Video Walk Through

news, video — Paul Griffin Petty on June 27, 2008

Check out the new Video Walk Through, it’s a little to big to fit on the this page. Oh, and if you’re curious, it was made with Jing (jing.com).

Tweaks & Clean Up

features, news — Paul Griffin Petty on June 23, 2008

… or maybe optimization is better way to describe some recent changes:

  • Bug Fix in IE 7 for todo info management (the i)
  • Added a preference to use strikethroughs
  • Lists can now be collapsed & a list state is now host stored
  • Lots of prototype.js optimization
  • Validation for entry forms updated
  • Trash is undo-able
  • … and more

Some upcoming changes:

  • netvibes OWA
  • improved iPhone UI
  • clean up header links
  • make lists re-orderable, via drag & drop
  • keyboard shortcuts
  • new user list suggestions
  • more optimization

… that’s it for now.

iPhone and your ToDos

features — Paul Griffin Petty on June 16, 2008

I’ll be posting videos & screen grabs soon (for this & other areas of the site); but the iPhone stuff is so easy and is intended to be so familiar, there isn’t much need for lengthy set of instructions.

Just access everywhereToDos.com like you would in any browser; you’ll get sent to the proper iPhone specific login page. Overall, the experience is very iPhone & a little stripped down for now. There are still a couple small open items (like making a better “datepicker” & cleaning up a todo item’s info form).

But I don’t own an iPhone? You can publish todos via email (set up a pin_number in preferences to enable that feature). I’m still looking into a low cost SMS solution, as well.

JOTT!!

features — Paul Griffin Petty on May 23, 2008

Don’t know what JOTT is? Well, get a clue: http://jott.com, if you can’t wait or aren’t sure you care … JOTT is a voice recognition service. You configure to recognize your phone number so that JOTT, it self; as well as other third party applications (which JOTT calls Links) can also accept speech to text publishing.

That’s significant, to say the least. Now that everywhereToDos.com is JOTT linkable; you can call JOTT’s 800 number, and dictate a ToDo. Speech to text ToDos!!

Here’s what you do … provided you have a JOTT account:

  1. Login to everywhereToDos
  2. Login to JOTT (or register)
  3. Click Add Links on the right hand side of the page
  4. Select Custom
  5. You should see three fields (and a checkbox)
  6. Change the word “Custom” in the first field called “Link Name” to something like “To Do”
  7. Set the Setup URL: http://everywheretodos.com/todo/preferences.php?jott_setup=1
  8. Set the Link URL: http://everywheretodos.com/todo/jott.php
  9. Click Save
  10. You’ll end up on everywhereToDos (on the preferences page)
  11. You’re done

It’s slightly cumbersome, but worth the small hassle.

Look for a streamlining of the setup in the future.

And if you don’t JOTT yet; go sign up — it’s free & as far as getting things done goes, this is the way to track your tasks when you’re not at a computer, PDA, or internet enabled mobile device.

Email and ToDos

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You can now publish ToDos by email!

It’s pretty simple, too:

Your email address for ToDo publishing will look like this:

username.123456@everywheretodos.com

You’ll need to set the Pin Number by logging in & clicking your username. That will take you to the preferences page. From there, just enter a 4 to 6 digit number or combination of numbers & letters (but no special characters, like #, @ or $).

That’s it; now just send an email … the Subject of the email is the ToDo; and the list the email generated ToDo will be added to is called “INBOX.” Once the new ToDo is in your INBOX you can move it wherever you want.

In the future, a pin number will be randomly generated as part of registration. Also, more features will be publishable via the body of an email (like date due, notes and more).

Preferences, Theming & More

features — Paul Griffin Petty on May 17, 2008

More new features, and one other on the horizon:

  • Preferences
  • Theming
  • eMail Publishing [soon]
  • Public List enhancements

The Preferences will drive lots of other functionality & features, though for now it just allows you to set these three: display name, theme, & a pin number. The display name is what people will see on Public lists & elsewhere (instead of your first name, last name or user name). The theme is exactly what it sounds like; so far there are only 3 themes (striped, clean & large). And they just barely change the look and and feel of lists (but hopefully offer good alternative ways to view lists). Lastly, the pin number; which will be used to enable eMail based published to a list.

That pin number will be used like this: your everywhereTodos.com email address will look like:

username.123456@everywheretodos.com

This feature ought to be available very soon; where your emails to that address will have the subject line become a ToDo in a list that gets autogenerated as your “Inbox.” The pin number can be 6 numbers and / or letters. Emails submitted without a matching username & pin will get discarded.

Also, to access preferences is to click this link:

Your Preferences

… or click your user name when viewing your lists.

For Public lists, you now have a few different viewing options. Once you click the i next to a list name you can set a list to be publicly available. After it’s “public” you can share the list via a web page, RSS or iGoogle module.

That’s it, for now.

Features, so far

features — Paul Griffin Petty on May 13, 2008

Well, as of this writing everywhereToDos.com has the following features:

  • List Creation
    • Lists can be sorted alphabetically or by recency
    • Lists can ordered (numbered)
    • List can be Public (if they’re Public they have a unique URL & RSS feed)
  • Item (or Task) Creation
    • Items can have a few pieces associated information,
      • – Notes
      • – Due Date
      • – The List that the Item (or Task) falls under
    • Items also have Status,
      • – By Default, the Status is “just there,” or visible
      • – Items can be deleted (completely)
      • – Items can be left in place, but shown as complete with a strike through line
      • – Items can also be re-arranged, by single clicking them & then dragging and dropping
    • Lists & Items can also be edited…
      • This is amazingly simple to do, just double click a List’s name; or an Item’s task
      • Once you are in edit mode for an item you can,
        • – Change the text
        • – Save or Cancel
        • – Add Strike-Through (to Items)

This is “just” a Beta

news — Paul Griffin Petty on May 10, 2008

everywhereToDos.com is here.

What this site provides is simply a way to get things done.
And, in the very near future, to help you accomplish that; we’ll be providing ways
to access your ToDos from pretty much everywhere.

For Example:

  • iPhones & other mobile devices
  • iGoogle, NetVibes & other portals
  • Facebook, MySpace, Ning & more
  • … and of course this site

Additionally, our goal is to help you set goals from everywhere.

That means updating your lists from places like:

  • JOTT (Voice Recognition)
  • Instant Messengers
  • Email
  • … and of course this site, and the places mentioned above

During this exciting period of new development and enhancements you’ll always be able
to keep track of your ToDos & leverage the great features already available at everywhereToDos.com.

Please use the comments form below to alert us to any bugs or issues you encounter …

Welcome

news — Paul Griffin Petty on May 7, 2008

The site’s alive and well …

And so is the Beta version, zero point something; stay tuned for more information.

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