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by extantproject 4y ago
https://archive.ph/eBkn9
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The Death of Agile (Allen Holub) (2015)(youtube.com)
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Clive Thompson on the Death of the Phone Call (2010)(web.archive.org)
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Google App Engine: Cloud Control to Major Tom (2008)(web.archive.org)
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by extantproject 16y ago
No, it's running on Slicehost.
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by extantproject 16y ago
Right! Given that the Internet is about 2 billion people large I'm banking on the idea that we can find a few thousand people that Atombox will be very useful for and that they will pay for it straight-up. Sounds good to us too! ;)
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by extantproject 16y ago
Think of it as a personal notebook with as many pages as you need, that takes up no physical space, that you can search, and that you can have with you everywhere. You need it so that you can keep things you need to remember outside of your
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by extantproject 16y ago
... that we would pay for ourselves.
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by extantproject 16y ago
You're right, and so we're going to change "GTD" to "Getting Things Done" as well as make it a link. Thanks!
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by extantproject 16y ago
That makes a lot of sense. We are focusing on the GTD crowd and you're right that we need to differentiate with respect to other GTD apps because anyone that does GTD will have some sort of system already. Thanks, that's very helpful!
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by extantproject 16y ago
I like that idea. Thanks!
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by extantproject 16y ago
We are * really * liking the idea of the Dropbox referral model. Definitely.
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by extantproject 16y ago
"it costs more per month configuring Emacs and org-mode across disparate machines" This was one of my core frustrations when I started searching for a list system. I wanted all of my "augmented memory" in one place so that I didn't have to
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by extantproject 16y ago
Thanks for submitting that.
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by extantproject 16y ago
Oh. Maybe we don't? I thought both "GTD" and "Getting Things Done" are trademarks...
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by extantproject 16y ago
An atom is < 256 characters of text. Doing GTD helps, since that's primarily what Atombox is designed for, but I think having a "augmented memory" service helps any information/knowledge worker. -- edited to clarify: an "atom" is our li
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by extantproject 16y ago
I do GTD because keeping the things I have to do external to myself relieves my mind of having to track it all. This extremely enhances my focus and energy. YMMV. We are focusing on people that do GTD as potential customers because they nee
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by extantproject 16y ago
Yes, we're going to change "GTD" to "Getting Things Done" based on several mentions of that very confusion. It'll be a link to the book, too. Things I keep in Atombox: wine and beers I like, places I'd like to go, the size of my dress shirt
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by extantproject 16y ago
Thanks!
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by extantproject 16y ago
Oh: and we're definitely interested in creating shared lists, it's just a matter of prioritizing features we want to implement with the limited time we have.
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by extantproject 16y ago
Right: we are not interested in trying to make money using advertising; we intend to make money by charging for a service that we would pay.
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by extantproject 16y ago
The server runs Rails, and the interface is jQuery and custom JavaScript (have a look!).
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by extantproject 16y ago
The connection between your box and the Atombox server is SSL. Hourly backups are made using Tarsnap ( http://www.tarsnap.com ), which is built and designed by Colin Percival, the FreeBSD security officer. They are encrypted and stored off-
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by extantproject 16y ago
We attribute the "GTD" and "Getting Things Done" trademark at the bottom of the page: "'GTD' and 'Getting Things Done' are registered trademarks of the David Allen Corporation."
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by extantproject 16y ago
Yes, we are focusing on fairly technically adept people that do GTD and tend to use web apps already. We think Atombox is useful even if you don't do GTD, but we're focusing on GTD users. I'm on the http://www.davidco.com forums and we ar
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by extantproject 16y ago
Thanks for the suggestions! Yeah, we weren't sure about how many atoms to allow for free, so we just picked 128. I have over 1200 atoms that I've accumulated over the years, and so I thought something like 10% of that would be a good "tippi
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by extantproject 16y ago
About the CAPTCHA: a point well-taken. We'll change that. Thanks for taking a look!
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by extantproject 16y ago
Yes, we use it as a to-do list. To delete an atom: click on the text of the atom to delete and then press E. There's a delete button in the dialog that comes up.
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by extantproject 16y ago
I thoroughly understand scouring the Internet for free stuff before even contemplating paying; I tried on the order of 50 free and paid list apps before deciding to build Atombox. I didn't find one I liked, so I built one that I do -- one t
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by extantproject 16y ago
... and thanks for the comment!

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