Jan 24th. NewTLUG meeting: Personal Information Managers - "Taming the TODO"

[Sy Ali]

On 1/18/06, Yanni Chiu <yanni-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Sy Ali wrote:
> > Building a todo application has been a very strong interest at my new
> > work/company.  In fact we're wrapping much of the way our people plan
> > and interact around the todo concept.
>
> You might want to check out the demo video at:
>     http://www.dabbledb.com/about/
> Actually, the video is linked off the blog.
>
> It's not open-source, but it's very different from most any
> other web application. Underneath, I know its built with
> Squeak and Seaside, and probably an object database for
> persistence. One of the principals is in fact the inventor
> of Seaside, and he'll be giving a talk at the upcoming
> LinuxWorld/NetworkWorld conference in April.

I think the biggest problem I've faced with using a technology to be
more productive is that it has been an impossibly intimidating thing
for me to figure out just *how* to use the tools to make myself
productive.

For me, using something which is infinitely flexible means that I'll
never really use it.  Somehow the tool has to force me to think and
work in a manner which is smart and still comfortable.

Dabble DB looks interesting, and I've got it noted as something to
look over for ideas, but it's not for me.

As an aside, I was looking into squeak (etc) and seaside.. looks
interesting, and I adore a lot of stuff I saw.. but the development
tools are like wearing mittens because the interface was nothing short
of a horrific experience.  Uuuuugh. ugh.
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