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Nozbe 3

February 1, 2016 by Gleb Reys Leave a Comment

logo_normalIt seems Nozbe 3 has really come a long way since I’ve spent some time evaluating it back in 2013.

From the Nozbe 3 announcement blog post and video, it seems prime for another round of testing when I get time. Wonder if quick entry is improved as it was one of the biggest show stoppers for me.

I couldn’t care less about the new and shiny logo, but think better project orientation and business plans are something that could be quite nice.

Really cool things in Nozbe 3

  • projects can have roles now (Admin, User and Guest) – seems like a great idea!
  • business plan (10+ accounts) – should help with collaboration
  • LOTS of supported platforms. Web and Mac would be most important to me, with iPhone/iPad close second.  But it’s nice to see Linux downloads as well. BTW: Mac download is 5MB, Linux is 95MB! :)
  • revised (in a non-dramatic way) design
  • new templates for projects

Overall, a very solid update for an already great product! Will be fun to give it a try sometime later in 2016.

Filed Under: Personal Development, Software Tagged With: getting things done, iphone productivity, nozbe, productivity app

DEVONthink Back to School offer: 35% off

September 17, 2013 by Gleb Reys Leave a Comment

DEVONthink
DEVONthink

I’ve been taking great interest in the DEVONthink suite of products lately, testing trials of different editions in my search of the perfect tool to start my paperless office.

DEVONthink products are well known among Apple users as some of the most sophisticated and powerful tools available today. There’s quite a steep learning curve for most products but luckily great documentation is available as well as numerous how-to posts online.

DEVONthink Personal is the easiest way to get started with two more editions available as advanced feature upgrades. Priced high enough, DEVONthink Personal costs around $50. However, just for the months of September (sadly, not the whole month but only until September 24th), it’s available with a 35% discount, making it a lot more attractive.

09/01/2016: this link isn’t available anymore but I’ll be sure to mention further specials when they become available.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: DEVONthink, information management, paperless, paperless office, pdf workflow, productivity

8 weeks with Nozbe

March 6, 2013 by Gleb Reys 1 Comment

As much as I’d like to avoid posting about Nozbe my third post in a row, I feel I had spent enough time with the solution to share more findings with you.

I’ve been using Nozbe for about 8 weeks now and have just paid for my first month of its use. I transferred my workflow and most of my tasks into Nozbe without much of a problem, but a few imperfections with the app kept me from paying for the whole year of service.

Whether I’ll stay with Nozbe or not – I’m not sure, but I can already see that there are things I really like. There are things I really miss too, so it’s just going to be a decision of what’s more important – benefit of new features or disadvantage of not having some basic (in my view) functionality.

[Read more…] about 8 weeks with Nozbe

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Nozbe client for iPhone and iPad

February 1, 2013 by Gleb Reys 2 Comments

Nozbe

Just in time to celebrate Nozbe‘s 6 years in business, a new Nozbe client for iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) is available as of today!

I’ve just downloaded the app and must say I’m impressed:

  • it feels snappy enough on my rather dated iPhone 4 – scrolling through the lists is very smooth 
  • there’s fully-featured comments support: checklists, etc! Wohoo! :)
  • sync is faster and less visible, just the way it should be
  • design makes the most of the available space – in addition to labels, some contexts are shown using icons
  • both screen orientations are supported, I haven’t decided yet which one I like most
  • best of all: the new Nozbe app is FREE! This means you can now fully test whether Nozbe is the right tool for you without having to pay anything – free accounts have enough features to be useful. Register here!

All in all, it’s a great and welcome start.

Well done Nozbe!

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: get it done, getting things done, gtd, nozbe, productivity

Starting 2013 with Nozbe

January 22, 2013 by Gleb Reys 1 Comment

 

Nozbe

Welcome to 2013! :)

I’m really excited to be giving Nozbe another try this year! I’ve been using the much earlier version of the product about 14 months ago and gave up after a few weeks. This time around I am planning to spend at least 2 months using Nozbe, so will be sure to post my findings in the coming weeks.

