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Midnight Inbox
People are crazy for this whole 'Getting Things Done' organizational method (sometimes it seems a bit cult like to me, and I'm an Apple blogger!). Many people have mashed and tweaked together various applications to get something resembling a true GTD (that's what those in the know call it) client. Midnight Inbox is the first GTD application, that I am aware of, for OS X that was designed to help you fit your life into that organizational framework.
Keep in mind that this app is in Beta, so things will crash, your data might get lost, and your Mac might catch on fire (check those battery serial numbers).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe Jacobs said 11:17AM on 8-30-2006
It looks sexy, I'll use it. Plus, school is coming.
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John said 12:05PM on 8-30-2006
Looks cool. Slow as dirt though. I hope that's one reason for beta status.
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fitzage said 11:50AM on 8-30-2006
Every time I tried running this, it hung hopelessly after less than a minute. This is probably due to the fact that it does something that makes Virus Barrier angry. When the app is running, Virus Barrier quickly jumps up to 50-60% CPU usage. It drops back to normal as soon as I force quit Inbox.
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Tony said 11:51AM on 8-30-2006
Actually, the Kinkless GTD system is the first GTD system for OSX. Although, it could be argued it's not truly an application. Kinkless GTD is a set of AppleScripts that turns OmniOutliner Pro into a GTD system.
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fitzage said 11:52AM on 8-30-2006
Although…
I tried it again this morning and it seems OK.
Hmmmm…
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Jay said 12:01PM on 8-30-2006
I don't have that virus barrier and it is hanging up this morning too. Also, I tried starting the prog twice and it immediately went to beachball spinning. It looks great. but If their website is so unreliable can the app be any better?
It looks like it will but it is definitely a beta-beta.
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Taxman said 12:21PM on 8-30-2006
I too, am suffering from the horrible sluggishness of the program.
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Dave said 12:33PM on 8-30-2006
Looks real promising. Speed issues aside, the feature set looks impressive.
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Query said 12:57PM on 8-30-2006
Too unstable even for a beta.
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Oyvind said 1:44PM on 8-30-2006
This is one of the best looking apps I've seen in a long time. And if all the features works in the finished version, it will be a wonderful app.
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Matt said 1:43PM on 8-30-2006
The interface is horribly assembled (they have images for resize/minimize/maximize buttons wtf). Their use of core-data (i assume, could also be sql) is apualing and the app is so unstable it crashes after 30 seconds. Not to mention it takes like 50% cpu when it scans itself, and im on a macbook!
I don't understand what the big deal about GTD is, but clearly poorly written software like this is reflecting badly on it.
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Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said 1:51PM on 8-30-2006
Looks nice. It almost makes me wish I had things to get done!
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Tony said 1:56PM on 8-30-2006
"I don't understand what the big deal about GTD is, but clearly poorly written software like this is reflecting badly on it."
No software is or can be a reflection on GTD, which is simply a system for organizing your stuff. In fact, if you read the GTD book, it uses an entirely paper based system. Nothing more than plain paper and some tabbed folders (43 folders, to be exact...)
It's actually a nice system, mostly because of its simplicity. The author of the system disliked the other systems out there (ex: Franklin Covey) because they required more effort than they're worth, and people often find them hard to stick with.
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Jon Crosby said 2:43PM on 8-30-2006
"It's actually a nice system, mostly because of its simplicity."
I agree completely. This simplicity helped me get through a year packed with high work loads and major life events. What could have been a high stress year has turned out to be one of the best in my life.
I am attempting to share this same simplicity with a GTD app of my own, blogged at http://www.kaboomerang.com.
-Jon
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Philippe Dupont said 2:48PM on 8-30-2006
"ThinkingRock" ( http://www.thinkingrock.com.au ) is another tool inspired by GTD. It is free and multi-platform (on Linux, Machintosh, or Windows)
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Matt B said 10:33PM on 9-04-2006
Also worth a look (GTD-wise is EasyTask (http://www.orionbelt.com)
- MB
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Karel said 3:33AM on 8-31-2006
This is not the first OSX GTD application. There also is 'Frictionless'
See http://www.twinforces.com/frictionless/
Much faster and very much like the kinkless applescripts, but written in cocoa.
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Joel said 4:09PM on 9-01-2006
Beach Ball on the first thing I hit. Looks impressive but will have to wait for a stabler version. Ridiculous.
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