Chris Pratley, founder of OneNote, tells the origin story for the product, what it was like launching OneNote v1, early design principles, the history of sync and ink, and what he's up to now after 22 years in Office as he leads Evoke Studio in Windows.
Shownotes
- OneNote's origin story - 0:51
- Chris writes Scribbler vision document - 5:40
- Scribbler team is formed (thanks Word!) - 8:47
- Chris' dirty secret on competitors - 14:42
- OneNote's original product principles - 15:47
- What OneNote v1 got the most wrong - 19:45
- How ink came to OneNote - 22:50
- The time we paid users to send us envelopes stuffed with notes - 25:37
- Does Chris think ink will ever be mainstream? - 27:11
- History of OneNote sync - 30:53
- How did the OneNote team work in the early days? - 34:00
- Office didn't "get" OneNote; how to deal with skeptics - 36:42
- Launching OneNote - 38:58
- Original OneNote price, coupon and gorilla marketing tactics - 41:11
- NoteFile? Freeform? Sribbler? The process of naming OneNote - 42:42
- What feature doesn't exist that you always wanted? - 45:52
- What Chris is most proud of about OneNote - 49:30
- Chris leaves Office after 22 years - 50:57
- Evoke Studio: Chris' new adventure - 53:07
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