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Ask HN: What Web apps increase your productivity?

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Re: Ask HN: What Web apps increase your productivity?

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Post by metachor »

crocowhile wrote: post #44
edw519 wrote: post #13

Hacker News. This is not a joke. I realize that hn is not a web app in the classic sense, but I get far more value from hn than any webapp. Let me explain... I learned long ago that increasing productivity was like "striking out the pitcher". You got small, easily measured, and much appreciated improvements. But the real improvements come in major shifts in thinking and processing. I once had a choice of 2 projects t…

I am new to this place so I am not sure I know what you are talking about. Is it about motivation? Reading about successful stories makes you less procrastinating or what?

I think what edw519 is saying is that reading certain stories on HN induces a paradigm-shift in his/her thinking. This leads not to a slight gain in productivity or slight reduction in procrastination, but instead to a whole new way of working or thinking that completely dominates his/her previous mode of operation.

Re: Ask HN: What Web apps increase your productivity?

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Post by teej »

dylanmcd wrote: post #50
teej wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, a website is a website. Just because it has forms, uses the "cloud", and has a shiny logo doesn't stop it from being a website. The only websites I use that are anywhere close to "application" functionality are GMail and thesixtyone, and even then it's just ajax frosting on top of a delicious html cake.

I fail how to see how using HTML and Javascript keep something from being an application. To be an application it has to run on the desktop, and not the browser?

It's about level of interactivity, responsiveness, and robustness. Shiny web front-ends to a relational database just don't compete on the same level as desktop workhorses. Mint, Gmail, and Freshbooks are nice web "applications", but their innovation is in solving simple problems with incredible interfaces. The innovation in Textmate, and Photoshop is that they enable a high amount of manipulation and automation that simply can't be delivered over the web at this time.

Re: Ask HN: What Web apps increase your productivity?

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Post by greengirl512 »

GavinB wrote: post #34

Dropbox. I don't have to worry about backing up files, and I know if I screw things up I can revert to old versions. Not to mention, sharing files is as easy as dropping them into a folder. I've been using BackPack for to-do lists, but it doesn't have the depth of features I need. Can anyone recommend a to-do list app with good nesting functionality?

Doris lets you organize your tasks into groups, and it has some cool features like email integration: http://beta.dorisapp.com/en/

Re: Ask HN: What Web apps increase your productivity?

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Post by blurry »

GavinB wrote: post #34

Dropbox. I don't have to worry about backing up files, and I know if I screw things up I can revert to old versions. Not to mention, sharing files is as easy as dropping them into a folder. I've been using BackPack for to-do lists, but it doesn't have the depth of features I need. Can anyone recommend a to-do list app with good nesting functionality?

If you have gmail, you can add Google Labs Tasks. Nesting, one-click add from email, etc.
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