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Same, and quickly realized I'll probably never return.
I thought about that, but given its potential for me I set it as my homepage. I'll give it a few days to see if it has money for me.
Your other video "How to use workflowy" was much easier to understand and actually convinced me to sign up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPMVtkNrquU&fmt=18 . Specifically, the part after 1:30 where you show the length of a list when it's expanded vs. when it's organized by workflowy. I usually end up with huge word documents that look like scarily similar to the sprawling, expanded list, and when you showed how the tool cuts down on that and only shows the level of detail you need, that hit home big time and made me want to try it.
Best of luck!
So here's something very similar i launched recently http://www.knowcase.com (works on ipad & mobile too)
I watched the workflowy video in the article, thought "meh". Then I came back to HN to read the comments, and clicked on your app. Tried the demo, got intimidated by the interface and left. Came back to HN to read more comments, decided to check out workflowy's site afterall. A simple sign up, validation from Matt Cutts, and the fact that its a YC company persuaded me to give it a try.
tl;dr - Validation does matter. Convince the people who your target market trusts, and the rest will follow.
Excellent choice of music for the video. It stood out from the usual ones by being high energy and compelling. I also like how the clapping was kept in at the end.
it is supprisingly nice match to the textfiles google-docs i use a lot lately. currently i'm playing with meinmeister for deep-not-taking. compared to mindmeister one thing hold me back in workflowy: lack of links what i like: - makes nice use of the space (gets stuff out of the way when zooming in) - clean - works like my text files :) hmm.. that's more pros then cons :D
I really like the product. I currently use Things for my GTD, so it would be competing with that. I would have to have an iPhone app version to make the switch. The UI also lends itself to a useful project management tool, which I always thought was a space in need of some simplification.
Yeah, we think it'll be pretty powerful for project management once it has collaboration, tagging and search.
So here's something very similar i launched recently http://www.knowcase.com (works on ipad & mobile too)
You might want to take screenshots of a few use cases, skitch them up and post that on a more....link for those who want to learn more.
Why not label it as an outliner? It would help more technically-oriented people to quickly understand what it is. Also, Dave Winer would be all over it. :)
For tech people, you're definitely right. For most people, this really is a new category of thing.
Tasks need to have dates I think for this thing to be both a brain organizer and a productivity tool, which I think is ultimately what it is going to have to be to be successful (and it is names workflowy). I have used mindmaps before, which is basically the same idea with a different interface. I'd like each node to have a "due by" or "do on" date, and maybe a simple color coding.. just a way to arbitrary label thin…
Regarding monetization, we're thinking that we're going to have a premium option above a certain number of lists/items. We're, of course, going to grandfather in early users.