Re: Re: Anyone still here?

"skeezix [email protected] [SHADOW-DISCUSS]" <[email protected]> Sun, 4 Sep 2016 20:08:08 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sun, 4 Sep 2016, Neil Slater [email protected] [SHADOW-DISCUSS] wro=
te:

# JEFF!!!!

	*tips hat*

# It has been too long since I used Shadow... Shiva nick said most of what =
I could, and more. And more eloquently.

	I remember he used to do that to us ;)

# What I remember most, and miss terribly, is the date feature: being able =
to choose Tomorrow, Day After Tomorrow, One Week, Yesterday... By that feat=
ure
# alone, I judge todo lists and outliners. They =C2=A0ALL fail, because the=
y don't let me work the way *I* want to, and because dates are too difficul=
t to deal
# with in them all. Ya spoiled us, dude! :)

	Your needs seem simple; you mean no other app has a little button=20
that lets you just set a date? Seems like a 1 hour add to someones app ;)

# If you were to publish Shadow for iOS, exactly the way it worked on the P=
alm platform, I'd be over the moon. If you were to reboot Shadow only for
# Android, I'd follow you =C2=A0as fast as financially possible.

	See theres the rub; I doubt I'd have time to put away a year of=20
dev to build an app like Shadow; it took years to get where it was, and=20
its 100% start over if I were to take up the mantle again.

# Shadow was good enough that it should be bundled with every tablet.

	:)

# You were a busy new parent when Shadow went dormant. How's the family? Or=
 is that a tactless question?

	We wanted 3 kids, and had one.. then thought '1 was pretty good'=20
once we found out how much work it was; but life making you remember what=20
is important, we ende dup having another, bu it was twins. So, we got our=20
3 kids. Time flies - they're all in school these days (thankfully ;)

	I have limited free time now, which has made me bow out of many=20
worthy projects (for awhile there I was designing and building handhelds=20
and all sorts of crazy awesome stuff).. but these days I work my 50 horus=20
a week or more, and then I spend my limited spare time making robots and=20
mad science to amaze the kids with. My mantra for life has always been=20
'never stop learning', and if I don't make something every day or two, I=20
get weird.=20

	So I don't have the time I used to, but I do what I can. Family=20
first, safety third ;)

		jeff

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If everyone would put barbecue sauce on their food, there would be no war.

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      <p>On Sun, 4 Sep 2016, Neil Slater [email protected] [SHADOW-DIS=
CUSS] wrote:<br>
<br>
# JEFF!!!!<br>
<br>
	*tips hat*<br>
<br>
# It has been too long since I used Shadow... Shiva nick said most of what =
I could, and more. And more eloquently.<br>
<br>
	I remember he used to do that to us ;)<br>
<br>
# What I remember most, and miss terribly, is the date feature: being able =
to choose Tomorrow, Day After Tomorrow, One Week, Yesterday... By that feat=
ure<br>
# alone, I judge todo lists and outliners. They =C2=A0ALL fail, because the=
y don&#39;t let me work the way *I* want to, and because dates are too diff=
icult to deal<br>
# with in them all. Ya spoiled us, dude! :)<br>
<br>
	Your needs seem simple; you mean no other app has a little button <br>
that lets you just set a date? Seems like a 1 hour add to someones app ;)<b=
r>
<br>
# If you were to publish Shadow for iOS, exactly the way it worked on the P=
alm platform, I&#39;d be over the moon. If you were to reboot Shadow only f=
or<br>
# Android, I&#39;d follow you =C2=A0as fast as financially possible.<br>
<br>
	See theres the rub; I doubt I&#39;d have time to put away a year of <br>
dev to build an app like Shadow; it took years to get where it was, and <br=
>
its 100% start over if I were to take up the mantle again.<br>
<br>
# Shadow was good enough that it should be bundled with every tablet.<br>
<br>
	:)<br>
<br>
# You were a busy new parent when Shadow went dormant. How&#39;s the family=
? Or is that a tactless question?<br>
<br>
	We wanted 3 kids, and had one.. then thought &#39;1 was pretty good&#39; <=
br>
once we found out how much work it was; but life making you remember what <=
br>
is important, we ende dup having another, bu it was twins. So, we got our <=
br>
3 kids. Time flies - they&#39;re all in school these days (thankfully ;)<br=
>
<br>
	I have limited free time now, which has made me bow out of many <br>
worthy projects (for awhile there I was designing and building handhelds <b=
r>
and all sorts of crazy awesome stuff).. but these days I work my 50 horus <=
br>
a week or more, and then I spend my limited spare time making robots and <b=
r>
mad science to amaze the kids with. My mantra for life has always been <br>
&#39;never stop learning&#39;, and if I don&#39;t make something every day =
or two, I <br>
get weird. <br>
<br>
	So I don&#39;t have the time I used to, but I do what I can. Family <br>
first, safety third ;)<br>
<br>
		jeff<br>
<br>
--<br>
If everyone would put barbecue sauce on their food, there would be no war.<=
br>
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