Andy Brice
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New Apps of Interest
7/19/2019
App name: Easy Data Transform
Description: Merge, sort, filter, reformat etc tabular and list data.
Platforms: Windows and Mac.
Payment model: Currently free.
Website: http://easydatatransform.com/
Re...
washere wrote:
>but finally I think the future of desktops is going to be Linux.
Right after commercial fusion and the paperless office. ;0)
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
Forced Upgrades
6/12/2019
satis wrote:
>I don't see Apple "ignoring" the Mac at all. PC sales overall are
>stagnating, and iOS devices have easily outsold the Mac (which is less
>than 10% of Apple's business) but Apple sells 3...
Forced Upgrades
6/11/2019
Listerene wrote:
>It's only gonna get worse as Apple continues to chase users away with
>MacBook keyboards that crap out regularly and machines which can't be
>upgraded. It's just a question of time...
Forced Upgrades
6/11/2019
Hugh wrote:
>The current macOS market environment, dominated by Apple's app stores,
>(I'm less familiar with the Windows situation) is about as close as one
>can get in the real world to what my old e...
Subscription as investment
5/11/2019
Paul Korm wrote:
> I think the lesson is not
>"avoid ill-willed developers" -- though their being overly confident
>might be an issue -- the lesson is don't fall for tech bloggers flogging
>vaporware....
The Checklist Manifesto
5/6/2019
nathanb wrote:
>We are well past the point where a mechanic couldn't possibly check all
>the things that all these departments have, in good faith, added to
>various checklists over the years and stil...
The Checklist Manifesto
5/6/2019
As a developer I try to automate processes where I can. But where this isn't practical I create a checklist. So I have checklists for: new product version release, newsletter etc. The checklists have ...
The website is live:
https://www.hyperplan.com
Thanks for all the feedback. Please let me know if you spot any issues (even a typo).
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
>1. What problem are you solving? I think making this clearer helps to
>orientate a visitor to your site
"Hyper Plan combines the simplicity of sticking colored notes to the wall with the flexibili...
OPML question
4/29/2019
I might be better only allowing OPML import. Apparently there is also graphML, which supports graphs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GraphML
I could support that for import and export.
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Andy Brice
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OPML question
4/28/2019
I have seen OPML mentioned a few times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML) here and I have been requested to be able to support OPML import/export in Hyper Plan. But OPML seems to assume that the dat...
Thanks for the feedback. We'll never have something that is perfect or everyone likes. But it looks like it is heading in the right direction.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Just to follow up on this. I have been working on a new design, with the help of a web designer.
Here is the current design:
https://www.hyperplan.com
Here is the new design:
http://hyperplan.stefa...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I think it is much better. I hope it proves to be effective for selling
>your fine software.
Thanks!
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
Dr Andus wrote:
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>It's definitely an improved site. The screenshots and the gifs
>communicated to me the features of the software a lot more clearly.
Thanks.
>At the moment though the home page is ...
J J Weimer wrote:
As an unbiased (WRT Hyperplan) observer taking due respect to the great
>work done to generate the page, I would offer the remarks below with the
>hope they are taken as ways to impr...
Paul Korm wrote:
>Andy I like the new layout.
Thanks!
>I think you should use this as the banner at the top
>
>"Hyper Plan combines the simplicity of sticking colored notes to the
>wall with the f...
Following the helpful feedback I have put a new version online:
new: https://www.hyperplan.com/staging/
old: https://www.hyperplan.com/
Note that that I haven't changed the design (fonts, colour, wh...
@Nigel
That is all useful feedback. Thanks.
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
Many thanks for all the feedback.
The overall feedback (here and elsewhere) seems to be that the site is fairly clear. But looks a bit bland/dated and could use more compelling text and better scree...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>To me the key message about HyperPlan is buried near the bottom of the
>home page: Its flexibility.
You might be right. Currently I use the term 'visual planner'. But I suppos...
MadaboutDana wrote:
Suggestion for easy, rapid, high-quality website creation: Nicepage
>(nicepage.com), successor to the impressive Artisteer.
Thanks for the suggestion. But I have been badly burn...
>I also like screenshots. Another possibility is a set of animated GIFs
>that highlight the most compelling features of the software.
I like animated gifs. But they can be quite distracting. The hum...
tightbeam wrote:
Before you do anything else, make the site responsive. That's essential
>in today's world.
Indeed.
>
>This is what I see first when the page loads: "Visual Planning and
>Schedulin...