May 18th, 2012 Notes

Apps We Use: Kickoff

Since we started Yummygum we’ve been searching for the ultimate Getting Things Done (GTD) and project management app. We’ve tried Cultured Code’s Things, Metalab’s Flow, 37 Signal’s Basecamp and so on. All (web)apps had one or two really strong points but seemed to lack other functionalities. None of these apps offer the full range of functionalities we’re looking for in a project management app. Kickoff app seems to be doing a pretty good job at combining to-do lists with project management. Since about six months we’ve been using it, and we really like it. Here’s why.

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Mar 16th, 2012 3 Notes

Apps We Use: NameChanger

In this times Apps We Use post we’re bigging-up a little app called NameChanger. The app does exactly what you think it does; changing file names. Although NameChanger’s UI won’t win any beauty contest, we love it for it’s features.

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Feb 1st, 2012 4 Notes

Apps We Use: Coda

Panic’s Coda, our favorite code editor
Since 2010 we’ve been focussing more on designing and front end development. And although we haven’t been doing a lot of back end development we still find ourself using Coda almost daily. 

We have tried alternatives like CSSEdit, Textmate and Espresso and they all worked nicely. There are however two features in Coda we think are pretttty, pretttttyy, prettyy nice that makes it a winner for us.

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Oct 4th, 2011 10 Notes

Apps We Use: Byword

As you may know we’re huge Apple fanboys. It’s not just the hardware but also Apple’s OS and its enormous offer of beautiful designed apps that run on their machines. As business owners, we’re always on the look out for the best apps out there. And, as designers, we’re always looking for the most gorgeous apps out there as well.

We’ll start these series with Byword, the app we used for writing the initial versions of our blog. Byword is a writing app that’s intended to keep you focussed on writing, nothing more nothing less.

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