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Re: Vesper app

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Android version in the works?

Given the team that made it (i.e. John Gruber, Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus), I probably wouldn't expect one any time soon. Not merely referring to their personal preferences, with only one developer on their team I can't imagine they have much resources to go cross-platform.

Any time soon?

Even if the other two decides to do it Gruber might threaten to jump off a bridge!

Re: Vesper app

#13

( please note that my post is meant to give others another use-case for the Vesper app, and isn't an ad for a competitor product! ) I don't care much for a diary or travel book, but I do use DayOne[1] (for OS X and iOS) as a journal of interesting stuff I find (mostly on HN). Years ago I used delicious to save/tag webpages, after its stagnation I used other services (I don't even remember their names), then started t…

I uninstalled Day One when it fired off an alarm at 3am reminding me to write in my diary.

An honest mistake on their part, but still very annoying.

Re: Vesper app

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I'm sure a lot of Bill Gates' projects might seem equally meaningless, but he's still on track to completely wipe out Polio and has donated $28 billion to charity.

Besides that, not all of us are qualified to tackle those sorts of problems, or are even interested in them.

Re: Vesper app

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I'm sure a lot of Bill Gates' projects might seem equally meaningless, but he's still on track to completely wipe out Polio and has donated $28 billion to charity. Besides that, not all of us are qualified to tackle those sorts of problems, or are even interested in them.

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Re: Vesper app

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Seems strangely devoid of information... Am I supposed to already know what vesper is?

A ‘Vesper’ is a cocktail drink that was introduced in Ian Fleming’s novel ‘Casino Royale’. John Gruber is a fan of the James Bond stories and of high alcoholic beverages. I don’t see how the name has anything to do with note-taking, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesper_(cocktail)

The app is sold by Q Branch LLC

Re: Vesper app

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

A ‘Vesper’ is a cocktail drink that was introduced in Ian Fleming’s novel ‘Casino Royale’. John Gruber is a fan of the James Bond stories and of high alcoholic beverages. I don’t see how the name has anything to do with note-taking, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesper_(cocktail)

The app is sold by Q Branch LLC

Yes, which is the company Gruber started with his friends. The kid in all the app’s screenshots is Jonas Gruber, John’s son.

Like Vesper, the name ‘Q Branch’ also refers to the James Bond franchise (Q is the mastermind who provides James Bond with all of his clever gadgets).

http://www.macworld.com/article/2040883/meet-vesper-a-notes-...

Re: Vesper app

#20
I'd love to know what the background/reasoning was for another note-taking app. Sounds like a great team but like some other people have said - it doesn't look like a brilliant space to start out in.
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