From schof@dakim.com Tue Oct 10 13:36:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from xserve.local (24-227-19-234-st.losaca.adelphia.net [24.227.19.234]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B796EFAEBC for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.60.129] ([192.168.60.129]) (authenticated user schof@dakim.com) by xserve.local for omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:36:03 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1D59EB40-C8EC-416D-8BFD-08AB5C6C5D92@dakim.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: John Schofield Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:36:02 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Tap. Tap. Is this thing on? X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:36:10 -0000 Can't wait to get my hands on an OmniFocus beta. -------------------------------------------------- John Schofield Director, Information Technology Dakim, Inc. 2121 Cloverfield Blvd. Suite 205 Santa Monica, CA 90404 www.dakim.com schof@dakim.com (e-mail) dakimschof (AIM) (310) 566-1355 (direct) (310) 829-1865 (fax) From lists@marlyse.com Mon Oct 16 15:43:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from mail.wombatinteractive.com (mail.wombatinteractive.com [72.36.201.10]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E348F6FBDAF1 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:43:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.6] ([65.30.65.144]) by mail.wombatinteractive.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 722 ID# 1001-64522U200L10S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:43:24 -0500 From: "Marlyse Comte" To: "OmniFOCUS Beta-List" Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:43:16 -0500 Message-Id: <20061016224316.15291@mail.wombatinteractive.com> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 5.2.2 build 4404 English MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re : Tap. Tap. Is this thing on? X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Marlyse Comte List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:43:30 -0000 > John S. wrote : > Can't wait to get my hands on an OmniFocus beta. yay, me too :-) ---marlyse From schof@dakim.com Fri Oct 20 09:54:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from xserve.local (24-227-19-234-st.losaca.adelphia.net [24.227.19.234]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FA6703847B for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:54:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.60.128] ([192.168.60.128]) (authenticated user schof@dakim.com) by xserve.local for omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:54:49 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <756A6688-AB10-416A-B02F-39BC424E7F86@dakim.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: John Schofield Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:54:48 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Feature Request... X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:54:57 -0000 One aspect of GTD I've been having trouble with is merging my off- line and on-line lives. I've tried DIY Planner, and the hipster PDA, and nothing really seems to work for me. One key aspect is the lack of backup on a paper-based medium. I spend my working life in front of a single computer, so KinklessGTD works really well for me -- but what about household errands, etc.? One way OmniFocus could help with this is to have excellent support for printing out lists to paper -- to 3x5 cards, letter size, half- letter size (with correct bookletmaking, double-sided) or anything else. Perhaps even with suitable checkboxes for marking things as done and blank lines for adding new items. --John -------------------------------------------------- John Schofield Director, Information Technology Dakim, Inc. 2121 Cloverfield Blvd. Suite 205 Santa Monica, CA 90404 www.dakim.com schof@dakim.com (e-mail) dakimschof (AIM) (310) 566-1355 (direct) (310) 829-1865 (fax) From mlondon@sprynet.com Fri Oct 20 12:43:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.66]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58C46703D8CD for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:43:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=sprynet.com; b=XdD+A5/zVmerTynaN+3T/qsUqnuK4hDdo5a5Hcsd2LeqgyFrOuqMOq5BLIyI5rF4; h=Received:Mime-Version:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References:Date:To:From:Subject:Content-Type:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [66.108.215.241] (helo=[10.0.1.2]) by elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Gb0HW-0004EY-8W for omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:43:50 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20061020190014.6F246F12EF@dynamic-www.omnigroup.com> References: <20061020190014.6F246F12EF@dynamic-www.omnigroup.com> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:43:42 -0400 To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: Matthew London Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-ELNK-Trace: 42e37cf0c7ea096cfaef81d128501e5dc2db40dd408e7f79a7bab1ebf4213d4db0b47ca03e6d89cf350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.108.215.241 Subject: re: Off-line features X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:43:51 -0000 HI, I absolutely agree with John Schofield's comments regarding some useable off-line printing features to make OmniFocus really useful. Every printing solution I have seen for GTD is a kludge, not customizable, and not useful. Omni would get big marks for integrating such functionality. (But please don't let it delay introducing the first beta version !!!) Matthew From keith.bolshaw@mac.com Mon Nov 13 18:30:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.186]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CBA731F884 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:30:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout16/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kAE2UcBU006533 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:30:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.16] ([202.146.230.164]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kAE2UMYT025137 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:30:34 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Message-Id: <36D67C06-84F9-4FD3-B252-4A942F7CA0E5@mac.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-12-481397011 From: Keith Bolshaw Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:43:10 +0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Subject: Feature requests X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:30:38 -0000 --Apple-Mail-12-481397011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed As someone who has to organise others, and would like to keep that going in a GTD style, I would appreciate some way of adding resources to tasks, then printing out task lists according to resources. For example, if the resource was my assistant on 12 of 34 tasks, then I could choose to print out a list of just his 12 tasks for him, or all 34 tasks with the irrelevant ones greyed out so that he can see them in order. Also, templates should be a must, for regular project outlines, but also so that they could be adapted to work as an induction to the GTD system. The questions that David Allen asks in the book are a good start, but each organisation could then induct their own people easily with a couple of hours of questions pointed towards their industry/occupation/organisation directly. If you could automatically sync appointments across a system a la iCal then that would be wonderful too. Another feature could be to have questions for template plans, such as time required for each task or even more complex functions that feed back from the questions and can produce reports and OmniPlan gantt charts (natch) from the data inputted, so that Omnifu can be used as a project planning tool rather than just a posh task list. For hard-copy and portability needs - I really, truly believe that the simplicity of a pocketmod printout function would solve all our problems - portable, impressive and enough fun to make you want to use it. Plus, you could produce rather wonderful Omnifu holders to keep them safe in your pocket. I'd buy that, and I would look for other people who had them too. Also, an updated sudoku-a-day optional insert function for the pocketmod would give it just the right amount of work-geek-life balance ;0) Keith A. Bolshaw Disaster Preparedness and Response Department Coordinator Islamic Relief Indonesia, Jl. Gereja Theresia , No. 33 Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350 Mobile:( +62 ) (0) 811 687700 Fax:( +62 ) (021) 390-9986 Email: keith@islamic-relief.or.id keith.bolshaw@mac.com website: www.islamic-relief.com ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ UK registered charity No. 328158 "Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the world's poorest people" --Apple-Mail-12-481397011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
As someone who has to = organise others, and would like to keep that going in a GTD style, I = would appreciate some way of adding resources to tasks, then printing = out task lists according to resources.=A0 For example, if the resource = was my assistant on 12 of 34 tasks, then I could choose to print out a = list of just his 12 tasks for him, or all 34 tasks with the irrelevant = ones greyed out so that he can see them in order.

