iPhone apps S/D

I can never see the point in to-do applications or GTD generally. I never have anything really going on beyond what's imminent. I think it's just because I am a schlub.

It's just that I took on a new consulting job this week that's got several different elements to it that I need to track. Don't need a full time-sheet/Gantt/etc. app, but something like a synching OmniOutliner would be grebt.

Apparently, fring is coming to the App Store. That allows MSN, GTalk, AIM, Skype, etc all in a oner.

I bought Mobile Flickr, which is really nice.

no upside down pics?

Nope. And the interface is a little nicer in some ways.

OK, I need a syncing to-do app. Do I break down and buy OmniFocus? If I do that, does that make me some GTD-spewing fule?

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i like it a lot, but like i said upthread

1) i can't see the iphone app being worth your time if you don't already have the desktop app

2) the desktop app is so expensive i'm not sure i'd buy it at this point.

I love OmniFocus but just like my advocation of Evernote, if you don’t get it instantly it isn’t worth 20 dollars. For some it will fit snugly into their workflow for others its a wasted Jackson.

(Actually, everyone should be using Evernote. I think the biggest problem with it is they do such a piss poor job presenting it I’m tempted to post my own how-to YouTube video.)

schwantz mine are still uploading upside down. what the hell?

I really wanted to like Evernote, but the iPhone version is *really* shit, Allen! you can't edit notes, the notes appear in tiny tiny type that you can't increase, and when trying to name a note the field is half-hidden under the subject bar. On top of which, syncing breaks all the time.

Basically, this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruber/2669703018/

Oh wait. I haven't been uploading using either of these apps. Just looking at my photos.

yeah mobile flickr is good for looking. im using the free app 'air me' to upload to flickr now.

i also bought 'fitness' which is kind of great. i got it to calculate calories and take into account time on the treadmill but it also calculates carbs, sugar, saturated fat and salt. on an average day ive found im below my calorie limit but through the roof (like 130% of daily allowance)with sugar and salt.

Apparently, fring is coming to the App Store. That allows MSN, GTalk, AIM, Skype, etc all in a oner.

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i tried to get fring but it gave me truphone instead?

want skype!

amazon needs an app. that would be dangerous.

Yeah adding a Text Note via the application is messed up but Snapshot Note works nearly flawlessly and that’s what I primarily take notes with (e.g. cocktail napkin drawings, etc.) but the real use, at least for me, is searching through existing notes and that works like a charm.

Also, I know you probably already know this but you can use Evernote through e-mail which is handy either in the typical fashion or with Jott.

amazon needs an app. that would be dangerous.

Merlin Mann had the idea of a simple application that if you have one button enabled as well as an Amazon prime account all you had to do was scan a barcode and wait for whatever you bought to arrive. From a conceptual point I think that’s a great idea ... from a practical standpoint, not so much.

What happened to this one? Hope it gets released sometime soon!

http://kooaba.net/wordpress/?p=75

And this one:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/09/i-saw-the-future-of-social-networking-the-other-day/

i haven't been loving Things on the desktop too much, actually - tagging is great, but it seems to be a bit useless for big projects with lots of subprojects, and for GTD-style only seeing next actions. so maybe i need to go back to omnifocus, which would annoy me, as i decided against buying it when i could have got it for less than $40 on beta. could still get it for $50 educational, but it seems like a lot.

i guess my to-do lists typically have 200 things in, maybe more, so nothing simpler seems much good either.

I haven't ever bothered with things on the desktop. I suppose I might use it when syncing starts, but the iphone app is straightforward enough to do what I need anyway. I don't have 200-entry lists, right enough.

Can someone tell me which Flickr apps do geotagging and if I have to actually take the photos in the app?

the camera app now geotags them if you give it location permission, so I think any of them will do. The next version of Exposure definitely does.

for some reason, the maps gps thing thinks i'm in denver

I really wanted to like Evernote, but the iPhone version is *really* shit, Allen! you can't edit notes, the notes appear in tiny tiny type that you can't increase, and when trying to name a note the field is half-hidden under the subject bar.

The latest Evernote update fixed the tiny type problem, but you STILL can't edit notes. FAIL.

How do I make the camera app ask for permission? Wish there was a "always grant" feature fwiw.

oh ok, it seems like it always works, but Flickr Uploadr on my computer lost the tags

http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2006/11/flickr_uploadr_.html

GRRRR

So I have them in iPhoto and they have geotags. I dragged them into uploadr which has been NEVER set to resize and it somehow lost the geo, contradicting the above. Any ideas?

I've emailed one from the phone straight to flickr to see if the tags make it through that way.

No, it doesn't. Wtf?

I fear that Flickr is too "Yahoo" now to sort this out proper quickly.

ok I guess I need to run software update

can anyone tell the diff between iDB datamaster and the lite version?
This app looks like it kicks things and omnifocus' asses

Because nobody could be arsed answering my question, I'll do it:

The AIM app doesn't do chat. It also crashes within three seconds, rendering it 100% useless.

we need whitepages iphone app. yellowpages app thing really sucks at looking up phone #s, as does google.

Man syncing is buggy as fuck now. Apps bought on iPhone won't upload to Mac, and iTunes spews shitloads of errors into console while trying to sync. Sometimes I get messages that "Apps X, Y and Z have not been installed", sometimes not. Lots of complaints on Apple support about it, too.

Not to mention the 3g is shit.

I expect one hell of a system update in August.

which flickr apps can upload

The next version of Exposure can, not the one on the store.

Oh for FUCK'S sake: if you install an update over the air, it trashes all the app's data. Bye, saved games.

This is going to make updating Things a nightmare, actually. Fucking Apple.

jon try "air me"

how do you all look up phone numbers?

google mobile for looking up phone numbers.

Re flickr and geotags: for some reason you need to set an option in your flickr account which tells it to take notice of geotags, otherwise it strips them out. Pretty stupid really. Can't post a link to the page that fixes it because I can't copy and paste (ON IPHONE) but it's googleable.

wonder why google mobile isnt in canada yet...

also i think the maps app would be a lot more useful it had a "find me" button. as such you either have to enter an address or use "directions" to situate yourself with the gps. what if i just want to see a map of where i am?

It does have an option to show where you are.
Press the cross-hatched circle in the bottom left and it will find your location.

ooh ah.

god i'm dumb eh???

Both iPhoto (version 7.1.3 and earlier) and emailing your photos from the iPhone will damage the geographic information (the EXIF-GPS).

See the following Geotagging Flickr threads for more info

iPhone 3G geotagging
iPhoto Geotagging Problems

another noob question: is it possible to save passwords in mobile safari so I don't have to keep logging in?

ok top tip that should have been obvious in retrospect: if you install apps on the phone directly, when you connect to iTunes again right-click on it and choose "transfer purchases". Otherwise it don't back em up.

Twinkle is really nice: sort of a twitter for people geographically near you.

er, this'll be the twinkle you just showed me that crashed repeatedly? yeh, i was dead impressed.