This marks the end of the TodoPaper Bits du Jour promotion. I am glad that many of you were able to purchase TodoPaper for 51% off. If you missed the promotion, don't worry! I've extended the promotion one day at a reduced discount of 30%.

Just use this coupon: TodoPaper30Off to get 30% off during checkout (for a total of ~$21)

Thanks!

Best,
Jordan

Hey Everybody,

I just wanted to let you know that TodoPaper will be offered at a 51% discount on Sunday, July 13 through the Bits du Jour promotional site. This means that you can get the software for a tiny price of $14.70!

You can learn more about the promotion here: http://bitsdujour.com/software/todopaper/

Feel free to email me with any questions and comments.

Best, Jordan

Hey Everybody,

I just want to wish you all a happy July 4 (which is our Independence Day here in the States)

I'm on a weekend vacation and will be back on Monday. I'll be checking my email from time to time, but forgive me if I am not responding as quickly as usual.

Thanks for understanding. Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Best,
Jordan

This release is for a common bug where the done tag, and element related to done tasks, were not working properly on some systems. TodoPaper 1.0.8.1 fixes this bug. If you are not experiencing this bug, you can ignore this release.

Update to TodoPaper 1.0.8.1

Please let me know if you run across anything else!

Best,
Jordan

Hey Everybody,

I have some great news! I, along with Jesse from Hogbay, and Young Hoo from Taskodone, are working on an "in the cloud" file storage system for TaskPaper and TodoPaper documents. This will be a great milestone for our three applications.

What I'm expecting to come from this:

• Full document syncing with files in the cloud
• Document viewing and editing from within the Online editor.
• Save in TodoPaper to the cloud, view the document in the online editor (say, on your iphone), and then download and sync to your Mac with TaskPaper.

Do you have any requests for specific functionality you would like to see?

One of the best things I heard at SEED:

"Always start a project with 'It would be awesome if...' that way, you'll get excited about it."

You need to be excited, otherwise, the project is going to suck. A project can have a TON of opportunity, but if you aren't excited about it, then why would you want to work on it? