January 2012
1 post
First Keyboard Shortcut
Tap the “i” key to insert a new task, pushing the current task ahead.
December 2011
2 posts
August 2008
8 posts
There are some things I have to review which feel almost too good to let anyone...
– Rev2.org
PopSiren demos NowDoThis.
I feel like I’m watching TV!
NowDoThis in more languages!
Thanks to our great translators, NowDoThis is available in the following languages.
Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Lithuanian
Polish
Portuguese (Portugal)
Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish
Swedish
If you have a friend who speaks one of these languages, we’d love to know what they think.
July 2008
12 posts
synchronicity
Two similar sites launched around the same time as NowDoThis:
Next, “a very simple, intuitive and limited web app for handling short-term to-do list.” (backstory)
WhatShallIDoNow, which “shows you your to-do list one item at a time, so you don’t get overwhelmed by the mountain of work ahead of you.” (backstory)
I believe neither of the other sites knew about NDT...
little changes
your list will be saved between domains
previously, nowdothis.com and www.nowdothis.com would give you different lists
this was a bug with cookies
page title has been switched from “now do this:” to “NowDoThis”
the name of the site is officially NowDoThis (now “nowdothis” or “nowdothis.com” or “NowDoThis.com”)
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is...
– Mark Twain (via -kristen)
Now Do This, and The Single-Tasking Philosophy →
‘The whole goal of Now Do This is to get to the end of the list, when you get the very satisfying “all done!” message.’
(thoughtful blog review)
we're faster now
Thanks to William Cotton, the site now operates solely in Javascript. So when you update your list, it’s instantaneous, instead of loading the page again via a form-submission.
What will you do with your extra time??
feedback email fixed
I set up nowhearthis@nowdothis.com but didn’t test it - and it wasn’t working.
To contact us, email nowdothis@gmail.com.
working names I didn't use
tasck
taskbask
taskblast
laserboss
I kinda wish I’d used ‘laserboss’.