Also, templates should be a = must, for regular project outlines, but also so that they could be = adapted=A0 to work as an induction to the GTD system.=A0 The questions = that David Allen asks in the book are a good start, but each = organisation could then induct their own people easily with a couple of = hours of questions pointed towards their = industry/occupation/organisation directly.=A0 If you could automatically = sync appointments across a system a la iCal then that would be wonderful = too.

Another = feature could be to have questions for template plans, such as time = required for each task or even more complex functions that feed back = from the questions and can produce reports and OmniPlan gantt charts = (natch) from the data inputted, so that Omnifu can be used as a project = planning tool rather than just a posh task list.=A0=A0

For hard-copy and = portability needs - I really, truly believe that the simplicity of a = pocketmod printout function would solve all our problems - portable, = impressive and enough fun to make you want to use it.=A0 Plus, you could = produce rather wonderful Omnifu holders to keep them safe in your = pocket.=A0 I'd buy that, and I would look for other people who had them = too.

Also,=A0an= updated sudoku-a-day optional insert function for the pocketmod would = give it just the right amount of work-geek-life balance = ;0)


=
Keith A. Bolshaw
Disaster = Preparedness and Response=A0Department Coordinator
Islamic Relief Indonesia,
Jl. Gereja Theresia=A0, No. 33
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350
Mobile:( +62 ) (0) 811 687700
Fax:( +62 ) (021) 390-9986

Email: keith@islamic-relief.or.id<= /DIV>UK registered charity No. 328158
"Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the = world's poorest people"=A0

= --Apple-Mail-12-481397011-- From techsupport@photoshopservices.co.uk Mon Nov 13 23:12:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: delayed 398 by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from mail1.ukisp.com (mail1.ukisp.com [80.175.48.50]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9733F7324973 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:12:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 8401 invoked by uid 399); 14 Nov 2006 07:06:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.19?) (victoria@photoshopservices.co.uk@88.105.176.246) by mail1.ukisp.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2006 07:06:01 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <36D67C06-84F9-4FD3-B252-4A942F7CA0E5@mac.com> References: <36D67C06-84F9-4FD3-B252-4A942F7CA0E5@mac.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-497171302 Message-Id: From: Victoria - Photoshop Services Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:06:04 +0000 To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: Subject: More feature requests X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:12:47 -0000 --Apple-Mail-1-497171302 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Oh oh oh! I didn't realise we could reply to this beta test email address. I assumed it was only to let us know when beta's are ready. How exciting! Ok, the biggest thing on my wishlist is some way of filtering the list - for example, I'd love to be able to go through at the beginning of the day, and mark all of the things I'd like to get done that day, and be able to print off JUST those items, split either into project or context. Sort by date order would be another great bonus, but without it forgetting the order I put things in in the first place. I spend most of my life by the computer, but to be constantly having to trawl through lengthy lists to find the next item I ACTUALLY need to do right now is a bit of a pain. Maybe I haven't quite got the hang of how GTD is supposed to work, but it's the way I work best, so I'd love OmniFocus to have the flexibility to work that way. The option to sync with my palm pda would be fantastic, but no major rush on that one. Victoria On 14 Nov 2006, at 02:43, Keith Bolshaw wrote: > As someone who has to organise others, and would like to keep that > going in a GTD style, I would appreciate some way of adding > resources to tasks, then printing out task lists according to > resources. For example, if the resource was my assistant on 12 of > 34 tasks, then I could choose to print out a list of just his 12 > tasks for him, or all 34 tasks with the irrelevant ones greyed out > so that he can see them in order. > > Also, templates should be a must, for regular project outlines, but > also so that they could be adapted to work as an induction to the > GTD system. The questions that David Allen asks in the book are a > good start, but each organisation could then induct their own > people easily with a couple of hours of questions pointed towards > their industry/occupation/organisation directly. If you could > automatically sync appointments across a system a la iCal then that > would be wonderful too. > > Another feature could be to have questions for template plans, such > as time required for each task or even more complex functions that > feed back from the questions and can produce reports and OmniPlan > gantt charts (natch) from the data inputted, so that Omnifu can be > used as a project planning tool rather than just a posh task list. > > For hard-copy and portability needs - I really, truly believe that > the simplicity of a pocketmod printout function would solve all our > problems - portable, impressive and enough fun to make you want to > use it. Plus, you could produce rather wonderful Omnifu holders to > keep them safe in your pocket. I'd buy that, and I would look for > other people who had them too. > > Also, an updated sudoku-a-day optional insert function for the > pocketmod would give it just the right amount of work-geek-life > balance ;0) > > > Keith A. Bolshaw > Disaster Preparedness and Response Department Coordinator > Islamic Relief Indonesia, > Jl. Gereja Theresia , No. 33 > Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350 > Mobile:( +62 ) (0) 811 687700 > Fax:( +62 ) (021) 390-9986 > > Email: keith@islamic-relief.or.id > keith.bolshaw@mac.com > website: www.islamic-relief.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________ > UK registered charity No. 328158 > "Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the world's poorest people" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Omnifocus-beta-announce mailing list > Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omnifocus-beta-announce --Apple-Mail-1-497171302 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Oh oh oh!=A0 I didn't = realise we could reply to this beta test email address.=A0 I assumed it = was only to let us know when beta's are ready.=A0 How = exciting!

Ok, = the biggest thing on my wishlist is some way of filtering the list - for = example, I'd love to be able to go through at the beginning of the day, = and mark all of the things I'd like to get done that day, and be able to = print off JUST those items, split either into project or context.=A0 = Sort by date order would be another great bonus, but without it = forgetting the order I put things in in the first place.=A0 I spend most = of my life by the computer, but to be constantly having to trawl through = lengthy lists to find the next item I ACTUALLY need to do right now is a = bit of a pain.=A0 Maybe I haven't quite got the hang of how GTD is = supposed to work, but it's the way I work best, so I'd love OmniFocus to = have the flexibility to work that way.

The option to sync with my = palm pda would be fantastic, but no major rush on that = one.

