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Re: Legend

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Post by satvikpendem »

atestu wrote: post #16
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 -…

Looks like Level is dead fyi https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/17/im-walking-a...

Indeed, I included it to show that even though everyone might seem like they're clamoring for deep work products, the reality is that sometimes people just don't care enough. Level's founder Derrick Reimer had a hypothesis that people hated Slack (and particularly its interrupting notifications) that he wanted to make a product that was async. Turns out people don't actually care enough to change their entire communications workflow.

Re: Legend

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Post by satvikpendem »

michaelje wrote: post #19
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 -…

+1 oltra - I’ve been using it recently for focus blocks and organizing my day for impact. How would you say your product compares or differs for the average(or ideal) user?

I know the founder of Oltra, cool guy. My product is actually mobile first because I found that I liked having it on my phone when I'm out and about. It's still in the building stages though, I've been documenting it on Twitter [0] this month, trying to finish the MVP before the end of the month.

[0] https://twitter.com/satvikpendem/status/1433247453222944768

Re: Legend

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Post by timbaboon »

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.

Our IT dept at work is super strict with everything, to the point that I don’t even bother accessing anything work related on any device other than my work machine. Nor am I allowed to actually (so these tools like Legend are by default unusable). By the same token, I refuse to put any personal info on the work machine. The upside of this is that I’ve been able to go back to using emacs for everything :)

Re: Legend

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Post by satvikpendem »

smnrchrds wrote: post #14

I am seeing "deep work" used more and more often, with many apps promising to help you achieve it. Is deep work the new GTD?

Have you read the eponymous book by Cal Newport? That's where these tools being labeled for "deep work" are coming from. It's a great book, I'd highly recommend it. Overall though I don't think you necessarily need a tool for deep work, but it can help.

Re: Legend

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Post by AnEro »

That cost hurts

Still prefer Dendron, I get to own my data if it dies (please keep funding them ycombinator). Plus it looks like its going this direction already with api's that are local first for people to build it in if they don't.

Re: Legend

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Post by ljm »

I wanted to try out the Linux app on Ubuntu (downloaded the .deb file), see how it compared to Obsidian (which is sadly a little awkward in terms of sync and config).

Unfortunately the desktop version is unusable - it automatically maximises itself and then gets stuck in a loop, constantly trying to resize. Trying to make the window smaller makes it go similarly crazy and it will just revert to filling the screen again.

That's unfortunately a non-starter.

Re: Legend

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Post by smnrchrds »

satvikpendem wrote: post #24
smnrchrds wrote: post #14

I am seeing "deep work" used more and more often, with many apps promising to help you achieve it. Is deep work the new GTD?

Have you read the eponymous book by Cal Newport? That's where these tools being labeled for "deep work" are coming from. It's a great book, I'd highly recommend it. Overall though I don't think you necessarily need a tool for deep work, but it can help.

I have not read the book, but I am aware of it. That's why I think it is so similar to GTD: started as a book, became very popular with the tech community leading to a few tools being made for it, became a common sight on HN front page, (we have not gotten here yet with deep work) became clear it was not a silver bullet and lost its lustre, vanished from front page, some people still use it.

Re: Legend

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Post by nixpulvis »

unemphysbro wrote: post #12
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.

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.

Re: Legend

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Post by bee_rider »

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.

iOS has a couple decent ssh clients, if you are into command line stuff. Blink and Panic both seem fine, although I'm sure I'll get some better suggestions now as that is the inevitable result of publicly airing an opinion on an ssh client. :)
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