Author Archives: mikejohnstn

In the few weeks since we relaunched Simplenote, usage has been skyrocketing. We’ve enjoyed some great press coverage across the web, along with strong user ratings and top 5 rankings. A few problems remain, and we’re working hard to fix them. In particular, some people have reported unexplained note deletions, particularly from the Mac app.Continue reading “What’s happened since the relaunch”

Earlier this year we announced some big changes were coming to Simplenote. Since then, we’ve been quietly working on new versions of the app together with server improvements that make it even faster and more reliable. New versions We’ve been beta testing new versions of Simplenote for Mac, Android, and iOS 7. They look aContinue reading “Simplenote relaunch”

Simplenote has a new home! Our company, Simperium, has been acquired by Automattic, makers of WordPress.com. We think this’ll be great for everyone, especially you, our beloved fans. You know how sometimes, the services you love just disappear when they’re bought by someone else? Or they wither and die a slow and painful death? Not the caseContinue reading “Simplenote supercharged”

Twenty-twelve has been an exciting year: we’ve been focused on building a system called Simperium that not only increases the speed and reliability of Simplenote, but enables other applications to have the same effortless synchronization and online/offline capabilities. The Nitty-Gritty The legacy version of Simplenote’s API is hosted on Google App Engine. Many of theContinue reading “The Year Ahead”

First of all, we’re very sorry about the current issues and we’re working to fix them. All premium users will get time credited to their accounts. Our primary syncing systems are hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Earlier this week, AWS experienced significant downtime that caused Simplenote syncing to fail. The AWS downtime also affectedContinue reading “Service problems this week”

Earlier today, the Simplenote web app stopped displaying notes for many people, and syncing with devices was temporarily disabled. The cause of this interruption was a problem with our servers that we’ve since fixed. All services are beginning to come online now. We’re taking steps to prevent these kinds of interruptions in the future, andContinue reading “Today’s interruption of services”

A few weeks ago, Simplenote 3.2 for iOS was released to the App Store. This was a huge update focused on performance and stability. If you’ve already updated, you should notice that your changes move between different versions of the app much more quickly now. The latest version is also much better at handling lotsContinue reading “Major performance update released”

We’ve been hard at work testing Simplenote 3.2, an update that is aimed at improving overall performance, stability and reliability. It has no new features. Instead, it’s intended to solidify the features that are already there, and it should be ready fairly soon. Thanks to the many people who have contacted us with their kindContinue reading “Performance, stability and reliability”

We released a small update today that was causing problems for some people, so we pulled it before many people downloaded it. A new update has been submitted. Alas, Simplenote for iOS won’t be available for download in the meantime, but hopefully not for long. If you were among the small number of people whoContinue reading “Simplenote for iOS temporarily unavailable”

Simplenote 3.1.8 for iOS has just been approved and will be available in the App Store shortly. Changes include: – fixed wrong tag sometimes being added to notes – fixed some iOS 5 incompatibilities – fixed crash when using settings – fixed sync sometimes not happening after first login We’re also continuing our work on a bigger updateContinue reading “Maintenance release for iOS 5”