For those who might be interested, Clear for iOS has been updated with iCloud sync, and a mac version has been released. It's on sale today in the Mac app store. For those who don't know, Clear is a minimal list tool with a very clean design. No dates, reminders, notes, not even checkboxes. It's surprisingly seductive. For those who are firmly planted in the Apple ecosystem desiring a simple, beautiful and inexpensive checklist tool, it's worth considering. Probably not most people's choice for project and context lists, though.
Clear: minimal list app now for mac
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It looks pretty interesting and, yes, I can see how its clean lines are seductive. The price (50% off and still $6.99), though, is not. If they can get that, good on them! For me, I would be looking at it seriously at $1.99 max. (oh, maybe I'm just cheap... wait, I'm thrifty, that's it!)
Thanks for posting though!
Dena
It looks pretty interesting and, yes, I can see how its clean lines are seductive. The price (50% off and still $6.99), though, is not. If they can get that, good on them! For me, I would be looking at it seriously at $1.99 max. (oh, maybe I'm just cheap... wait, I'm thrifty, that's it!)
Thanks for posting though!
Dena
value = price
I agree with both of you, actually, but the problem with so much app store software out there is that the user is deluged with so many similar products that distinguishing the wheat from the chaff is almost impossible.
And for the developer, even if a product is reviewed on a top review site or tech podcast, those numbers might not even be enough to pay the developer's electric bill.
But as a consumer, I've purchased and tried out hundreds of dollars of apps that are now sitting in binary limbo. It's like buying that fabulous pair of heels that go with that slinky thing you've only worn once - and they go with nothing else. There they sit on the shelf.
So these days I really have to have a dramatic need for a piece of productivity (or other) software - something that fills a specific niche - to spend more than a couple of dollars. I have no problem paying for software I value.
Dena
I agree with both of you, actually, but the problem with so much app store software out there is that the user is deluged with so many similar products that distinguishing the wheat from the chaff is almost impossible.
And for the developer, even if a product is reviewed on a top review site or tech podcast, those numbers might not even be enough to pay the developer's electric bill.
But as a consumer, I've purchased and tried out hundreds of dollars of apps that are now sitting in binary limbo. It's like buying that fabulous pair of heels that go with that slinky thing you've only worn once - and they go with nothing else. There they sit on the shelf.
So these days I really have to have a dramatic need for a piece of productivity (or other) software - something that fills a specific niche - to spend more than a couple of dollars. I have no problem paying for software I value.
Dena
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TesTeq's iPhone 4S guide (no third-party apps).
TesTeq's iPhone 4S guide (no third-party apps):
And what about GTD lists? Paper!
mcogilvie;103459 said:
TesTeq's iPhone 4S guide (no third-party apps):
- Calendar - GTD hard landscape
- Reminders - non-GTD idea inbox (maybe I will use this feature for lists in the future)
- Notes - non-GTD idea inbox (experimental)
- Contacts - contacts, birthdays, anniversaries, namedays (namedays are more important in Poland than birthdays so for each first name I create a separate contact item (for example Last Name: "€ Christopher", First Name: "Nameday", Birthday: "2012-07-25" - a little confusing but works for me because it displays "€ Christopher Nameday has birthday" event in the Calendar)
- Photos, Camera and Mail - taking photos (inbox) and getting them out of the iPhone (I don't know any way to send photos via Bluetooth - like in all Nokia and Samsung phones - to a Windows computer)
- Voice Recorder - voice inbox
- Clock - 4:46 alarm (in case my main 4:44 alarm clock fails), timer
- Google Maps with great street view of main Polish cities that hosted Euro 2012 soccer championship
- Messages - SMS, MMS
- Safari - Web Browsing (traffic info for Warsaw!)
- Phone - phone
And what about GTD lists? Paper!