Trello Spins Out of Fog Creek With $10.3M

Post by zo1 » Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 10:24 PM UTC

jbigelow76 wrote: post #63

executive wrote: post #26

We would use Trello if they added two things: 1) simple way to delete a card, list, or board (not this archive nonsense) 2) multiple lists in a column

I wish cards could be tagged. I use labels for overall categorization but I need tagging to tie cards back to our project management system (which I find unusable for actual project management). Currently I just make the first line of the notes my faux tag. It's s minor gripe though, Trello is pretty great.

Post by libria » Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 10:46 PM UTC

jogzden wrote: post #132

It's really great to see good things coming Trello's way with all of this. Those guys have worked ridiculously hard at it. I distinctly remember them keeping Trello running through a disaster and keeping all of it's users informed. Great job, guys!

Post by reinhardt » Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 11:16 PM UTC

mhp wrote: post #99

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I think FogBugz's worst problem is its name. I feel stupid even suggesting it at work, and the name sounds silly so people ignore any suggestion I do make. Trello is a good example of a much more (word-of-mouth) marketable name.

I know that for some people, this is an issue. The problem is the cost of switching to another name. For a ten year old product, the cost is IMMENSE. It can definitely be done, but it's a hard problem. Naming is also really hard. We spent TONS of time picking out the name Trello and just narrowly avoided naming it something really stupid by serendipity. (The code name was Trellis, but all the domains were taken and w…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 1:19 AM UTC

SCdF wrote: post #126

hamidpalo wrote: post #28

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I work at Trello. We actually don't think of Trello as Kanban. Trello at its core is a collaborative list of lists. You can use Trello to implement a Kanban workflow but Trello is not an implementation of Kanban. A lot of people use Trello for things like to organizing their soccer teams where there isn't a hint of Kanban -- each list could be a game and people add themselves to indicate that they want to play.

List of lists eh. Now I want to write a Trello knockoff using homoiconic clojure.

Post by jeremyt » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 2:03 AM UTC

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tell a cabby to take you to the New York Stock Exchange More like Stack Exchange !

This is actually my favorite opening line to use at talks: "My name is Kasra and I run the mobile team at Stack Exchange. The first response I always get after I tell people that is 'why does the stock exchange need mobile apps?' and I'm here to explain that to you today, except you know, with the right company name."