Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
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Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
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Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#2Looks pretty similar to BasKet (http://basket.kde.org/).
I used BasKet for a while and it's pretty good. Ultimately though using TODO lists for non-computer tasks on a computer always breaks down for me.
Also, this doesn't seem particularly distributed. How is this like git? There are better ways of saying "it's neat and new".
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#3Looks pretty similar to BasKet ( http://basket.kde.org/ ). I used BasKet for a while and it's pretty good. Ultimately though using TODO lists for non-computer tasks on a computer always breaks down for me. Also, this doesn't seem particularly distributed. How is this like git? There are better ways of saying "it's neat and new".
I meant like git in that it makes branching and such painless. It's not distributed at all as far as I can tell.
And yes I agree, if the checklist isn't tightly bound to the workspace it's meant for, everything breaks down. But being a founder of a web/mobile startup means pretty much everything I do happens on a computer.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#4I think you're more likely to stick to and maintain todos on a mobile device that syncs to the cloud.
Maybe that's just how I'm wired, but I never could stick to any one system until I got a smartphone, now I run my life out of it.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#5What's embedded on this guy's blog? It's using a massive % of cpu.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#6totally needs some collaborating features to be useful for a team.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#7What's embedded on this guy's blog? It's using a massive % of cpu.
Heh, this question gets posted every time something from my blog appears on HN.
It's a live-chat tool for websites that I'm testing for a friend and his startup. Honestly it's proving pretty useless with the kind of traffic I'm getting (high churn), but on websites with videos or long posts it's pretty awesome.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#8What's embedded on this guy's blog? It's using a massive % of cpu.
Heh, this question gets posted every time something from my blog appears on HN. It's a live-chat tool for websites that I'm testing for a friend and his startup. Honestly it's proving pretty useless with the kind of traffic I'm getting (high churn), but on websites with videos or long posts it's pretty awesome.
Well it crashed my browser (Chrome 6 on W7) and caused me to not read your post, might want to rethink it as it ruins any attempt at using your site.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#9I was in the same boat with regards to TODOs, and I asked myself, given how well steeped we are in technology nowadays - surely this is a solved problem?
Turns out, it is. emacs' org-mode does pretty much the exact same thing WorkFlowy does, only it's tied into all the other niceties of emacs (and to admit that is saying something, I was a vim user). Plus, thanks to Dropbox, and MobileOrg for iPhones and Android, you can sync it to your mobile device quickly and easily.
Each to their own and all that, but I really, really like org-mode. The only reason I've slowed down on it a bit currently (using Astrid atm) is because the Android client is still relatively weak; as soon as that picks up a bit I'll be back on it full-time.
Re: Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
#10I think you're more likely to stick to and maintain todos on a mobile device that syncs to the cloud. Maybe that's just how I'm wired, but I never could stick to any one system until I got a smartphone, now I run my life out of it.
Looks like it's pretty new. They're still calling it a "beta". Maybe the mobile apps are coming next?