Victoria

O= n 14 Nov 2006, at 02:43, Keith Bolshaw wrote:

As = someone who has to organise others, and would like to keep that going in = a GTD style, I would appreciate some way of adding resources to tasks, = then printing out task lists according to resources.=A0 For example, if = the resource was my assistant on 12 of 34 tasks, then I could choose to = print out a list of just his 12 tasks for him, or all 34 tasks with the = irrelevant ones greyed out so that he can see them in = order.

Also, = templates should be a must, for regular project outlines, but also so = that they could be adapted=A0 to work as an induction to the GTD = system.=A0 The questions that David Allen asks in the book are a good = start, but each organisation could then induct their own people easily = with a couple of hours of questions pointed towards their = industry/occupation/organisation directly.=A0 If you could automatically = sync appointments across a system a la iCal then that would be wonderful = too.

Another = feature could be to have questions for template plans, such as time = required for each task or even more complex functions that feed back = from the questions and can produce reports and OmniPlan gantt charts = (natch) from the data inputted, so that Omnifu can be used as a project = planning tool rather than just a posh task list.=A0=A0

For hard-copy and = portability needs - I really, truly believe that the simplicity of a = pocketmod printout function would solve all our problems - portable, = impressive and enough fun to make you want to use it.=A0 Plus, you could = produce rather wonderful Omnifu holders to keep them safe in your = pocket.=A0 I'd buy that, and I would look for other people who had them = too.

Also,=A0an= updated sudoku-a-day optional insert function for the pocketmod would = give it just the right amount of work-geek-life balance = ;0)


=
Keith A. Bolshaw
Disaster = Preparedness and Response=A0Department Coordinator
Islamic Relief Indonesia,
Jl. Gereja Theresia=A0, No. 33
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350
Mobile:( +62 ) (0) 811 687700
Fax:( +62 ) (021) 390-9986

Email: keith@islamic-relief.or.id<= /DIV>UK registered charity No. 328158
"Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the = world's poorest people"=A0

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= --Apple-Mail-1-497171302-- From john.yeates@edigitalresearch.com Tue Nov 14 02:19:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: delayed 1984 by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from analysis.edigitalresearch.com (analysis.edigitalresearch.com [217.154.180.62]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA16E73274BF for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:19:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from office.edigitalresearch.com (server [10.0.0.2]) by analysis.edigitalresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E676F1F3065 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:45:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [10.0.0.15] (unknown [10.0.0.15]) by office.edigitalresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124D4223F51 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:45:46 +0000 (GMT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: References: <36D67C06-84F9-4FD3-B252-4A942F7CA0E5@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0042C2FC-922B-48B5-9FDD-97D5AD83795B@edigitalresearch.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Yeates Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:45:46 +0000 To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: Subject: Re: More feature requests X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:19:12 -0000 On Nov 14, 2006, at 07:06, Victoria - Photoshop Services wrote: > Oh oh oh! I didn't realise we could reply to this beta test email > address. I assumed it was only to let us know when beta's are > ready. How exciting! *Could* we have a separate omnifocus-beta-discuss list? I really only want to know the progress of the beta, rather than have Yet Another Discussion List giving me even more email to read :) -- John Yeates From philip@coconino.co.uk Tue Nov 14 03:18:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from relay2.tidymail.co.uk (relay2.tidymail.co.uk [217.146.107.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38537328204 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:18:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from philking.adsl.wizards.co.uk ([217.146.123.146] helo=[10.0.1.46]) (from_AS 16353) by relay2.tidymail.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.62) id 1GjwIn-0000L3-Mf (return-path ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:18:08 +0000 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:18:31 +0000 From: Philip King To: Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <0042C2FC-922B-48B5-9FDD-97D5AD83795B@edigitalresearch.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Mailsmith 2.1.5 (Blindsider) Cc: Subject: Re: More feature requests X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:18:12 -0000 On Tuesday, 14 November, 2006, John Yeates said: >On Nov 14, 2006, at 07:06, Victoria - Photoshop Services wrote: > >> Oh oh oh! I didn't realise we could reply to this beta test email =20 >> address. I assumed it was only to let us know when beta's are =20 >> ready. How exciting! > >*Could* we have a separate omnifocus-beta-discuss list? I really only =20 >want to know the progress of the beta, rather than have Yet Another =20 >Discussion List giving me even more email to read :) Seconded. From greg@a65.net Tue Nov 14 04:14:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from smtp-msa-out12.orange.fr (smtp12.orange.fr [193.252.22.20]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1345B7328E33; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:14:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (AMontsouris-151-1-11-218.w82-123.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.123.136.218]) by mwinf1212.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D9B9C1C0008C; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:14:38 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20061114121438891.D9B9C1C0008C@mwinf1212.orange.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <36D67C06-84F9-4FD3-B252-4A942F7CA0E5@mac.com> References: <36D67C06-84F9-4FD3-B252-4A942F7CA0E5@mac.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6-515678753 Message-Id: <01755DC0-DBD6-4F45-B63C-FD29322ECFB5@a65.net> From: Greg Oreck Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:14:32 +0100 To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com, omnifocus-planning@omnigroup.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: Subject: Re: Feature requests X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:14:42 -0000 --Apple-Mail-6-515678753 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I agree here... would be great to have the ability to share *only certain items* with others (via sync or similar). Ideally you'll only have one large all encompassing omnifocus file that contains work stuff from all the various jobs you may do, mixed in with personal, life stuff (that you probably don't want to share with your co-workers). for me, i run a small record label with another partner and we'd both be using omnifocus. So would be great to have a context item (a la kGTD) that would be his name and and he would have one that is my name. Then no matter what context i might have a task assigned to, if it's related to our label he'll just see it in his list under the context name "Greg" and vice versa. This would also allow you to assign tasks to other people. It could then show up in their inbox so they could assign it a personal context while everyone else would just see it as assigned to them... For me this would really be the killer functionality of a kGTD successor... On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:43 AM, Keith Bolshaw wrote: > As someone who has to organise others, and would like to keep that > going in a GTD style, I would appreciate some way of adding > resources to tasks, then printing out task lists according to > resources. For example, if the resource was my assistant on 12 of > 34 tasks, then I could choose to print out a list of just his 12 > tasks for him, or all 34 tasks with the irrelevant ones greyed out > so that he can see them in order. > > Also, templates should be a must, for regular project outlines, but > also so that they could be adapted to work as an induction to the > GTD system. The questions that David Allen asks in the book are a > good start, but each organisation could then induct their own > people easily with a couple of hours of questions pointed towards > their industry/occupation/organisation directly. If you could > automatically sync appointments across a system a la iCal then that > would be wonderful too. > > Another feature could be to have questions for template plans, such > as time required for each task or even more complex functions that > feed back from the questions and can produce reports and OmniPlan > gantt charts (natch) from the data inputted, so that Omnifu can be > used as a project planning tool rather than just a posh task list. > > For hard-copy and portability needs - I really, truly believe that > the simplicity of a pocketmod printout function would solve all our > problems - portable, impressive and enough fun to make you want to > use it. Plus, you could produce rather wonderful Omnifu holders to > keep them safe in your pocket. I'd buy that, and I would look for > other people who had them too. > > Also, an updated sudoku-a-day optional insert function for the > pocketmod would give it just the right amount of work-geek-life > balance ;0) > > > Keith A. Bolshaw > Disaster Preparedness and Response Department Coordinator > Islamic Relief Indonesia, > Jl. Gereja Theresia , No. 33 > Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350 > Mobile:( +62 ) (0) 811 687700 > Fax:( +62 ) (021) 390-9986 > > Email: keith@islamic-relief.or.id > keith.bolshaw@mac.com > website: www.islamic-relief.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________ > UK registered charity No. 328158 > "Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the world's poorest people" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Omnifocus-beta-announce mailing list > Omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omnifocus-beta-announce --Apple-Mail-6-515678753 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I agree here... would be great = to have the ability to share *only certain items* with others (via sync = or similar). Ideally you'll only have one large all encompassing = omnifocus file that contains work stuff from all the various jobs you = may do, mixed in with personal, life stuff (that you probably don't want = to share with your co-workers).

