Download The Hit List Public Preview Today

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications on Jan 9th, 2009 | 2 comments
Andy Kim, of Potion Factory, has announced that The Hit List is available for everybody as a free download for a public preview.  You can download the pre-release version from the Potion Factory blog.The version number is 0.9.2, inching ever closer to a 1.0 release. The Hit List is free to use as a beta/pre-release product, but will cost $69.95 when it goes 1.0. If you buy before 1.0 arrives, Potion Factory is offering a $20 discount, allowing you to license the GTD app for $49.95. As of yet, there is no official word as to when version 1.0 will ship. On Christmas Day, Andy Kim stated: The Hit List...
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Things 1.0 Release Candidate Available

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications on Dec 30th, 2008 | 1 comment
For those of you waiting for Things, the beautiful task management/GTD app for the Mac, to be released next week at Macworld, you can get your hands on the version 1.0 release candidate now by going to their website. According to Cultured Code: The Release Candidate is almost identical to the final version that will be released in a week. In addition to bugfixes and performance improvements, it includes some of the most requested features of the past months: global search, filtering by due date, and now also a restructured Today list. Things retails for $49.95, but can be purchased for $39.95 by using...
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OmniFocus, Things: You’re On The Hit List

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Law Practice Management, iPhone/iPod Touch on Dec 22nd, 2008 | 14 comments
There’s a new player on the field in the game of awesome-GTD-apps-for-the-Mac-…uh…-ball. It’s called The Hit List, and it’s made by the Potion Factory – the same folks who brought you Tangerine! and Voice Candy. I learned about this exciting new app from this article atThe Unofficial Apple Weblog. Not being able to control myself, I immediately applied for the private beta, promising Andy Kim, the developer, that I would put it through its paces and give him some feedback. Later that same night, I received my invitation and downloaded it immediately. The beta...
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I have a thing for Things

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Law Practice Management, Syncing, iPhone/iPod Touch on Aug 22nd, 2008 | 7 comments
Until very recently, I have not been a fan of GTD applications. Frankly, I resisted learning anything about David Allen’s widely celebrated methodology for getting things done. In my quest for a law practice management solution, however, I have tried out a lot of GTD type applications. Recently, I have become a convert, and, although I have never read David Allen’s book, I have become convinced by some of the most rudimentary elements of his methodology (capture tasks, assign them to a context, assign them to a project, and move on) One day, several weeks ago, I inexplicably became obsessed...
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