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Cheddar

125 pointsby samsoffesalmost 13 years ago
A new simple to do list that instantly pushes changes to all of your devices. Cheddar supports Markdown and has tags. A free universal iPhone/iPad app and web app were just released.

48 comments

ntkachovalmost 13 years ago
Out of all the todo apps I've tried. Every time I go back to writing shit on a white board.<p>I've timed myself. IT takes me about 6 seconds to write something on a whiteboard. And about 10 to take a picture of it with my phone.<p>Compare that to the 20+ it takes for me to pull out my phone, open an app, get into the list I want, and then type it out on a shitty little keyboard.<p>Until you make a note taking app that takes less time to use than a white board, I'm gonna use the whiteboard.
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revoradalmost 13 years ago
The comments on this thread are such an embarrassment. Someone's worked hard on something for months, and people go and piss all over it.<p>If you don't think this is a useful or good app, you don't even have to look at it. Just pass.<p>At least when someone launches a product, if you don't have anything encouraging or constructive to say, it's best not to say anything.<p>It seems HN is suffering more and more from the "Why wasn't I consulted?" angst - <a href="http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html</a>
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zoulalmost 13 years ago
Dear God no, yet another pimped-up todo list? What does it do that the others don’t?
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munafalmost 13 years ago
Startup request: Please, someone come up with a todo/productivity/project management system whose main feature is _motivation_ to use it, not just technical versions of paper todo lists. I don't know if the solution is necessarily technical. I've tried every major app and still rely on the visceral impact of post-it notes next to my computer to get things done. I'd love to switch to an app but nothing is actually making me use one.
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__mark__almost 13 years ago
Another TODO list app? When I looked at the website it seemed like the main value proposition was that my TODO list will be everywhere. Countless apps already do this though so I don't understand how this one is better.
kefsalmost 13 years ago
&#62; &#60;strong&#62;pushes to all of your devices&#60;/strong&#62;<p>iDevices you mean.
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davidradcliffealmost 13 years ago
No official Android app in the works. <a href="https://twitter.com/cheddar/status/218385506533249027" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/cheddar/status/218385506533249027</a>
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callmeedalmost 13 years ago
If any app category needed a parody video and site, it's to-do lists and productivity.<p>Time to charge the camera batteries.
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mnicolealmost 13 years ago
Only allows me the ability to create two lists for free? I'm not going to pay for a service that can be replaced by Post-Its and the bevy of other services/apps that do the same thing. Inability to sync lists with other users is another reason. Friendly UI but that's about it.<p>Additionally -<p>Product Marketing 101: If you're competing in a space with [hundreds of] others just like you, you need to have a shortlist of reasons why to choose yours over the others before just dropping people into it.<p>You should also account for the amount of people visiting your site when you launch so it isn't crawling when people try to sign up for it. I'm trying to traverse the site right now to find where I can see a compare-and-contrast of similar tools and it is useless.<p>Also just noticed the icon is basically Clear's -- another list/to-do app -- is that intentional? Surely we can find better ways of illustrating lists than using a checkmark so people don't get confused.
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huhtenbergalmost 13 years ago
Seriously, Sam. Reword the brief to not say "magical". It's annoying at best and insulting at worst. If it were ticking off "get milk" when you put a new carton of milk in a fridge, <i>that</i> could've passed for magical. Doing an auto background sync is not, you are late by few years.
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novakinbloodalmost 13 years ago
Looks simple and clean but I already use "remember the milk" to do the same thing. The landing page doesn't give enough convincing arguments to pull me away.
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samarudgealmost 13 years ago
While it's always nice to have a pretty frontend, why not use Google Apps or Exchange reminders as a backend? Yet another account, yet another site, disconnected and needing individual management. I use Exchange reminders, to set it up I just add my Exchange account to my iPhone or Outlook and it's done. It's not pretty but I don't have to remember another site
modartsalmost 13 years ago
This is really great timing: I woke up this morning thinking "You know what I <i>really</i> need? Another todo app!"
julian55almost 13 years ago
I thought this was going to be about cheese but it's just another to do list.
encimaalmost 13 years ago
This is nothing new, there are a ton of good task syncing apps. What makes this apple-specific app so much better? Oh, wait.
sammcdalmost 13 years ago
Congrats on launching Sam!
