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I'm impressed Trello has managed to succeed in what many had written off as overcrowded space. I think the key to its success is the insight that Joel Spolsky e

by IsaacL 14y ago

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zaidf 14y ago
that successful apps often provide a new kind of data structure, that makes them suitable for many purposes And I'd argue that that is also a major reason when apps fail: they force people to change their existing ways of thinking and aren't able to "recruit" enough users/customers. Frankly I wasn't that big on trello and still have major issues with it. For example, when juggling multiple boards, I still don't really know where to begin my workflow. I still don't really know how to see casually what all has been going on across my boards...a lot like a facebook feed. These are critical features that keep me from really engaging with it.
- toyg 14y ago
  Try connecting to Trello through Hojoki.com , it provides a chronological stream-like interface that might be more to your liking. You can filter by Project etc.
adrianhoward 14y ago
I'm impressed Trello has managed to succeed in what many had written off as overcrowded space. I think the key to its success is the insight that Joel Spolsky explains in his post here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2012/01/06.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2012/01/06.html - that successful apps often provide a new kind of data structure, that makes them suitable for many purposes. (For Trello, that's a "list of lists".) I don't think the data structure was the innovation for Trello. There were lots of products out there that had the columns-of-cards structure. Was (and is) a feature of many agile project management products - following the cards-on-the-wall structure used offline by agile folk. What Trello did - which was brilliant - was sell that as a solution to everybody. Not just the project management folk in dev companies, not just for dev folk, but for folk planning/organising anything. It's spotting that that data structure is generic.

by IsaacL 14y ago

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zaidf 14y ago

that successful apps often provide a new kind of data structure, that makes them suitable for many purposes And I'd argue that that is also a major reason when apps fail: they force people to change their existing ways of thinking and aren't able to "recruit" enough users/customers. Frankly I wasn't that big on trello and still have major issues with it. For example, when juggling multiple boards, I still don't really know where to begin my workflow. I still don't really know how to see casually what all has been going on across my boards...a lot like a facebook feed. These are critical features that keep me from really engaging with it.

toyg 14y ago
Try connecting to Trello through Hojoki.com , it provides a chronological stream-like interface that might be more to your liking. You can filter by Project etc.

adrianhoward 14y ago

I'm impressed Trello has managed to succeed in what many had written off as overcrowded space. I think the key to its success is the insight that Joel Spolsky explains in his post here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2012/01/06.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2012/01/06.html - that successful apps often provide a new kind of data structure, that makes them suitable for many purposes. (For Trello, that's a "list of lists".) I don't think the data structure was the innovation for Trello. There were lots of products out there that had the columns-of-cards structure. Was (and is) a feature of many agile project management products - following the cards-on-the-wall structure used offline by agile folk. What Trello did - which was brilliant - was sell that as a solution to everybody. Not just the project management folk in dev companies, not just for dev folk, but for folk planning/organising anything. It's spotting that that data structure is generic.