for me, i run a small = record label with another partner and we'd both be using omnifocus. So = would be great to have a context item (a la kGTD) that would be his name = and and he would have one that is my name. Then no matter what context i = might have a task assigned to, if it's related to our label he'll just = see it in his list under the context name "Greg" and vice = versa.

This = would also allow you to assign tasks to other people. It could then show = up in their inbox so they could assign it a personal context while = everyone else would just see it as assigned to them...

For me this would really be = the killer functionality of a kGTD successor...


On Nov 14, = 2006, at 3:43 AM, Keith Bolshaw wrote:

As = someone who has to organise others, and would like to keep that going in = a GTD style, I would appreciate some way of adding resources to tasks, = then printing out task lists according to resources.=A0 For example, if = the resource was my assistant on 12 of 34 tasks, then I could choose to = print out a list of just his 12 tasks for him, or all 34 tasks with the = irrelevant ones greyed out so that he can see them in = order.

Also, = templates should be a must, for regular project outlines, but also so = that they could be adapted=A0 to work as an induction to the GTD = system.=A0 The questions that David Allen asks in the book are a good = start, but each organisation could then induct their own people easily = with a couple of hours of questions pointed towards their = industry/occupation/organisation directly.=A0 If you could automatically = sync appointments across a system a la iCal then that would be wonderful = too.

Another = feature could be to have questions for template plans, such as time = required for each task or even more complex functions that feed back = from the questions and can produce reports and OmniPlan gantt charts = (natch) from the data inputted, so that Omnifu can be used as a project = planning tool rather than just a posh task list.=A0=A0

For hard-copy and = portability needs - I really, truly believe that the simplicity of a = pocketmod printout function would solve all our problems - portable, = impressive and enough fun to make you want to use it.=A0 Plus, you could = produce rather wonderful Omnifu holders to keep them safe in your = pocket.=A0 I'd buy that, and I would look for other people who had them = too.

Also,=A0an= updated sudoku-a-day optional insert function for the pocketmod would = give it just the right amount of work-geek-life balance = ;0)


=
Keith A. Bolshaw
Disaster = Preparedness and Response=A0Department Coordinator
Islamic Relief Indonesia,
Jl. Gereja Theresia=A0, No. 33
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350
Mobile:( +62 ) (0) 811 687700
Fax:( +62 ) (021) 390-9986

Email: keith@islamic-relief.or.id<= /DIV>UK registered charity No. 328158
"Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the = world's poorest people"=A0