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citricsquidalmost 13 years ago
A web interface? Hurrah! I don't like typing on my iPhone but find it handy for storing information (eg: shopping lists) and when I went through trying to find apps I couldn't locate any with a web interface so I would have to type on my phone... I eventually gave up trying to find one.<p>Feedback specific to the website: If a user hasn't downloaded one of the apps yet have the "apps" link from the footer in a more prominent place. I didn't notice it at first and wondered how to find the app links.<p>Also the ability to login via the website would nice, so after logging in I scan a QR code and it logs me in on my phone too, typing out my password on my phone is an annoyance.
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philalmost 13 years ago
I don't understand the hate in the comments. Two things:<p>1) The simplest applications are still hard to polish this much. In fact, simple things can often hide some of the hardest design choices.<p>2) Three years ago, Twitter apps were the UI design playground of choice. Now that they've told everyone not to write new clients, UI experimentation has shifted to other applications. Compare Cheddar to Clear, for example. Both are nominally to-do lists, both have carefully thought out custom interfaces, but they express very different philosophies about software design.
Zaheeralmost 13 years ago
How many task manager apps do we need? I've seen a huge influx of these apps recently. Nevertheless great UI!
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choxialmost 13 years ago
I know there's a ton of todo apps out there, I've tried Remember the Milk, Evernote, Wunderlist, Reminders.app, and probably a couple other iOS todo apps.<p>I picked Wunderlist and have used that for a long time because it's on every platform I care about (iPhone, iPad, and Mac) BUT it's absolutely horrible about syncing content and I get duplicates and missing todos all the time. I just tried out cheddar's "push" feature and it's actually enough for me to leave Wunderlist.<p>Also the Markdown feature is awesome
knurdlealmost 13 years ago
Always in Sync Instantly Everywhere*<p>*Except Android, Windows mobile, etc..
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alaskamilleralmost 13 years ago
Hackers love to make todo lists. It's like some musicians' work remixing pop songs.
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ruberglyalmost 13 years ago
Am I the only one who sees a clear, functional difference between "todo" and "list" apps?<p>Todo apps: Any.do, Orchestra, 2Do, Do It Tomorrow, TeuxDeux<p>List apps: Clear, Cheddar, Listary<p>I always keep one of each one my phone, because they serve entirely different purposes. While they both work by storing lists, there's a big difference for me between tasks and items in a list. When I'm tracking tasks, I want things organized based on timeframes (maybe also assigning priorities, due dates, or categories), and an interface designed around that principle is always going to do that better; you could use Clear or Cheddar to store "Today", "Tomorrow", and "Soon" lists, but that's a poor hack. When I'm simply maintaining a list of things to remember (e.g., grocery list, debts to friends, items I need to buy after moving, songs to buy, 100 push-ups program), all I want is several (separate) lists with items I can add, edit, rearrange, and delete.<p>I currently use Any.do as my tasks app and Clear as my list app. I really like the design of both of them, but I have reservations of both. Any.do takes a very nice approach of sorting tasks into bins of Today, Tomorrow, This Week, and Later, but aggressively bubbles tasks up (the idea is nice if Tomorrow tasks moved into Today after a day, and This Week into Tomorrow after 6 days, and Later always stayed in Later, but I've had to push the same tasks back into Later and This Week 4+ times per week). Clear lacks syncing of any kind -- this is extremely frustrating because it could easily hook into something like SimpleNote. I really like the focus on syncing from Cheddar, but I have major reservations about the subscription concept (even though experience shows that I move between these apps frequently and will likely not need to pay for many months, a subscription feels like a significant investment whereas a &#60;$5 app doesn't), and I find myself missing Any.do and Clear's gestures.
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shanevalmost 13 years ago
The design of this app looks awesome, but I don't think we need more todo apps in the App Store. I have a huge list of app ideas with not enough time to implement all of them. Every few weeks I see one of my ideas, done by someone else, hit the top 25 of the App Store. If you're a talented developer there's much more creative things you could be buliding.
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SwellJoealmost 13 years ago
I have a "todo" email in my drafts folder in GMail, I've been using this method for years, and it has always synched up across all of my devices. I used to do it with my regular IMAP email, which worked on my Sidekick, so this process goes back nearly a decade. I've tried using stuff like Remember The Milk, because people love it so much, but it just doesn't give me any benefit and I have to internalize a new process, setup all my machines, etc.<p>The same is true of Evernote. Email drafts are searchable and available on all my devices, so I just keep my notes there, too.<p>If I wanted to get fancy, I could make a folder just for todo lists and one for notes. But, I rarely have more than one active list at a time, and notes being searchable makes it easy to find the one I need when I need it.
dag11almost 13 years ago
There is much incentive for you to make an Android version of Cheddar, too. The reason why is there's already plenty of similar task apps for iOS, but good task management apps are lacking on Android.
