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Jordan Sherer  //  Howdy! I'm Jordan Sherer, an experienced software developer and entrepreneur. I work at def6 and run widefido. You seem interesting. Let's chat!

Dec 4 / 9:01am

TodoPaper Plugin Thoughts

I've been working on cleaning up the plugin system for TodoPaper and wanted to share an idea I had. Basically, I've been wanting to have a simple timer for some of my todos, so I had been running a separate application when I started/stopped work. Then I thought how interesting it would be to add in some tag extensions to TodoPaper that became little interactive widgets when you add them into the document. So, in the instance of a todo timer you would type @timer and a little timing widget would be embedded. Clicking the little widget would start and stop the timer, and it would accumulate the minutes and hours the timer was running. When you saved the file, this widget is automatically converted to text, like "@timer(00:45)". 

Text-timer-off
Text-timer-on

What do you think? Would a plugin like this be useful to you?

6 comments

Dec 04, 2011
JohnK said...
Almost a year ago, you wrote a post on this page: "v2.0 -- it's coming". A year is a long time in the software world. When do we get to see v2.0?
Dec 04, 2011
Jordan Sherer said...
Hey John,

I know. I'm sorry it has taken this long. But, I can tell you that the app that I have been developing is quality. Version 2 has been in private beta for a while, and if it weren't for all of the generous people who have helped me throughout this year, this would have been a much longer process.

I don't generally put dates to my releases, but I will say that I am planning and pushing myself to release a public beta of TodoPaper 2 by the 1st of January. I'll be posting to the blog frequently between now and then about the things you'll be seeing the public beta release.

If you need anything else in the meantime, feel free to get in touch: http://widefido.com/contact/

Dec 20, 2011
idntt said...
I think todopaper has a lot of potential, unfortunately lack of updates have pushed potential customers away. The @timer functionality would be great, something I have been hoping for in taskpaper. Have you defined the cost structure for V2 upgrades and new licenses? Keep up the good work. I am really looking forward to V2.
Dec 25, 2011
Afan said...
Done is better than perfect...
Jan 05, 2012
Carl Bolduc said...
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I don't generally put dates to my releases, but I will say that I am planning and pushing myself to release a public beta of TodoPaper 2 by the 1st of January. I'll be posting to the blog frequently between now and then about the things you'll be seeing the public beta release.
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Jan 06, 2012
oli said...
Where i can download the public beta?

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