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= --Apple-Mail-6-515678753-- From bradley.browne@gmail.com Tue Nov 14 05:48:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BCE9732A3ED for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:48:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so1318801ugc for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:48:57 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=jIY3MrgFQcjFhX8fYkGGGRJBrELckcbVLUEZdL/kvspuudRAJVUVAoZW+/Fu94JW5Md/mUhwSqRUD8L6+imDe0+maWUTM0Q8Ra5nJsoo4BaBw3+iqkDAfKTZiOosyrM5tzpPowJHnfKeo9weZulIoF6xhAKnnc6+V+oNzhI5K3o= Received: by 10.78.50.5 with SMTP id x5mr1006063hux.1163512137359; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:48:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.164.15 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:48:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9c7848210611140548x20ebb79fr4108fcb39df6b53f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:48:57 -0600 From: "Brad Browne" To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_102832_25862049.1163512137280" Subject: ? X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:49:01 -0000 ------=_Part_102832_25862049.1163512137280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Isn't this just an announce list? I'm all of a sudden getting a boatload of email, and for those of use who weren't lucky to be in on the private beta it may be like sticking the knife in and turning it ;) ------=_Part_102832_25862049.1163512137280 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Isn't this just an announce list?  I'm all of a sudden getting a boatload of email, and for those of use who weren't lucky to be in on the private beta it may be like sticking the knife in and turning it ;)
------=_Part_102832_25862049.1163512137280-- From kc@omnigroup.com Tue Nov 14 07:49:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.2.14] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCAD5732C4F3; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:49:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3FB2A9C9-27E3-4FF0-B7A3-06B12C9D0506@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes X-Smtp-Server: omnigroup.com:kc Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v853) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:49:12 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.853) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:49:41 -0800 Subject: This list is for announcements only X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:49:18 -0000 Sorry, we always intended for this list to be used exclusively for news from Omni about the OmniFocus beta, but we forgot to lock the list so that only people from Omni could post to it. I've now changed the settings on the list, so the only messages you should receive from it from from now on will be announcements from us. Wwe do have a forum for discussing OmniFocus on our web site at , and we can also set up a discussion mailing list if there's sufficient interest. (If you'd prefer a mailing list to the existing forum, let us know!) Sorry for the confusion surrounding this list, and thank you all for your interest in OmniFocus! Ken From michelle@omnigroup.com Wed Dec 27 13:17:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.34] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41EAB78CEC20 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:17:45 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <5CB02CC3-E013-41AC-810C-2F0B36E8BBFE@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: Michelle Hill Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:17:42 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:25:00 -0800 Subject: OmniFocus meeting at MacWorld X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:17:45 -0000 As you may have seen on our blog, we are considering an OmniFocus/GTD get-together at Macworld in San Francisco next month. We hope to meet with those of you who are going to be in town and might be interested in chatting about OmniFocus. At this point we are trying to determine a time, venue and how many people to plan for. If you will be in San Francisco and would like to attend, please let us know. You can do this by dropping us an email at omnifocus@omnigroup.com. Thanks and hope to see you soon! Michelle Hill The Omni Group From michelle@omnigroup.com Thu Jan 4 09:03:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.34] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7459779B0E91 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:03:14 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <44FF43EE-FB36-45F9-952C-3391CF030BEB@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: Michelle Hill Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:03:10 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:05:45 -0800 Subject: Macworld OmniFocus meeting X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:03:14 -0000 > We've gotten a huge response and we are very grateful to all the > people who want to meet with us to talk about OmniFocus at > Macworld. It will be a busy week for all and it was difficult to > accommodate everyone's schedules. > > The meeting will take place from 4:30-5:30 on Monday at the Apple > Store. It is located on the corner of Ellis Street and Stockton > Street, just a few blocks from the Moscone Center. > > We are pleased to say that Merlin Mann, author of the website > 43folders.com, will be joining us. > > I know this will break some hearts, but I want to warn you ahead of > time that we won't be doing a demo of the application. We will be > telling you a little bit more about our plans, but the application > itself is not ready to be shown publicly. > > Hope to see you there! > > Michelle From michelle@omnigroup.com Tue Jan 16 15:02:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.2.123] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E1727AFDDC4 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:02:24 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <9754E535-78F6-4BBF-8D88-2F3C733A35B6@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: Michelle Hill Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:02:24 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:09:43 -0800 Subject: Thank you! X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:02:26 -0000 Thank you to all of you who came to our talk at the Apple store in San Francisco last week and also to those of you who stopped by our booth at Macworld. We got a lot of great feedback about OmniFocus. We're very excited about it and promise you we are working hard on it! We've added a new webpage to our site for OmniFocus: We'll continue to add more information and keep you updated on our progress. Feature requests and suggestions can still be sent to omnifocus@omnigroup.com. Thanks for your interest and support! Michelle From bbronstein@mac.com Wed Jan 17 13:24:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.5 Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.184]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED7B7B1D070 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:24:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com (smtpin02-en2 [10.13.10.147]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout14/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l0HLOXhq029671 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:24:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.9.200.236] (host-198-7-242-130.oshean.org [198.7.242.130] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin02/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l0HLOAnS029661 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:24:25 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <20070117200018.21E0D126FDE@dynamic-www.omnigroup.com> References: <20070117200018.21E0D126FDE@dynamic-www.omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <345DE3B7-78F4-4966-B55B-BCE89F89503F@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ben Bronstein Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:24:37 -0500 To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=4.65.5446:2.3.11, 1.2.37, 4.0.164 definitions=2007-01-17_08:2007-01-17, 2007-01-17, 2007-01-17 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=3.1.0-0612050001 definitions=main-0701170057 Subject: Re: OmniFocus-beta-announce Digest, Vol 4, Issue 2 X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:24:40 -0000 hi, could I be taken off of the mailing list please? thanks. On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:00 PM, omnifocus-beta-announce- request@omnigroup.com wrote: > Send OmniFocus-beta-announce mailing list submissions to > omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omnifocus-beta-announce > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > omnifocus-beta-announce-request@omnigroup.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > omnifocus-beta-announce-owner@omnigroup.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OmniFocus-beta-announce digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Thank you! (Michelle Hill) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:02:24 -0800 > From: Michelle Hill > Subject: Thank you! > To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com > Message-ID: <9754E535-78F6-4BBF-8D88-2F3C733A35B6@omnigroup.