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When pg used a todo list as an example app to challenge email, this was to be expected. A million todo apps everywhere. People have so little imagination.
by btipling 14y ago
When pg used a todo list as an example app to challenge email, this was to be expected. A million todo apps everywhere. People have so little imagination.
- pmelendez 14y agoHe (PG) was talking about a new protocol that allow people to share tasks and control how many tasks they can have. Not a simple TODO list though. I don't think this is suppose to be an email killer. If they are doing this because of what PG said then I am afraid they might misunderstood him.
- btipling 14y agoApparently the author turned down a job offer to work on this full time: http://samsoff.es/posts/staying-strong http://samsoff.es/posts/staying-strong I applaud the effort and entrepreneurial spirit and even the quality of the UI work. I'd question the judgement when there are so many to-do apps out there already.
- pmelendez 14y agoI am agree with this... It's great staying strong in the things that you believe. I am not sure about questioning him though. Starting in a dense market is not an excuse for failure. There were too many "searching engines" back in the day and that wasn't a problem for Google. Also, companies often evolve in different directions from where they start. Take Instagram for instance, they evolved from a social network and in the middle decided to take another path.
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- guynamedloren 14y agoI don't think pg is to blame for this... todo list apps are inherently simple to design and build. If anything, they're a great 'first app' for new or aspiring developers, so a marketplace flooded with (many shitty) todo apps is not surprising.
- OzzyB 14y agoIndeed. And the second is a Time Tracking app followed by a Project Management app.