A new site for the GTD application
Since the comment form automatically closes after 14 days, I thought it would be good to build a more permanent home for the GTD application, and any news, comments or download links connected to it. The new site is here, and there’s also a wiki where I’ve started to collect the tips for installation that people posted in comments on this site. Feel free to add your own! I’ve also added a GPL license, so that it’s clear to everyone what they are free to do with the application (almost anything, as it turns out).
The site itself is a bit basic at the moment, but I’ll spruce it up when I get time. One thing that definitely needs a spruce up is the name of the application itselfâor rather, the lack of a proper name. Can anyone suggest a snappy new title for it? It can’t conflict with any existing application, and I’d like it to reflect the fact that it’s about GTD and also that it’s built with Rails.
Happy Christmas!
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Is there any "live demo" in your plans? It would be great.----- I haven't really thought about that yet, though I agree, it would be a great idea. When I've got a slightly more functional version, I'm planning to put a copy on my server for my own use. When I figure out how to do that, I might also put a demo version up if the two don't conflict.
by bsag @ 24/12/2004 4:12 pm • Permalink •
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May I suggest some variation of "Timetable" for the name, as it contains a suggestion of a rail pun, and is more or less what the app does.
by ThoughtBadger @ 27/12/2004 12:12 am • Permalink •
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One of my favorite images from several old movies with train scenes is that of the person (not sure of the title... not the conductor?) punching the passenger's tickets.
by Nathan Ladd @ 29/12/2004 3:12 am • Permalink •
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Staying with the train metaphors... How about something like "Tracks" or "Track" or "Spike?" I believe that's what they call thing one drives into the ground to secure the "Rails" to the tracks. Could be a different word on your side of the pond however. But I like "Tracks" better anyhow.
The other thing about "Track" is, from a GTD perspective, the app lets you keep track of and keeps you on track of your "stuff."
-t
by timfm @ 30/12/2004 11:12 am • Permalink •
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Those are all excellent ideas. I like Conductor, but I think it would suggest something to do with music, rather than GTD. I think I'll work on either Timetable or Tracks. I like Timetable a lot, but Tracks is a bit more snappy.
All this talk about railway terminology made me think of Points (i.e. the places where you can switch a train from one track to another). It's symbolically interesting, and also makes you think of bullet points. I'll mull the alternatives over for a couple of days and come to some conclusion.
by bsag @ 30/12/2004 3:13 pm • Permalink •
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Conductor is pretty cool. How about "Platform" or "Station?" What would describe the hardware that hitches individual box cars together? I think I still like Tracks best though, save the drug connotation -- but you'll run into alterante meanings with nearly every term you come up with. It's up to the logotype's visual design to clarify such contradictions.
by timfm @ 02/01/2005 5:02 am • Permalink •
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How about Geeking Things Done? Unrelated: I got to your site from 43 folders, and like it very much. You are now on my newsreader. happy new year.
by biscuit @ 03/01/2005 2:02 pm • Permalink •
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Thanks for all your suggestions. In the end, I decided to go for 'Tracks', even though it's a bit similar to 'Trac' a Subversion-based bug tracker, andâas timfm pointed outâthe drug connotations.
biscuit: Hehe, I like it
But unfortunately it came after I'd updated the site and the app with the new name. And welcome, by the way.
by bsag @ 03/01/2005 3:01 pm • Permalink •
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