Linked List: March 13, 2009

Friday, 13 March 2009

Transactions 1.0 

Great idea: new iPhone app that can conduct credit card transactions.

The ‘Raiders’ Story Conference 

Speaking of George Lucas, here’s an amazing find by Mystery Man on Film: a 125-page transcript from a week-long 1978 story conference between Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Lawrence Kasdan, where they hashed out Raiders of the Lost Ark. (Via Michele Seiler.)

OmniFocus for Mac OS X and iPhone 

My thanks to The Omni Group for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. OmniFocus is their excellent app for task management, available both for Mac OS X and the iPhone. Both versions are designed to stand on their own, but the real magic is in their ability to sync with each other. In fact, you can also sync OmniFocus data between multiple Macs, using iDisk or any WebDAV server. It’s designed both for people who follow the official GTD system and for those who just want a good app for organizing tasks.

Learn more at Omni’s web site; I recommend their excellent introductory screencast. Through March 16, you can save 15 percent off the regular price of OmniFocus for Mac OS X — use the code FOCUS_FIREBALL on The Omni Group’s online store.