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Re: Legend

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Post by m_kos »

mmcclure wrote: post #46
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.

I recently switched from Sunsama to Amazing Marvin, which is less opinionated, has more features, and is cheaper, but doesn't support teams as far as I can tell.

Re: Legend

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

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 -…

> Lots of competitors in this space it seems

I run a problem validation platform, The problem which has the most number of solutions is 'Getting things done at individual level'[1].

Just when I think, every possible way to address this has been done there comes another with totally different approach to task management. This is very interesting as each one of them built it because they felt something was missing in their existing task manager.

As long there's a need-gap exists, there's a need for the solution.

[1] https://needgap.com/problems/30-getting-things-done-at-indiv...

Re: Legend

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Post by jxmorris12 »

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 -…

Thanks for the survey of similar applications. What I want is (inspired by Deep Work) an application that allows me to do time-blocking for a given day around my typical schedule.

For example, in a given day, since I'm a student, I may have two 75-minute blocks of class and a 45 minute meeting scheduled. I want an app that encourages me to think about what I'll be doing with the rest of my time and fill in the gaps in my calendar with whatever (reading, doing assignments, note-taking, etc.). Does one of the apps you've linked to provide this?

Re: Legend

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

deergomoo wrote: post #32
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #9

I started an account, but felt it wasn't very compelling to actually get started using it. I've synchronized my email and calendar, but it isn't jumping out at me how this will be superior to my current workflow (I use Things and Calendar on MacOS/iOS, and they integrate very dumbly but well enough). At the risk of sounding dumb, what is this supposed to offer that my workflow doesn't have? I see it can support conta…

Things did add markdown support in the notes field of tasks recently, which might help you out a little bit. It’s still inflexible compared to something that’s primarily document-based, but it’s a better than plain text at least.

Thank you, this is great! I missed this announcement because I've been on vacation. I agree, it isn't documents (nor should it be) but it's certainly better than plain text.

Re: Legend

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Post by blacktriangle »

satvikpendem wrote: post #21
atestu wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 communi…

I think the bigger problem there is missing who the real customer is. Slacks pay-for features are targeted not at the users but at management, and management gets to dictate tools more often than not. Individual developers would absolutely jump on an async platform, but they're not the decision maker.

Re: Legend

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Post by kirubakaran »

iotku wrote: post #60
kirubakaran wrote: post #56

Here is a free tool that I made for better time-boxing: https://crushentropy.com/ (markdown for planning your day)

Some feedback: * Your terms of service (as linked on the "Sign-in" prompt when signing up) leads to /terms which doesn't exist. * It's not very visibly obvious that the sign-in prompt will lead to a sign-up flow.

Thanks, I'll fix these issues

Re: Legend

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Post by vladsanchez »

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.

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Legend

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Post by satvikpendem »

jxmorris12 wrote: post #73
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 -…

Thanks for the survey of similar applications. What I want is (inspired by Deep Work) an application that allows me to do time-blocking for a given day around my typical schedule. For example, in a given day, since I'm a student, I may have two 75-minute blocks of class and a 45 minute meeting scheduled. I want an app that encourages me to think about what I'll be doing with the rest of my time and fill in the gaps i…

In my opinion, why not use a calendar app for that, like Google Calendar, and fill it out each day yourself? For that usecase I don't see the value in paying for these tools.

Re: Legend

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Post by jmeistrich »

butwhywhyoh wrote: post #38

From the quick demos on the website this seems like something I would absolutely love. However, after signing up, I'm presented with a big, blank, white document and have no clue where to begin or how things are supposed to link together. I closed it in less than 1 minute.

Legend developer here. We actually weren't quite ready to do a public launch yet because we're planning to make some videos and overall improve the intro experience. If you're interested, check back in a few weeks. Or the Help page at https://legendapp.com/help/ could help for now.

Re: Legend

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Post by cloverr20 »

ljm wrote: post #26

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 aga…

I tried it on kali too with the deb file, I get a blank screen with the following error, (node:22346) electron: Failed to load URL: https://localhost:8001/#noverify=true&state={%22app%22:true,... with error: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
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