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Show HN: A note, task, and password organizer app for Mac

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13 pointsmagikarp10 comments

I really like the idea of inline calculation which is a feature that's missing from Evernote and that exists in OneNote. Another feature that's missing from EverNote is FREE FORM NOTE TAKING. I would drop Evernote in a second for a platform that does freeform notes as well as MS OneNote does (disclosure, I use OSX primarily and thus I can't use OneNote natively).

I disagree with the "yet another" comment because the more high-quality choices there are out there the better. I think this looks like a promising product and, if nothing else, is a great way to see what the market wants because they will be able to make faster changes than someone like Evernote can.

have you tried our thinkery.me yet?

I've never heard of it but will add it to my list of things to investigate. Thanks for the tip :-)

This might interest you:

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1hxzad/we_are_the_micr...

I like the design except for one thing. It was unclear to me to what fields were editable. It would also be great if you could add a menu bar icon for quick note taking. I use an App now called Notes Tab and its great for accessing your notes without actually opening up a window.

I don't get the password aspect of this. A password database isn't exactly something I want to write to constantly. Notes, on the other hand, need write access all the time. Is there some level of protection against file corruption or accidentally messing with your password db?

Well, everything is automatically encrypted, you can make (encrypted) backups, and you can also save your (encrypted) data to Dropbox. These provide some redundancy for your password db.

The aim is simply to have your notes at hand, and then you just press ⌘3 to switch to your passwords if you need to generate a new one or login to some website.

(By the way, thanks for checking out my app!)

Love the interface. IMO the best selling point is encryption before syncing to Dropbox. That's really what's missing from apps like DayOne, Evernote, WriteRoom, etc. Any intention of bringing it to iOS/Android?

yet another

This doesn't strike me as a problem.

Everyone makes their own productivity app because everyone has their own style of time/task/goal management. Do we not always say something along the lines of, "build something for which you're the first customer?"

This is the most common result of that stimulus.

I often encourage people who are just starting to program to make their own CLI productivity app that mirrors their existing GUI or paper productivity system. It gives them both the motivation to complete it and a reason to keep coming back to the command line after they're done. I wish that more introductory language and framework tutorials were structured around this.

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