What crazy times these are. We have had a blog post for almost every major preview version of Things. We have posts about our design process. We even have posts about plagiators. But there is no post about the release of Things 1.0. What is going on here?
After the Things 1.0 release on January 6th, 2009, we immediately got ourselves busy doing a 1.0.1 update. Those of you who became dependent on the grouped Today list style know why adding a little option in 1.0.1 couldn’t allow for any delay.
We also promptly released Things 1.3.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch as – due to a bug – 1.3 infamously missed all translations. Of course, we didn’t stop there. The 1.3.2 update, which quite significantly improves syncing, has already hit the App Store. There are still some issues remaining and we are hard at work on those.
After big releases it is always a good idea to concentrate on analysing and fixing user reported issues. The next desktop release – Things 1.0.2 – is almost finished. We have fixed a dozen bugs and will be releasing it soon. And rest assured that 1.0.3 is already in the pipeline. :)
But there is even more going on behind the scenes. While cranking out updates is probably quite an appropriate thing to do for a software company, it is sometimes even better to spend some time on accelerating the development speed. It is still a bit early to go into the details, suffice it to say for the moment, that we were able to attract some quite impressive software engineering talent and experience. Stay tuned for more updates on this front.
That being said, we would like to close this post with some pictures from Macworld Expo 2009. The expo was a huge success for us. Our booth was surrounded by large crowds of people all day long. It was so good to finally meet at least some of you.
One of the highlights was certainly winning the Macworld Best of Show award. Head over to TUAW to watch our very own Michael Simmons sitting amongst the The Mac Observer and iPhone Alley awards while searching for words to express his feelings.
The following pictures might not be a completely accurate depiction of reality :). But they certainly tell something about how huge the event felt to us.
Now, if it’s all right with you, we have some updates to finish. :)
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Cool! Any prediction on when new features will be released (especially the ability to schedule individual tasks inside projects)?
Thanks!
Thanks for the update. I use Things.app every day. It’s really made my life easier. Liked the video too.
@Martim: Check out our future features wiki entry:
Future Features
You’ll find some more details about what we’re working on.
No ToDo without Things. Thanks
Any chance that among the “some issues remaining” being addressed will be making tags work correctly? This was supposed to be the reason for 1.3 and yet there are still no inherited tags in the Today view and no tags inherited from Areas in any view.
For anyone stopping by the CC blog and wondering what “There are still some issues remaining” means in real life have a look at the Sync threads here:
http://culturedcode.com/things/forums/list.php?6
Long suffering Things users are talking about moving to other software due to repeated issues with sync that are making it unusable for organising yourself with.
keith
Errr – so if Things for iPhone is at 1.3.2 why is mine sitting at 1.2? No sign of any updates through iTunes but can see that it is, indeed, at 1.3.2 on the App store … am I missing something? Surely I don’t have to pay for it again.
What a great app. I use it every day and coordinates all my tasks with your software. Go ahead and bring some more helpful features.
Thanks!
Thank you Cultured Code! Keep up the great work!
Things is the most useful thing on both my Mac and my iPhone. I can’t thank you enough for giving me the means to organize my entire life. Thank you, thank you!
Nice to hear that you are working hard :-)
Just remember that Things is a great product because of it’s simplictiy – please don’t go down the feature bloat highway like many other apps that I’ve stopped using.
hey guys, good to hear from you! :-)
really looking forward to see some bugs squashed!
just wanted to say thank you for doing great work. no day without THINGS here :-)
I bought as soon as I got home after driving past your banners on the bridge. Great showmanship!
I look forward in seeing the new version; your application is great and I use it everyday, I can’t believe I lived w/out it.
Keep up the excellent work!
Your openness only adds to the entire premise that Culture Code kicks ASS!
@Danish: Perhaps you can try updating from iTunes itself? Also, it’s possible you purchased it from another account, so be sure you check for updates while logged in the proper iTunes account. The update is definitely free.
Awesome. For me the absolute #1 request is TT repeating task support. My bills will thank you!!!
Hi, keep up the good work. Delightful and efficient pieces of code.
I hope this isn’t taboo, but any hope for those forced to use windows? I prefer osx but would love to be able to fully use things on my work desktop and live happily ever after?
Please?
Thanks and top job thus far.
@Michael: Got it – was a different account! Cheers.
Keep up the good work!
Love it.
Just want to thank you for two incredible apps – that seamlessly work together …
Thank you!