Things, the popular personal organization application from Cultured Code, is still in testing, but it already has a large userbase that is thoroughly addicted to its attractive to-do list features. It's no surprise, then, that when the clock turned to midnight in Australia and Things suddenly expired, users were up in arms. Hours later, users in the US experienced the same problem. Several people congregated on the official Things help forum, which had nearly 50 postings on the problem as of 2:30 this morning.Cultured Code hasn't yet responded with an explanation of why Things was set to expire. The application is still free, but users have already come to rely on it, with more than one person posting that they would gladly pay the $49 pricetag Cultured Code will charge for the 1.0 release to continue using Things right now. Why the expiration, though? We expect to see either a quick fix or an update pushed out this morning -- as the app is currently at version .9.1.1, the highly anticipated 1.0 release is possible, but not likely.
If you're a Things user, visit the help forum for some unofficial ways of resolving the problem. So far, most people are either setting their computers' dates back or using a hex editor to change the expiration date. Despite all the fuss, this could end up working in favor of Cultured Code. Our take: any publicity is good publicity when people are this frantic about your product.
Update: Version 0.9.1.2 is now available.
[via Duncan Riley]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-17-2008 @ 1:36AM
Quikboy said...
Too bad it's OS X only. I would love to have it on Windows, but I guess they don't really care about every user. Funny how they claim their "open".
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5-18-2008 @ 2:44PM
Paulo Diniz said...
I think the point is not who they care about, rather if you care about you enough to switch over to the best plataform to work on currently. And that, imo, is the mac side.
5-18-2008 @ 7:05PM
Quikboy said...
@Paulo Diniz : That's an opinion, and I guess you mean to say that the best side is what a lot of people are NOT using.
5-22-2008 @ 6:58AM
DanGTD said...
For implementing GTD you might try out this web-based application:
Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.
As with the last update, now Gtdagenda has full Someday/Maybe functionality, you can easily move your tasks and projects between "Active", "Someday/Maybe" and "Archive". This will clear your mind, and will boost your productivity.
Hope you like it.
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