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brandoncapeccialmost 13 years ago
To-do app: Yawn. Stupid name: double yawn. There has only been one moderately innovative app in this space and it was Clear. Clearly, the space is now beyond saturated.
peterhajasalmost 13 years ago
Looks really great. I love the idea behind instantly keeping things up to date on all devices.<p>I can't wait to try the Mac App mentioned on the Support page - <a href="https://cheddarapp.com/support" rel="nofollow">https://cheddarapp.com/support</a>. I hope it fits in a small horizontal space, so that it can be always open (much like a Twitter client).<p>Good looking stuff. Excited to see if I can incorporate it into my workflow.
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erickhillalmost 13 years ago
I must have tried over 10 different apps for keeping track of simple notes and tasks. I finally landed on Evernote (and emailing myself) mostly due to the sync issues across multiple devices. If this works similarly without all of the extra whistles and bells, I'd be pretty happy. The nice clean interface is encouraging.
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sophaclesalmost 13 years ago
Sweet, it's completely useless! I can't dump a task from command line or vim. Can't script it to pull things to the calendar automatically. Can't send an email to put a task directly into it. Can't dump tasks to a text todo list to put at the top of the code or document im writing to remember what I need as I write.<p>Will not use. And, even if those features show up, won't consider due to lack basic thought in initial design.<p>I've said before and I'll say it again: todo's are a functionality that are only useful when broadly accessible from many different apps and contexts. Your app (for any your) is mostly useless to me.<p>Edit: I don't get all the hate this post is receiving. Is it because I didn't wrap it in sugar? Is it because I listed the things I would actually consider paying for? Or is it just because I'm disagreeing with some startup and that's against the local religion?
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stephanimalalmost 13 years ago
I would just like to note, that as a human I can only store a finite number of passwords in my brain and would love if web apps like these would at least provide OAuth with another identity provider (gmail, etc.) as an option.
kenalmost 13 years ago
Given the recent exploits of other popular web services, I'm curious to hear a bit more about your security model. The privacy policy makes it sound as though all non-credit-card info is transmitted and stored in plaintext.
rvidalmost 13 years ago
Here's what I'd like to see - A Todo app, calendar and goal tracker all rolled in one, with a clean UI and multi-platform sync. That's all the productivity I need!
fcouryalmost 13 years ago
Anyone else experiencing a lot of bugs with Cheddar? I mark an item done on my iPhone, web UI doesn't sync. Now I create a new list, it doesn't show.<p>Still early stage?
spnealmost 13 years ago
Is there any way to add a date or deadline to a task? I've been having issues with Wunderlist syncing between devices, but due dates are key.
jamesjyualmost 13 years ago
Small nit: on the bottom phone, the text "Simple, just text" is horribly kerned. Otherwise, the product page looks great!
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kennywinkeralmost 13 years ago
Looks pretty similar to my current fav: <a href="http://teuxdeux.com/" rel="nofollow">http://teuxdeux.com/</a>
changdizzlealmost 13 years ago
i think this is great - few questions for you:<p>- is there any way to altogether delete tasks? looks like you can only archive - are there any plans to have an osx app? i was just looking for something like this yesterday for my MBP
andrewguentheralmost 13 years ago
Seems almost identical to Fetchnotes, but with worse device support.
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ranealmost 13 years ago
App store reviews sound like they've been solicited.
jeniusalmost 13 years ago
Something really bothers me about the design of this app... definitely not trying to be a hater here, but the color, font, spacing... everything seems a little off to me.
gyardleyalmost 13 years ago
The 'oh no, not another todo list' comments on this are hilarious - and I suspect Sam will get also get a kick out of them, as he deposits his checks.<p>Sam, congratulations on your launch.
eragnewalmost 13 years ago
This looks great. Will try it out for iphone.
john-nalmost 13 years ago
Maybe tweak volume on video? (cant hear it)
damian2000almost 13 years ago
YAFTDL (yet another effing to-do list).
jonny_ehalmost 13 years ago
No trademark issues with CheddarGetter?
wildmXranatalmost 13 years ago
Where's Clippy when you need it to tell you to hit backspace when writing yet another todo list app.
thomalmost 13 years ago
+1 for delicious cheese.
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