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Thank you to all of you who came to our talk at the Apple store in > San Francisco last week and also to those of you who stopped by our > booth at Macworld. We got a lot of great feedback about OmniFocus. > We're very excited about it and promise you we are working hard on it! > > We've added a new webpage to our site for OmniFocus: > > > > We'll continue to add more information and keep you updated on our > progress. Feature requests and suggestions can still be sent to > omnifocus@omnigroup.com. > > Thanks for your interest and support! > > Michelle > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > OmniFocus-beta-announce mailing list > OmniFocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omnifocus-beta-announce > > > End of OmniFocus-beta-announce Digest, Vol 4, Issue 2 > ***************************************************** From kc@omnigroup.com Fri Apr 20 12:08:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.162] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7539945A6AF for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <040AF0B8-6313-491A-B7EC-7D5FC9AAF29C@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v880) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:08:09 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.880) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:10:06 -0700 Subject: OmniFocus screenshot and feature overview X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:08:10 -0000 Hello, all! (Would you believe that there are over 2,500 people subscribed to this OmniFocus beta mailing list?) We're not quite ready to post a beta release for you to download--but I did want to let you all know that we just posted an OmniFocus screenshot and feature overview on our blog: http://blog.omnigroup.com/2007/04/20/omnifocus-screenshot-and-feature-overview/ We look forward to your comments! Cheers, Ken From kc@omnigroup.com Fri Apr 20 13:45:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.162] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2B3945DC4B for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com In-Reply-To: <040AF0B8-6313-491A-B7EC-7D5FC9AAF29C@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v880) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:45:02 -0700 References: <040AF0B8-6313-491A-B7EC-7D5FC9AAF29C@omnigroup.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.880) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:46:28 -0700 Subject: Re: OmniFocus screenshot and feature overview X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:45:03 -0000 As one of you pointed out: > Nothing says 'crash my server' like publishing screenshots of a new > omni app. ;) Our blog server started crashing within two seconds of plugging it into the network until we finally got it tuned right. Which (*knock on wood*) I think we've finally done. (Either that, or you've all given up for the day.) So I'm probably inviting disaster by doing this, but I thought I'd let you all know that our blog is finally back up. Cheers, Ken From kc@omnigroup.com Mon Apr 30 19:15:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [172.16.1.5] (216-39-137-70.ip.theriver.com [216.39.137.70]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB679922834 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:15:49 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com From: Ken Case Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:15:56 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:18:22 -0700 Subject: Ethan Schoonover's OmniFocus overview video X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 02:15:49 -0000 Hello again, all! (And a big welcome to the 500 of you who've subscribed in the last week!) Now that our servers have recovered from posting those OmniFocus screenshots, we've decided to try something even more ambitious: we've posted an OmniFocus overview movie recorded by our good friend and brave pioneer user Ethan Schoonover, the author of Kinkless GTD(*): http://blog.omnigroup.com/2007/04/30/ethan-schoonovers-omnifocus- overview-video/ Ethan's target audience is, well, all of you! His video introduces some of the unique features of OmniFocus, so that when we post our first downloadable builds you'll hopefully already have some notion of how you can put it to good use. Please feel free to post any questions or feedback to our blog or forums (**)--or just send them directly to us at omnifocus@omnigroup.com--and we hope you enjoy this more detailed look at OmniFocus! Thanks, Ken (*) I'm guessing most of you already know this, but just in case anyone doesn't: GTD and Getting Things Done are registered trademarks of David Allen & Co. If you'd like to learn more about David Allen's GTD system, you'll find more information at . (**) Our OmniFocus forum is at . From kc@omnigroup.com Tue May 1 07:54:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.2.3] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C57A992FD39 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 07:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <8E97B485-FEE2-40F4-9A45-5681DCBCD380@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v880) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 07:54:00 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.880) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 May 2007 07:55:13 -0700 Subject: Re: Ethan Schoonover's OmniFocus overview video X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 14:54:06 -0000 Hello again! (And welcome to the hundred-plus subscribers that have joined this list in the last 12 hours.) If yesterday's link worked for you, you don't need to read the rest of this message. (Sorry for the additional interruption!) It appears that some email clients had trouble reading the link I posted yesterday, because it got split across two lines during transport. (It's easy to forget how fragile email can be!) As a result, a bunch of you got sent to a page which had some navigation bars but content that simply said: Sorry, no posts matched your criteria. If that describes your experience, please try this shorter link instead: I'll try to remember to post shorter links in future messages. Cheers, Ken On Apr 30, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Ken Case wrote: > Hello again, all! (And a big welcome to the 500 of you who've > subscribed in the last week!) > > Now that our servers have recovered from posting those OmniFocus > screenshots, we've decided to try something even more ambitious: > we've posted an OmniFocus overview movie recorded by our good friend > and brave pioneer user Ethan Schoonover, the author of Kinkless > GTD(*): > > > > > Ethan's target audience is, well, all of you! His video introduces > some of the unique features of OmniFocus, so that when we post our > first downloadable builds you'll hopefully already have some notion > of how you can put it to good use. > > Please feel free to post any questions or feedback to our blog or > forums (**)--or just send them directly to us at >--and we hope you enjoy this more detailed look at OmniFocus! > > Thanks, > Ken > > (*) I'm guessing most of you already know this, but just in case > anyone doesn't: GTD and Getting Things Done are registered > trademarks of David Allen & Co. If you'd like to learn more about > David Allen's GTD system, you'll find more information at >. > > (**) Our OmniFocus forum is at >. > From kc@omnigroup.com Fri Jun 1 21:02:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.2.9] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A3BBB907BE for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:02:12 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Message-Id: <312DD264-EB53-4300-A11C-A1326055BD38@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; boundary=Apple-Mail-24-586227113; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" From: Ken Case Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:01:29 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:03:36 -0700 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.3 Subject: What's new in the land of OmniFocus? X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:02:13 -0000 --Apple-Mail-24-586227113 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi, all! Has it really been a month since I posted to the list? In some ways =20 it seems a lot shorter--but in many ways it seems like much, much =20 longer. So, what have we been up to over the past month? (Other =20 than seeing this list grow to over 7,500 subscribers?) Quite a bit, =20 it turns out (despite the relative quiet on this list!). So much =20 that I'm going to have to resort to using footnotes in this message... About two weeks ago, we started sending invitations out to early =20 subscribers of this list to try out our latest (unstable) internal =20 builds of OmniFocus [1]. We started out by sending out one hundred =20 invitations, then followed that up with five hundred the next day, =20 then a thousand--and then we started getting a little overwhelmed [2] =20= with the wonderful feedback we were getting from our early testers, =20 so we started moderating our pace a bit. We've now sent out =20 invitations to everyone who subscribed to this list before March 28, =20 and if you want to check on the latest status I've posted a status =20 thread to our forums [4]. Meanwhile, Ethan relaunched his Kinkless web site, publishing a =20 second screencast about OmniFocus [3] as well as some very practical =20 advice on cleaning up your desktop [5]. To those of you who subscribed early