GTD Application Sevice Provider: Nozbe

For those of you interested (or in need) of GTD (despite the deep weird), The GTD Wannabe blog has posted a review of the online gtd app, Nozbe. I’ve noticed Nozbe before, and think it is the right direction to go. I am more and more inclined to prefer online services to downloading new programs, when possible.

(Part of the reason that preference stems from my utter frustration with the mac dashboard. I got used to widgets and then frustrated as it took longer and longer to open them. So now I have book marks for my timers and calculators and everything else I need. There are a few rare times when I am without broadband, but not nearly often enough to deal with the frustration of using my own resources on a regular basis. In fact, I no longer use any computer email client or calendar app, preferring to stick with 30boxes and Gmail. Whenever I’m going on a trip where I know I might need these, and that I will be out of range of broadband, I simply download my reminders and email into my iCal and Mail apps and then delete it all when I come back home… But I digress)

In any case, even though I like application services through my browser, I am really stingy about paying for them. So I’ve left Nozbe alone and made do with other organizational tools like TaskToy. If I had money to burn I would not only experiment with it and write my own review, but I’d buy the latest toy to use it with.

So I appreciate this review of Nozbe’s GTD services from GTD Wanabe. It is not that positive:

Unfortunately, although it uses all of the right buzz words, I didn’t like it. Now, remember that I’m not evaluating software here for general use, but for my use. Therefore, my tastes weigh heavily in my evaluation.

To his credit, he actually has his “tastes” all charted out, which is more than I have ever done. So you might find that you want to try it out anyway.

You can find Nozbe tutorials at YouTube. Here is the first one:

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4 thoughts on “GTD Application Sevice Provider: Nozbe

  1. Michael (Nozbe)

    Thanks for this short Nozbe review. Glad you like it and it’s a shame you wouldn’t use it.

    We’ve just introduced “project tagging” and tomorrow will try to show the initial version for the iPhone.

    As for the payment issue – I’m no Google and won’t find enough advertisers to cover service and development costs even with thousands of users we’re haiving now, so I have to charge for it. The thing is – it’s less than $5 bucks per month (eg. one beer) so it’s not all that much for a tool that will keep you more productive.

    To make the service more affordable, tomorrow we’re introducing even more discounted pre-paid plans – the 2-year plan will be discounted by 50% so in a case of the Basic plan, it will be $2.50 bucks per month… not even a beer or a cup of coffee.

    Anyway, appreciate your review and keep up the good work with your blog!

    – Michael – founder of Nozbe.

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  2. Jim McGowan

    After reading this blog I decided to take a look at the task tools you mentioned. I’m looking a Nozbe now, but TaskToy — what is it? The Tasktoy website is just a signup page, with no information as to what in the heck Tasktoy is, or even what it looks like. No FAQ, no screenshots, and a Google Group that has absolutely no real posts — all spam posts. Apparently no one is managing the group at all.

    Anytime I see a service-oriented web site that wants me to sign up completely sight unseen, I usually steer clear of it!

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  3. Jim McGowan

    Michael,

    Your comment regarding the $5 monthly cost refers to a somewhat “Lite” plan; if anyone wants to track a significant number of projects those plans are more like $10 and $15 monthly, which is quite a bit IMO. I certainly do not mind paying for a good service, but ~$180 per year is steep for me. BTW, I won’t even consider the annual (or even longer!) pre-paid subscriptions for web services. I have been “bitten” twice by developers who, though having the best of intentions, abandoned their businesses — naturally shortly after I had just paid for prepaid plans. I waited four years after the first time and thought I could trust someone again – big mistake! While I’m not saying that will happen here, I just don’t do pre-pays anymore at all. Especially without any trial period. (Sorry, but a “money back” guarantee is not a free trial).

    I wish you the best, but I have to keep on looking.

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