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Interesting, but I can't help thinking that this was fairly obvious, am I the only one? It already blows my mind that it is that big already. The app is a todo

by d--b 10y ago

Interesting, but I can't help thinking that this was fairly obvious, am I the only one? It already blows my mind that it is that big already. The app is a todo list with several columns. Todo lists don't make billion dollar businesses... and yeah, SMBs are fine with actual post-its!

gist 10y ago
> SMBs are fine with actual post-its! I've tried many things (including Trello) and even bought a dedicated laser printer and wrote a small shell routine so I could print 3x5 cards to keep on my physical desk. By force of habit and ease of use nothing so far has topped post it notes (other than printed 3x5s or hand written 3x5's) for keeping track of things that I need to keep on top of.
- hermitcrab 10y ago
  Have you tried http://www.hyperplan.com http://www.hyperplan.com? It is a rather different take on post-it note planning and desktop-based.
  - rhizome 10y ago
    Masonry is nice and all, but like a lot of taskplan implementations it suffers from signal overload. Rows, columns, color coding, icon/sticker coding, text...
  - gist 10y ago
    Took a look. But honestly I think the biggest issue I have is that I have literally hundreds of things that I need to do and nowhere near enough time to do most of them. So making lists and moving etc. just doesn't work for me. Hence the most important things are on my mind and those things get the special 'desktop' (physical) treatment. I kind of suspect that I am not alone here. Might be because I handle a wide array of tasks which are hard to prioritize by a scheduling system which just allows you to organize that isn't the issue the way I work.
_pmf_ 10y ago
> Todo lists don't make billion dollar businesses That's the domain of photo sharing apps.
devopsproject 10y ago
Kanban boards have existed since the 50s. The "magic" of trello was the instant updates. It was a perfect example of software eating the world.
- debacle 10y ago
  The trello UI is also great. If you don't need the back-end features of something like Jira, trello's limited functionality greatly reduced the friction to tracking your activities.
  - noir_lord 10y ago
    Their API is outstanding as well. You can talk to it from just about everywhere including the terminal, that's a big reason I use it, it acts as a clearing house for all my stuff, I even use a chrome plugin to store "bookmarks" to stuff I've clipped.
  - vidarh 10y ago
    That they were bought by Atlassian fills me with dread because of precedents set by their other products. I use Trello (and pay for it) exactly because I don't want anything like Jira.
    - danmaz74 10y ago
      Hopefully they are smart enough to keep the products differentiated. Otherwise, a Trello clone will surely arise.
      - vidarh 10y ago
        There is at least one, but I don't know whether it's any good. I'm a bit tempted to write one, partially because I have a thing about self hosting my data, but also because I love the overall idea and design of Trello, but I'd love it to be more extensible/flexible/hackable. E.g. being able to make layout changes(have lists that span columns for example, or cards that show more of their information on the cover). Or more flexibility in colour changes/background, or ability to style cards.
eli 10y ago
I think lots of great ideas are obvious in retrospect
- rhizome 10y ago
  Case in point: the mouse wheel.

by d--b 10y ago

gist 10y ago

> SMBs are fine with actual post-its! I've tried many things (including Trello) and even bought a dedicated laser printer and wrote a small shell routine so I could print 3x5 cards to keep on my physical desk. By force of habit and ease of use nothing so far has topped post it notes (other than printed 3x5s or hand written 3x5's) for keeping track of things that I need to keep on top of.

hermitcrab 10y ago
Have you tried http://www.hyperplan.com http://www.hyperplan.com? It is a rather different take on post-it note planning and desktop-based.
- rhizome 10y ago
  Masonry is nice and all, but like a lot of taskplan implementations it suffers from signal overload. Rows, columns, color coding, icon/sticker coding, text...
- gist 10y ago
  Took a look. But honestly I think the biggest issue I have is that I have literally hundreds of things that I need to do and nowhere near enough time to do most of them. So making lists and moving etc. just doesn't work for me. Hence the most important things are on my mind and those things get the special 'desktop' (physical) treatment. I kind of suspect that I am not alone here. Might be because I handle a wide array of tasks which are hard to prioritize by a scheduling system which just allows you to organize that isn't the issue the way I work.

_pmf_ 10y ago

> Todo lists don't make billion dollar businesses That's the domain of photo sharing apps.

devopsproject 10y ago

Kanban boards have existed since the 50s. The "magic" of trello was the instant updates. It was a perfect example of software eating the world.

debacle 10y ago
The trello UI is also great. If you don't need the back-end features of something like Jira, trello's limited functionality greatly reduced the friction to tracking your activities.
- noir_lord 10y ago
  Their API is outstanding as well. You can talk to it from just about everywhere including the terminal, that's a big reason I use it, it acts as a clearing house for all my stuff, I even use a chrome plugin to store "bookmarks" to stuff I've clipped.
- vidarh 10y ago
  That they were bought by Atlassian fills me with dread because of precedents set by their other products. I use Trello (and pay for it) exactly because I don't want anything like Jira.
  - danmaz74 10y ago
    Hopefully they are smart enough to keep the products differentiated. Otherwise, a Trello clone will surely arise.
    - vidarh 10y ago
      There is at least one, but I don't know whether it's any good. I'm a bit tempted to write one, partially because I have a thing about self hosting my data, but also because I love the overall idea and design of Trello, but I'd love it to be more extensible/flexible/hackable. E.g. being able to make layout changes(have lists that span columns for example, or cards that show more of their information on the cover). Or more flexibility in colour changes/background, or ability to style cards.

eli 10y ago

I think lots of great ideas are obvious in retrospect

rhizome 10y ago
Case in point: the mouse wheel.