enough to receive sneaky peek =20 invitations, we've pushed out about 125 sneaky peek builds in the =20 last two weeks, with updates around the clock (even through the =20 holiday weekend). Hopefully you've noticed some dramatic =20 improvements in that time! Next week will be very busy as well, as we try to squeeze in as much =20 development as we can before heading down to San Francisco to attend =20 Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. Speaking of which, we're =20 thinking about having some sort of OmniFocus get-together while we're =20= all there (Ethan and Merlin will be there too), though we're still =20 trying to work out the exact timing and venue. The most likely time =20 at this point seems to be Wednesday evening, but we'll let you know =20 when we have more details. (If you're interested in attending, we'd =20 love to hear from you: please RSVP to omnifocus-wwdc@omnigroup.com.) Thanks to all of you for your time and interest, and especially our =20 early testers for putting up with pre-beta software and sending us =20 some great feedback! Keep those cards and letters coming, it really =20 helps us understand what's working well and what still needs work. Cheers, Ken -- [1] OmniFocus pre-release: early birds get the bugs [2] OmniFocus: The Feedback Cometh [3] Ethan Schoonover=92s second OmniFocus screencast [4] Status of sneaky peek invitations [5] Five Steps to a Kinkless Desktop --Apple-Mail-24-586227113-- From omnifocus-wwdc@omnigroup.com Wed Jun 13 14:16:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.2.232] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EADA1BD5390F for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:16:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <1C51D7E9-3BFF-4ED9-8793-093EFF615701@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com In-Reply-To: <312DD264-EB53-4300-A11C-A1326055BD38@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v890.2) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:16:05 -0700 References: <312DD264-EB53-4300-A11C-A1326055BD38@omnigroup.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.890.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:16:54 -0700 Subject: OmniFocus WWDC gathering this evening in San Francisco X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:16:07 -0000 On Jun 1, 2007, at 9:01 PM, I wrote: > Speaking of which, we're thinking about having some sort of > OmniFocus get-together while we're all there (Ethan and Merlin will > be there too), though we're still trying to work out the exact > timing and venue. We'd like to invite anyone attending Apple's WWDC to join Ethan Schoonover, Merlin Mann, and the OmniFocus development team for an informal gathering on Wednesday evening. We'll be meeting from 6:15pm-7:15pm in the 2nd floor - Olympic room at the Westin Hotel, one block from Moscone. (If you saw an earlier invitation in response to an RSVP or in the OmniFocus message of the day, please note the 6/12 change in venue! This room is larger than the previous two rooms.) I hope to see some of you there! Ken P.S. -- While we're particularly inviting those attending WWDC (because we'll be back in San Francisco at the Apple Store next Thursday), a WWDC badge is not required to attend. From omnifocus-wwdc@omnigroup.com Wed Jun 13 16:19:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.2.243] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860A4BD58643 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <16EDE478-DE55-4C1F-8057-ACA37DF02C9E@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com In-Reply-To: <1C51D7E9-3BFF-4ED9-8793-093EFF615701@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v890.2) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:19:41 -0700 References: <312DD264-EB53-4300-A11C-A1326055BD38@omnigroup.com> <1C51D7E9-3BFF-4ED9-8793-093EFF615701@omnigroup.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.890.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:20:41 -0700 Subject: Re: OmniFocus WWDC gathering this evening in San Francisco X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:19:48 -0000 On Jun 13, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Ken Case wrote: > We'd like to invite anyone attending Apple's WWDC to join Ethan > Schoonover, Merlin Mann, and the OmniFocus development team for an > informal gathering on Wednesday evening. We'll be meeting from > 6:15pm-7:15pm in the 2nd floor - Olympic room at the Westin Hotel, > one block from Moscone. Sorry for the extra interruption: apparently there are two Westin hotels nearby; the one we're meeting in is (and used to be called the Argent). More details on our presentation at the Apple Store _next_ week can be found on our blog: Thanks! Ken From kc@omnigroup.com Fri Nov 16 13:00:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.162] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86483E488BE8 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:00:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <7F61E7B3-21EF-4BAE-86C5-E5D51052E87F@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:00:54 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:01:35 -0800 Subject: OmniFocus 1.0 will ship on January 8 X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:00:55 -0000 Hi, all! You wouldn't know it from the silence on this mailing list, but it's been a very, very busy six months for OmniFocus: we've sent out "sneaky peek" invitations to 16,193 people, read 20,232 email messages sent directly to our support ninjas (at omnifocus@omnigroup.com) and another 8,326 messages posted to the OmniFocus forums (at ), and we've published over 500 "sneaky peek" releases of the software. We could probably go on indefinitely in this state: you continue to give us lots of great ideas for ways in which we could improve the software further, and it's hard to resist implementing a good idea when we hear it. But it's time to draw the OmniFocus 1.0 development cycle to a close and give you all a stable version that you can use without having to download a new update each week. So, I'm pleased to (finally!) announce that we will be shipping OmniFocus 1.0 on January 8, 2008. OmniPlan 1.0 licenses will sell for $79.95 when it ships--but you can pre-order licenses starting today for just $39.95 (saving $40), and can save even more if you already own a copy of OmniOutliner Pro or purchase more than one license. -- In related news, a number of you have been asking when we might publish an updated video overview (since after 500 releases the last one was starting to feel just a wee bit out of date!). Ethan has been understandably busy, since he's been moving himself and his family from Hong Kong to Seattle to join Omni as our head of marketing (welcome, Ethan!)--but now that he's finally here and getting settled in, he's recorded an updated video which we're posting to our updated OmniFocus web site. You'll find it at www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus. Enjoy! Ken From kc@omnigroup.com Fri Nov 16 13:14:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.162] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AFA5E489F51 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:14:30 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <55A0BD75-C997-4F1C-9EDA-BD0F262FB32D@omnigroup.com> From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com In-Reply-To: <7F61E7B3-21EF-4BAE-86C5-E5D51052E87F@omnigroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:14:29 -0800 References: <7F61E7B3-21EF-4BAE-86C5-E5D51052E87F@omnigroup.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:22:25 -0800 Subject: Re: OmniFocus 1.0 will ship on January 8 X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:14:30 -0000 On Nov 16, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Ken Case wrote: > So, I'm pleased to (finally!) announce that we will be shipping > OmniFocus 1.0 on January 8, 2008. OmniPlan 1.0 licenses will sell > for $79.95 when it ships--but you can pre-order licenses starting > today for just $39.95 (saving $40), and can save even more if you > already own a copy of OmniOutliner Pro or purchase more than one > license. And by "OmniPlan 1.0 licenses," I mean "OmniFocus 1.0 licenses." (No sleep deprivation here!) Sorry for any confusion! Ken From kc@omnigroup.com Wed Nov 21 11:39:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.2.162] (porygon.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.7]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6115DE5FB930 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:39:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:39:01 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:40:10 -0800 Subject: Whoa, $100,000 in under five days! X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: OmniFocus Support List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:39:02 -0000 I just wanted to write a quick note to thank you all for your support! In less than five days, we've already received over $100,000 in preorders for OmniFocus, making this one of our strongest product launches of all time. We're still hard at work (as you can see if you've been following along with the multiple beta updates we're pushing out each day)--but it's inspiring to see that the time and resources our team has invested into this over the last 16 months has earned your vote of confidence. Thank you! Ken From kc@omnigroup.com Tue Jan 8 11:05:17 2008 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.5.3.93] (vpn.