Comments on: Things touch 1.1 Syncs, Syncs, Syncs

By: akatsuki

akatsuki — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:55:29 +0000

MobileMe syncing or some other form of OTA sync is really the ideal solution. While you guys aren’t the only ones to use this sort of syncing (Stanza uses the same running the app at the same time and hit sync), it is really not an ideal solution for many reasons, including that for each app that does this, the user has to run each in turn and press some sort of sync button.

By: t.a. barnhart

t.a. barnhart — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:37:22 +0000

took a bit for my Mac to find the iTouch, but when it did, the sync’ing was quick & clean. automatic, too (tho so far i’m just testing at home — tomorrow i’ll be taking the iTouch on the road. we’ll see at the end of the day).

thanks for this. it looks really promising.

By: deBug

deBug — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:46:34 +0000

The Roadmap mentioned in the post, is there an actual Roadmap page for Things on the iPhone somewhere to be found? I would very much like to know what is planned for inclusion on the iPhone. I did find a feature list for Things on Mac at Future Features

By: Vinod

Vinod — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:02:52 +0000

They are alive! ;) An update for the desktop rolled out today.

By: Bonobo

Bonobo — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:02:58 +0000

@ Josh:
“but that said, where in the world did you get the idea that the developers should be accountable to you every day?”
Not accountable at all, but “the daily tweet” suggests that they planned to be communicating on a daily basis.

“that you must feel valued and in the loop to remain interested? or, more fundamentally, that this is in any way about *you* ?”
I just offered my opinion what CC could do to make me a happy camper, which is something they – of course – are free to ignore. But they might take it and think, “yeah well, she has said it, and 50 others have, so it looks as if there is a real need for more communication out there”.

I didn’t want to come across as offensive, sulking, or demanding; I didn’t even say I’d run away if they don’t communicate regularly, I just think it would be a smart move from a commercial viewpoint to keep the buzz alive. And I think that CC fundamentally shares that opinion, and that’s why they created their “daily tweet”.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:45:33 +0000

I own OmniFocus for the mac and iPhone and love them both. Prior to me purchasing them, I had been waiting for CC to launch Things for the mac when they chose to switch development to the iPhone version. I think that Things is an awesome application that will eventually have a large faithful following for both the mac and iphone versions. However, until they are fully developed and working together it’ll be hard to compete with the competition.

By: Josef

Josef — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:35:36 +0000

Thanks for the tweets guys.

By: Philipp

Philipp — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:09:21 +0000

I have just talked to one of the developers. He told me they had moved to a bigger flat in a bigger town (Stuttgart) and will continue to develop with an even bigger team. So it’s worth being patient…

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:07:50 +0000

Radman, OmniFocus is both a desktop and iPhone app.

I’m among those who suspect the decision was a mistake, particularly now that CC has changed the release of Things from “Summer 2008″ to “Fall 2008″ — and fall just began so that could mean late December. But I don’t have all the facts. Maybe they were running low on cash, and knew Things needed 6 more months of work in which case they had no choice.

One thing (ha) on which can all agree — CC is not the most transparent of companies. That’s fine. Neither is Apple after all. It’s just that small companies tend to benefit from being transparent. If I were running CC, I would find some way to post to this blog at least weekly.

By: Radman

Radman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:44:11 +0000

@joshr: Personally, I don’t think that CC owes me anything beyond keeping the iPhone version of Things (which is the only product that I’ve purchased) bug-free. It’s also not unreasonable to expect periodic upgrades with added functionality.

But, although CC doesn’t [i]owe[/i] me any other information, the title of the Twitter feed certainly implies more frequent updates.

Neil’s question is interesting: IMO, CC’s decision to release the iPhone version was a good one given the large number of competitors. One of Things Touch’s chief advantages is that it’s the only to-do manager that I know of that has a desktop counterpart. However, that may not always be so. When that happens, having a released version of Things will be even more desirable from a marketing standpoint.