Their intro video (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxF7F5T-_Z8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxF7F5T-_Z8</a>) is beautifully produced, but man does it make me uninterested in trying out Flow. The video presents a use case (planning a simple party) that already has multiple "free" solutions (SMS, Email, Cellphones...) which seems like a much easier approaches. Do people really want to assign todo items to their friends? I get that Flow is probably capable of much more, but I can't understand why they'd put so much effort into a well produced video that doesn't do anything to sell the product. Or maybe I'm alone in my reaction to it?
As a user of Flow for the past few weeks, I've been blown away by its UI and usefulness. Unfortunately, the pricing seems a bit steep for personal use. I'd also like to see some clarity on how pricing works with groups of people.
I'd be very interested in hearing if someone from Flow could talk a bit about their client-side code. It appears to meld Backbone.js with Socket.IO, for live updates to models via remote collaboration...
Perhaps this is exactly what Asana needs. Nothing drives a group like a strong competitor.<p>An interesting lesson for all entrepreneurs as Asana has had a beta rolling since June of 2010. Plenty of time to get something to market.<p>Something > Nothing.<p>Let's hope both end with great products - I love the concept.
They are both a MindWallet competitors. They probably don't know it yet though.<p><a href="http://www.mindwallet.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mindwallet.com</a><p>Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNpAH7AGhIk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNpAH7AGhIk</a>
The UI is absolutely gorgeous. And I thought the intro video was very well done. I've been looking for an alternative to Things.app for a while. OmniFocus is just too expensive and won't let me collaborate with my family members. I really like that you buy once and run anywhere as opposed to Omni's method of buying an individual app for Mac, iPhone, iPad. $10 a month seems like too much though. I would suggest a cheaper (free?) version for 1-2 users. That being said, I'm still signing up.
Very well designed. The quality is so well done in fact, that I'm surprised it's not behind a pay wall. This would be perfect for the iPad. I suppose giving us a 14-day play time should help convert.. but If I were MetaLab, i'd charge from day one.<p>Treat it like an iPhone app. plenty of folks waiting to click Install. Not only that, people tend to make time for the apps they pay vs. free apps. Get them to commit from day one. I think this is critical!<p>Regardless, Congrats! +1 for the Canada :D
Flow is a great product and emphasizes the "ship sooner, rather than later" model. They had a set goal in mind, and with a relatively small team, managed to create a family of amazing apps in a short space of time. Kudos! Asana and any company that has 2-3 year development cycles could learn a lot from MetaLab.
They forgot to use the social collaborative tune!<p>SocialText (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKezmcIEhZQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKezmcIEhZQ</a>) and Chatter (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsK2nXp-fWs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsK2nXp-fWs</a>) both do, lol.
It says my e-mail is not available, and it doesn't have an Android app.<p>People have chastised web developers for not developing for IE6 and other browsers, so why is there not the same attitude towards people who don't develop for Android? You're cutting over 50% of your market.
looks very professional to me, but...
you have to click on sign up to get any price information. if i´d be a "normal" user i´d perhaps had left the site before even knowing that it´s quite expensive.<p>the video is cool, though the voice sounds bored.<p>maybe a more interesting example and screenshots/videos of the mobile app versions could be included in the video.
i woulldn´t sign up without seeing how the mobile versions look.
but anyway, quite interesting! (kept me from finishing, ok starting with, my paper :)
Great interface, which isn't a surprise from MetaLab. It's great to see such top notch work coming from Canadian companies, especially out of my home town (Victoria BC).
Metalab is so sexy. <a href="http://getballpark.com" rel="nofollow">http://getballpark.com</a> is their other great app. I'm a huge fan of their MAC like design.