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Re: Legend

#41

Post by erichurkman »

nixpulvis wrote: post #31
satvikpendem wrote: post #5

Lots of competitors in this space it seems. I had a similar idea, a todo list + calendar app listed below, but it's interesting to see ideas converging on the idea of timeboxing your tasks. Ever since Cal Newport wrote Deep Work, it seems like everyone wants to get on the deep work productivity train. I wonder who will win eventually though. - www.getartemis.app (disclosure, my app) - www.akiflow.com - www.oltra.io -…

As someone in dire need of a solution like these, can you help me understand how they might fill my requirements? 1. Completely offline use 2. No separate accounts 3. Stable interface 4. Straightforward payment model I'm really looking for a next-generation Thunderbird, not some weird ML or smart task aggregator. Honestly, just make iLife 2.0 while your at it. Just don't hold my hardware hostage this time please.

https://agenda.com fit the bill for me. Offline use (though can only sync today through iCloud and Dropbox, I think, which sucks - but you can sync folders manually), pulls calendar from your system integration, simple payment. You can link your daily agenda items/notes to calendar invites.

Though it does not connect to email, at least today, which was OK for my use cases.

Re: Legend

#42

Post by madrox »

satvikpendem wrote: post #5

Lots of competitors in this space it seems. I had a similar idea, a todo list + calendar app listed below, but it's interesting to see ideas converging on the idea of timeboxing your tasks. Ever since Cal Newport wrote Deep Work, it seems like everyone wants to get on the deep work productivity train. I wonder who will win eventually though. - www.getartemis.app (disclosure, my app) - www.akiflow.com - www.oltra.io -…

In my experience, productivity apps have more in common with lifestyle brands than, say, email. In that way, there's no winning any more than one brand can effectively own a space.

If I were CEO of one of these products, I'd quickly diversify into other areas in order to differentiate, add value to subscriptions, and better cater to a particular audience. How I'd do that would depend on the lifestyle brand I'm trying to establish. I've heard this called the law of division in marketing.[1]

1: https://ericsink.com/laws/Law_10.html

Re: Legend

#43

Post by unemphysbro »

nixpulvis wrote: post #29
unemphysbro wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

vi todo.txt the same file served me well for over a decade. :)

Stupid question, but what do you do from your phone? I would like to put my grocery list in the same system as the rest of my notes/todos.

I have another todo list in my mac's notes 'app' which syncs to my phone.

However, for non-work stuff, I usually rely on pen-and-paper lists.

It works for me, I've experimented with a few apps but they've never stuck within my workflow.

Re: Legend

#44

Post by nixpulvis »

erichurkman wrote: post #41
nixpulvis wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone in dire need of a solution like these, can you help me understand how they might fill my requirements? 1. Completely offline use 2. No separate accounts 3. Stable interface 4. Straightforward payment model I'm really looking for a next-generation Thunderbird, not some weird ML or smart task aggregator. Honestly, just make iLife 2.0 while your at it. Just don't hold my hardware hostage this time please.

https://agenda.com fit the bill for me. Offline use (though can only sync today through iCloud and Dropbox, I think, which sucks - but you can sync folders manually), pulls calendar from your system integration, simple payment. You can link your daily agenda items/notes to calendar invites. Though it does not connect to email, at least today, which was OK for my use cases.

I should mention I am running Wayland, and would like to continue to do so, ideally on my phone as well one day.

Re: Legend

#45

Post by pchristensen »

fuzzybear3965 wrote: post #39
jaaron wrote: post #4

A decade or so, I did _everything_ in emacs. I was never more productive and I attribute it partially to the sort of flow that Legend seems to be trying to make. Smartphones are what killed it for me. As I switched to using my smartphone + tablet more, it broke my emacs setup. I'm still trying to get it back.

I read this a few times trying to understand this. I guess OP means: > I was very productive, then, using emacs. "I was never more productive" isn't wrong, and in context it should be clear. But, I read this like "Never, using emacs, did I experience increased productivity". It reminds me of that trope, "Couldn't care less".

I believe OP meant it as "I was never more productive than when I used emacs."

Re: Legend

#46

Post by mmcclure »

satvikpendem wrote: post #5

Lots of competitors in this space it seems. I had a similar idea, a todo list + calendar app listed below, but it's interesting to see ideas converging on the idea of timeboxing your tasks. Ever since Cal Newport wrote Deep Work, it seems like everyone wants to get on the deep work productivity train. I wonder who will win eventually though. - www.getartemis.app (disclosure, my app) - www.akiflow.com - www.oltra.io -…

I've been using Sunsama for the last few months and have really enjoyed it, I was somewhat surprised not to find it in a cmd+f on these comments.

Re: Legend

#47

Post by fuzzybear3965 »

pchristensen wrote: post #45
fuzzybear3965 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read this a few times trying to understand this. I guess OP means: > I was very productive, then, using emacs. "I was never more productive" isn't wrong, and in context it should be clear. But, I read this like "Never, using emacs, did I experience increased productivity". It reminds me of that trope, "Couldn't care less".

I believe OP meant it as "I was never more productive than when I used emacs."

Yeah, I agree. That's what I tried to say.

Re: Legend

#48

Post by afandian »

I would like to try this out on Android but the link goes to Google Play and I don't link my phone to a Google account.

Any chance of an APK download?

Re: Legend

#49

Post by Wronnay »

Shit... I had something similar in my side project ToDo List...

It always happens, that some other guy had the same idea and already realized it before I started :-D

Re: Legend

#50

Post by daniel_iversen »

Wronnay wrote: post #49

Shit... I had something similar in my side project ToDo List... It always happens, that some other guy had the same idea and already realized it before I started :-D

I wouldn't worry too much. The market is huge and it's also usually never the first mover of some new way of doing things that wins the big price (look at Amazon, Apple, MSFT, Google, Facebook etc.etc.)
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