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.6]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C84B5F29ED28; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:05:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com, omninews@omnigroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:05:16 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:06:21 -0800 Cc: Subject: OmniFocus 1.0 has shipped! X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:05:17 -0000 January 8 is finally here, and OmniFocus 1.0 has shipped! I'm =20 forwarding a copy of the press release below (with its links to our =20 web site and online store). Today's 1.0 release isn't the end of our journey, of course--it's =20 simply our first non-beta release! We've already started planning out =20= our future roadmap, thinking about how we can improve synchronization =20= between multiple computers and about how we might be able to take =20 advantage of the iPhone SDK when it's released next month. While 1.0 isn't the end, it's certainly a significant milestone. I'd =20= like to take this opportunity to thank the whole team here at Omni for =20= all the long hours, and to thank all of our families for their =20 patience and support! I'd also like to thank you all for your participation in the beta =20 process: you've all given us an incredible amount of feedback (27,458 =20= messages sent to us directly, with another 13,194 messages posted to =20 our forums) which has really helped us make OmniFocus a stronger =20 product. (And, of course, a special thanks to the 13,590 of you who =20 pre-ordered: your support and vote of confidence is really =20 appreciated!) Enjoy! Ken Begin forwarded message: > From: omni-press@omnigroup.com > Date: January 8, 2008 9:19:42 AM PST > To: omni-press@omnigroup.com > Subject: The Omni Group Announces OmniFocus 1.0 > Reply-To: marketing@omnigroup.com, omni-press@omnigroup.com > > SEATTLE, Washington =96 January 8, 2008 =96 The Omni Group has = announced =20 > the final release of OmniFocus 1.0, their advanced task management =20 > tool. OmniFocus is a personal productivity application that can be =20 > used to implement the Getting Things Done=AE work-life management =20 > method developed by David Allen, although it is flexible enough to =20 > accommodate different styles of personal organization. > > OmniFocus is designed to quickly capture your thoughts and allow you =20= > to store, manage, and process them into actionable to-do items. =20 > Tasks can be assigned to projects and stored within contexts (for =20 > example: "Home", "Work", or "Garden"), with built-in visual cues =20 > that highlight the next action you need to take care of. OmniFocus =20 > helps you work smarter by giving you powerful tools for staying on =20 > track of all the things you need to do. > > OmniFocus features include a quick entry panel, accessible via =20 > keyboard shortcut from any application, import for kGTD documents, =20 > iCal synchronization, extensive project and task filtering, file =20 > attachments, saved viewing perspectives, and more. More information, =20= > including a 15-minute quick start video and reference chart, is =20 > available at . > > OmniFocus licenses for $79.95. OmniOutliner Professional license =20 > owners are currently eligible for a 25% discount off the OmniFocus =20 > license fee. Quantity discounts, educational, and family pricing =20 > are available at . > > About The Omni Group > One of the first companies to develop software for the Mac OS X =20 > platform, The Omni Group is today a leading developer for Apple =20 > products and has designed and engineered an array of Mac OS X tools =20= > for productive creativity. Founded in 1993, The Omni Group is =20 > located in Seattle, Washington. > > Press Contacts > > Linda Sharps, Marketing Communications > Ethan Schoonover, Head of Marketing > marketing@omnigroup.com > omnigroup.com/pr_______________________________________________ > omni-press mailing list > omni-press@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omni-press > From kc@omnigroup.com Fri Aug 22 16:12:29 2008 Return-Path: X-Original-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Delivered-To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com Received: from [10.4.1.90] (porygon2.omnigroup.com [198.151.161.130]) by machop.omnigroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE3D138EE849; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:12:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Ken Case To: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com, omninews@omnigroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v928.1) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:12:21 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:13:56 -0700 Cc: Subject: OmniFocus news update X-BeenThere: omnifocus-beta-announce@omnigroup.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: OmniFocus beta announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:12:32 -0000 Hi, all! We've had a very, very busy 2008, and I just wanted to share a little bit of our OmniFocus news with you. As you know, we shipped OmniFocus 1.0 in January--to critical acclaim, including a Best of Show award at Macworld Expo. We immediately started working on adding synchronization support for OmniFocus 1.1 (while simultaneously adding support for additional languages to the OmniFocus 1.0.x releases). Ethan talked a little bit about this on our blog in his post "OmniFocus Sync: It's ALIVE". (http://blog.omnigroup.com/2008/05/09/omnifocus-sync-its-alive/ ) But the bigger news happened in March, when Apple announced that they were going to open up the iPhone to third-party developers. We knew immediately that OmniFocus had huge potential on the iPhone, because it solved a big problem I have with managing my tasks on a Mac: I don't always have my Mac with me. In particular, I might not have it when I think of something I need to remember to do (such as noticing it's time to change the oil), and I might not have it when I'm trying to remember things that need doing (such as which groceries are on my shopping list). But my iPhone, on the other hand, is with me wherever I go. In addition to being with me at all times, my iPhone has another really great feature: it can locate itself on a map. That meant that we could make OmniFocus automatically know where it is at all times, so it could show me a list of the things I want to get done near where I am right now. That was it, we were sold: we had to bring OmniFocus to the iPhone. As soon as Apple gave us the tools to start developing iPhone apps, we quickly set out to bring OmniFocus to the iPhone and to make it synchronize with the desktop app. With the help of many long nights and weekends (and the patience of our families), we had the basic app working six weeks later--just in time to enter it into the Apple Design Awards contest, where it won the award for Best iPhone Productivity Application! (http://blog.omnigroup.com/2008/06/12/omnifocus-for-the-iphone-snags-an-apple-design-award/ ) Of course, winning an award didn't mean that our work was done: one of the biggest challenges we faced was that we couldn't ask any of you to help us test the software, because it required a version of the iPhone operating system which wasn't yet available to the public. We pulled our QA team off all our other projects so they could focus on testing just the iPhone app, and identified and fixed dozens of different places the app could crash. We continued working around the clock through the July 4 holiday, trying to make sure that we had everything ready to go on the day the App Store launched: Friday, July 11. Six weeks ago today. That day finally came, and we watched with amazement as OmniFocus went as high as #3 on the the App Store's Top 10 list of most popular applications: 11,000 people bought OmniFocus that first weekend alone. (Thank you!) OmniFocus is still one of the most popular productivity apps on the App Store and has continued to sell at a steady clip ever since. Which is, of course, why you're only hearing about this six weeks after the fact. With tens of thousands of new customers using a new app on a new platform comes a lot of work. Here are a few numbers which might give you a bit of a picture of the last six weeks here at Omni: we've built over 250 "sneaky peek" releases of OmniFocus 1.1 for the Mac (which syncs with the new iPhone app), and 141 internal test builds of OmniFocus for the iPhone (leading to three more public releases). Our OmniFocus support ninjas have received over 9,000 email messages (of which we've answered over 7,800), and over 4,000 messages have been posted to our user forums. (And meanwhile, of course, we've continued to release new versions of OmniGraffle, OmniPlan, OmniOutliner, and OmniWeb.) We're still not caught up, unfortunately, even with volunteers helping from every department within Omni. We're hiring more people to help out (and if you know someone who might be interested please send them our way!)--and hopefully that will help us get back to our usual standards. In the end, we feel very fortunate: the last six months have been very busy, and while the results aren't yet perfect we're very proud of what we've accomplished so far. We couldn't have done this without you--so, from all of us here: Thank You! Ken P.S. -- If you're no longer interested in this sort of news from us, you can unsubscribe from this mailing list using the link below.