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WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain
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#92Annoyance from the homepage: I don't want to have to watch a video to figure out what you do. Watching a video for me is one step of engagement after I've figured out if I have some basic interest. If I can't establish that immediately, I'll just close the window. Videos can be great for more in depth info, but why not use the space taken up by "A better way to think" (which says nothing) to give a one-line descripti…
Just to offer another data point: I almost never watch videos but was interested enough to do so in this case. It was brief and offered enough to convince me that this might be my go-to application for managing my projects and tasks.
After playing with it for a few minutes, I am excited by its simplicity and ease of use. I've bounced around from Google docs to omni outliner to paper and pencil with just about everything in between, but I'm glad to have this tool at my disposal.
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#93I like it. It has the simplicity of mytextfile.com which I've been using since I saw it here on HN months ago. I was hoping I could also access it on iPad with Safari but it says no "smart phones" yet. Signing up and in with my Google account would be great.
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#94Very nice!
I really want to attach screenshots to items. I'm going to use Workflowy while programming... whenever I notice a small tsak (such as refactoring a hack, reformatting some code, etc), then I'll add it as a Workflowy item.
But rather than type out an item description, it would be way easier for me to simply screenshot the code. (I do alt-printscreen, paste into MSPaint, save to dropbox, copy public link.)
Of course, each item could just be a dropbox link to the screenshot...
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of the people who would be using a tool like this? I'd say ~100
Really? I know plenty of people who use Evernote that do all of their text editing in Word or Google Docs.
Still.. which part wouldn't they understand or be confused by: 'text' or 'editor'?
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#96Woah. I get a very 37signals-esque feel from this. You know, the feeling when you've found something really awesome that could really help out your daily organization? I used to use backpack from 37signals, but ended up favoring my Moleskine. I signed-up for WorkFlowy and created 5 lists and I think I could use this on a daily basis. Simple and to the point. Help me remember the random things that go through my head…
> I used to use backpack from 37signals, but ended up favoring my Moleskine.
Would you be interested in doing a video testimonial for 73primenumbers.com ? :-)
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. I didn't get passed the homepage. 1. Why not have an anonymous demo page to play around with before asking us to sign up? 2. Why not have a big "Log in with OpenID" button so people can just link in with Google/whatever?
People use OpenID? EDIT: I know people 'Login with Google' and 'Connect with Twitter', but I don't know anyone who dives at 'Login with OpenID'.
I used it for signing up with stackoverflow and tend to use it when I begrudgingly sign up for something, if it's an option.
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I thought about that, but given its potential for me I set it as my homepage. I'll give it a few days to see if it has money for me.
Nice. That's what I like to hear! Please let us know what you think after a few days of using it.
I think if I use it for a week I'll be hooked. Some sort of game mechanism to get people to use it for that initial crucial time frame might be helpful.
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#99Awesome. WorkFly almost mimics how I currently organize my things to do. Eschewing fancy stuff, I simply make a long indented list and cross things out as they get done. Having that capability in a browser based application is neat.
Now I do like long lists, but could I have the capability to make multiple lists? I don't want to put my personal to-do's on the same list as my work to-do.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought about that, but given its potential for me I set it as my homepage. I'll give it a few days to see if it has money for me.
But this is because you saw it on HN and it's a YC company so you want to give it a chance. Most people wouldn't care or even know what YC is.
Did he say that some where else? I can honestly say I may have been more likely to open it up and check out the site because it's a YC company, but I am 'giving it a chance' because I don't have anything else that does this except scrap paper and issue queues and I liked how you can change what the root node is and the clever use of breadcrumbs.