David Bloom

After using it for most of the past decade, I still use Evernote many times a day, every day. I love the browser button, the smart photo/OCR capabilities, the ubiquitous availability, and other basics for my needs. It still has a couple of quirks I'd love to see ironed out (no searching on your tag list in mobile is really annoying), but it provides so much for a modest annual cost, and is...

For history fans and those wanting to see how we handled notable events in the past. Without such perspective, Santayana suggest, we'll be doomed to repeat our mistakes. Pros: Cool look back at historical events through that period's newspaper stories Cons: Newspapers are only the first draft of history, and have their own flaws, but a fuller view of big events