Filed under: Software, Productivity
Curio 5.3 is out
I'm currently working on a piece detailing exactly why Zengobi's Curio has become a favorite of mine, especially in the area of project management and brainstorming, but also in general as a truly enjoyable-to-use application. In the meantime, though, I thought I'd better get an announcement out for version 5.3, released today. For those unfamiliar, Curio is a note-taking, brainstorming, to-do managing, file-gathering application which works in a (surprisingly productive) free-form manner. It's similar in concept to Circus Ponies Notebook, but I find it to be even more flexible and powerful.
Version 5.3 adds to an impressive feature list with customizable print headers and footers, the ability to convert lists to mind maps and vice versa, as well as an importer for AquaMinds NoteTaker. Detailed release notes are available here. Version 5.3 is a free upgrade for all Curio 5 users, and upgrade pricing is available at the Zengobi store. The regular version of Curio is $99USD, and a Pro version is available for $149USD (find out what the difference is here). Academic discounts are available, and a free 15-day trial can be downloaded on the Curio page.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gideon said 1:05PM on 11-18-2008
This is my favorite software on the Mac. Glad it's finally getting some press!
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Ryan Schmidt said 1:47PM on 11-18-2008
I really would love to use this but non-web based applications are simply too limited. Let us know when they put this whole application on the web. THEN I will be all for it.
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Brett Terpstra said 5:03PM on 11-18-2008
I'm looking forward to publishing the writeup. I had the same issue for a long time, and then one day things started clicking and it easily became the "dream app" I was looking for in my personal project management... and I've tried *everything* I've found so far.
Adam Strasberg said 5:06PM on 11-18-2008
I really like Curio, but can't seem to work it into my work flow. I'd be really interested in hearing how you use it because I really do like it, and I keep coming back to it, even though I'm not sure how to make it work for me.
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ChillyWilly said 3:42PM on 11-22-2008
I've been using Curio 3 Basic for a couple of years now. And I was major impressed that I wasn't forced to purchase a new upgrade just to work with Leopard - they have a 3.2.4 download that works with Leopard. This company is awesome.
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Kenneth WedMore Lund said 1:37AM on 12-02-2008
After reading this, I tried the application just out of curiousity.
I was a little "on / off", at first - finding it somewhat overwhelming and hard to use, but now I use it several time every day.
I use it for brainstorming and mindmaps to share with my fellow project partners and it's just a great program.
That said, though, I find the price TOO high. The pro. version is DOUBLE the price of the complete Apple iWorks package. I know you can't compare the two, but I would say that 50-60 dollar pricetag for the pro version would be more appropriate for Curio.
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