I’ve looked over the remaining apps and have decided which ones I’m going to vote for.
1. Hijack. This focuses on the message board and RSS articles that I wanted to organize in Minerva. Hijack goes into more detail and had more eye candy than the Minerva approach. Definitely something I want!
2. Ground Control. At first, I couldn’t figure out what GC did. I visted the GC web site and looked at it in detail and then I figured it out. It’s like the Control Strip from OS 9, but instead of showing control panels in the strip, it has shortcuts into the apps you use everyday. You can’t describe something so graphically useful in words, you need to see the mockups on the GC web site.
3. Whistler. I’m a closet musician without the training. You know how the Mac and MacWrite suddenly made everyone into desktop publishers? Well, Whistler is set to do the same for “the rest of us” non-musicians.
4. Portal. I personally don’t have a need to sync two Macs, but if I did, Portal would be massively useful.
5. Atmosphere. My home office is in my basement. Nuf said.
6. iGTD. Who can argue with being organized?
— John B.
