To-Do lists get funky with LifeShaker

Okay, I couldn't resist posting about the new to-do list app LifeShaker from Funky Cloud, if only to comment on their clever marketing. This is the first piece of software I can remember to have a movie-style trailer (not just a screencast).

LifeShaker is an interesting take on to-do organizing. It presents a 3x3 grid into which you can dump your various goals, action steps and categories. As the name suggests, you can "shake" your grid to re-arrange your goals (presumably as a kind of self-motivation). It's an unusual approach; how effective it might be I can only imagine.

In my brief testing, I found the interface to be a bit annoying, requiring excessive use of on-screen buttons for data entry t(instead of just letting me double-click on blank list entries). Still it's worth a look if you're interested in a non-traditional to do list.

LifeShaker is $29.00US and requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher. A demo is available (points off, however, for the use of an installer).

[via MacMinute]

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Martin Baker

Just an update...today we released LifeShaker v1.0.1 which no longer uses an installer or resizes to fill the screen on the first launch.

September 26 2007 at 6:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Big John

Echoing other comments... $29, uses an installer (I don't even like when my major apps use one) and launches full screen? That's enough to put me off.

September 15 2007 at 11:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bobics

I use iGTD too. Overall, it's great.

September 15 2007 at 6:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adrian vG

It looke like a very good idea, but it looks very bad! Well, better than midnight Inbox which looks fabulous but doesn't work :)

iGTD is too crowded with features...

September 15 2007 at 5:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stephen Lang

I agree about the overpriced thing and all. But the app looks interesting enough to try. I'm not a super-GTD'er, and somehow the idea of generating a random grid of goals seems kinda cool (but also perverse at the same time.)

If it didn't have an installer, maybe I'd try it out...

September 15 2007 at 2:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tom

And is it normal installer behavior for the installer to ask for my password? I'm used to Mac OS X asking for my password when an application is trying to install, but it just didn't look right.

There's no reason they can't put this out as a simple drag-and-drop installation. I think I'll pass on even demoing this.

September 15 2007 at 12:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

designr

GTD it's not!

I'll wait for OmniFocus.

September 14 2007 at 11:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael L.

A shaker that gives you a random set of tasks to consider? That's what ordinary life is already about.

(I just saved $29.)

September 14 2007 at 8:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Luigi193

I personally love IGTD (learned about it here) and its free!!! AND IT SYNCS TO .MAC!!!! I

September 14 2007 at 8:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

There's way too much mac software that's overpriced. I'd say it's worth $10, maybe $15.

September 14 2007 at 8:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply