but I hate that they're going with a flatter design. Not because I don't like the design, but because there's no way all the apps in my menu bar and dock are going to change their icons.

Does that even mean anything?

He's my favorite author, and I got the chance to get this advice from him in person. Catapulted me to find some real if minor success as a writer.

I think the trick is to just ask. Your dream employer probably won't publicize a lot of its available jobs, so send an email that indicates that you can do something to help them. I replied to my favorite comic news site's call for reporters at a convention I was going to. I answered it, got accepted and did more than

My mistake. I had a different shortcut for command+K this whole time, which is why it didn't work in Evernote.

This is great. Wish it gave you the options to add hyperlinks without a right-click, though. Been waiting for that for awhile.

Wonderful guide. Thanks for this, Melanie!

What do you guys use most of the space for? Media?

Procrastinating is especially unfriendly to the wallet for freelancers. Every day I don't turn in an article for a website I write for is another day that I can't pick up a new assignment.

"Would it be impossible to obtain the rights from the original source?"

Good advice. Especially love #7.

Some apps I wish were included:

I'm freelance writing for extra income, too, but am having trouble developing a bigger client base. Any suggestions?

Things read better in Pocket than in Evernote, in my opinion.

Even with all the great guides of Lifehacker, I still haven't got super into tagging. I'm working on an article about to organize Evernote without tags.

Awesome article. Saving to Pocket also removes the non-text elements of the page. Sometimes Evernote doesn't, so it's really useful to use Pocket as an intermediary.

You could say that about tablets, too.

Mixed feelings about this article. It's awesome and a huge help, but I wanted to write a similar post for Hackerspace. :)