My requirements for a productivity software

Thanks to the past year of using Remember The Milk Pro, the expectations are quite high. If you haven’t used RTM before, here are just a few things that are implemented so incredibly well that I’ve grown to take them for granted:

  • super-easy yet very flexible way of quick tasks entry – for both web and iPhone
  • recurring tasks support with multiple notes – this is critical for me as I use it for tracking
  • quick and very useful search through your tasks and notes (including the ones I have completed)
  • web/iPhone/iPad clients for the solution
  • API so that there’s a potential to develop your own software based on the solution

Simply put, Remember The Milk is so elegant and efficient that it’s really hard to walk away from it. For lists-based productivity system this solution is simply perfect. But because I would like to get organised even more I thought there won’t be a better time to try a new solution than first thing in the new year.

My reasons for trying Nozbe

Projects support in Nozbe

I think it’s once again this part of my life that I would really like to get my projects organised. Nozbe has quite flexible support for projects, and after Remember The Milk I think I will benefit a lot by simply having an opportunity to put my tasks into respective projects.

A fairly recently added projects template support sounds like a very interesting feature – I have quite a few projects that are repetitive, so any way of automating their lifecycle will be a benefit.

Nozbe Desktop client

Although online solutions can match desktop app’s feature set and performance quite easily these days,  I still find that native OS integration helps. In case of productivity systems, the desktop version is important because I can use it when traveling. I’ve been flying almost every weekend for the past few months and it will be really nice to finally have an opportunity to work directly with the tasks and projects rather than create temporary copies in Evernote with a view to later import them (copy-paste or type all over again) into web-based solution.

Review (Calendar) functionality in Nozbe

I’ve been a long-time fan of the review functionality found in Remember The Milk, especially the daily reminder you can set up – I get a list of my tasks at 9am every morning and it has done wonders for improving my awareness of the tasks coming up on the day.

Nozbe has a very neat Calendar function in desktop version, it shows you overdue, current (today’s) and future tasks which seems a good way to review things and to get certain tasks completed and out of the way.

Integration with Evernote and Dropbox

I have close to 5000 entries in my Evernote account, and although I’ve been working hard on reducing this number in the past months, I still find quite a lot of information to be put into Evernote almost daily. Not all the things are tasks or projects – there’s quite a lot of reference material that may be used in the future.

With Nozbe’s integration I plan on fully utilising my Evernote account and automatically hooking reference material up with relevant projects.

The same goes for Dropbox – being my primary storage for ebooks and manuals and various cheatsheets, I love the way Dropbox syncs everything seamlessly between my devices. Being able to attach files to my projects or tasks in Nozbe is something I really look forward to. It makes a lot of sense and will potentially make for a very flexible productivity system that relies on various tools for what each one of them does best.

Rich Comments for tasks

Last but certainly not least, comes the comments support in Nozbe. As I mentioned earlier, multiple comments is a must for me because I’m using them for tracking progress within a task. This is especially true for recurring tasks I have for multiple habits I’m working on.

With Nozbe I found that it’s quite easy to add comments. I also notice that there’s a way to turn comments into checklists which may find its place in my workflow, so we’ll see in a few weeks.

Are you a Nozbe user?

If you are a seasoned Nozbe user, please take a few minutes to leave comment and let me know how you’re finding it so far. I’ve tried quite a few solutions in the past few years, so the last thing I want is to try and use Nozbe in exactly the way I’ve learned with some other software.

If you have time-saving tips or simply features that you absolutely love about Nozbe – mobile, web or desktop version – I sure hope you’ll find the time to share with me and other readers.

Not a Nozbe user yet? Register here and see how it can help you become productive!

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: get it done, getting things done, gtd, nozbe, productivity

Keeping It Simple with Remember The Milk

September 25, 2012 by Gleb Reys Leave a Comment

 

I have just realized that it's been more than 6 months since I made the decision to incredibly simplify my daily tasks tracking and stick to the amazing Remember The Milk service. Having been one really happy customer of this service, I feel I owe a quick recap of my needs and a review of how RTM helped me meet them in a very elegant way.

[Read more…] about Keeping It Simple with Remember The Milk

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: iphone productivity, productivity, productivity app, remember the milk, rtm, todo, todo app, todo lists

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