[NTLK] (OT) Thinking about 'joined up' productivity on Mac/iPhone

[Jon Scordia]

Sorry, replying to my own email.

I really do believe that the iPad will have some very good  
productivity applications available.

I use these, (which were just announced for the iPad) all the time on  
the Mac, and think that a portable version will be superb...

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/30/omnigroup-commits-to-bring-five-productivity-apps-to-ipad/

So sorry to say that Blueprint 2.0 will finally bite the dust.

Cheers

Jon




On 30 Jan 2010, at 18:31, Jon Scordia wrote:

> Hi list. Trying not to dip into the iPad/iPud debate here!
>
> However I've been reading some of your comments with interest and
> thinking about, for me, what makes the Newt uniquely a Newt.
>
> Clearly it stands head and shoulders above other 'personal organisers'
> or Personal Information Managers (PIMs) in the brilliant way that your
> address, diary, to-do information and the like is all cross related so
> you can easily be productive, managing and cross-relating everything
> about your working and personal lives in a hugely time saving manner.
>
> I'm no tech-Newt but I understand we have the shared 'Soup' of data to
> thank for that.
>
> So I've been thinking about what Newt DNA I'd like to see stuffed into
> my iPhone (which cannot do this joined up cleverness) or a
> 'productive' iPad.
>
> To be honest I don't think this essential DNA is Einstein, or HWR. I
> think it's this manipulatable Soup of personal data.
>
> Then I started playing with Bento 3 on my Mac today. I was watching
> the intro video and realised that this could well be what I'm looking
> for. Bento 3's ability to dip into all of the other iLife
> applications' databases of addresses, calendar events, iPhotos etc;
> it's links to the 'cloud' via Mobileme and it's apparent ease of use
> (OK, I'm going to have to shape it to my needs and there's a clear
> learning curve) make this look like something well worth exploring.
>
> http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/features.html
>
> Filemaker make the Bento Mac OSX app pretty complete, and also an
> iPhone Bento app which I've found to be rather dumb, really just
> downloads and displays Mac databases without the cleverness.
>
> But with the iPad in existence and the iWork/iLife apps looking like
> working well on it, you can bet that the likes of Filemaker will see
> the promise of something in the middle between their current two
> platforms.
>
> And then I think we'll have a contemporary contender for the
> productive PIM crown.
>
> Lets just wait and see!
>
> I'd welcome your comments though.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jon
>
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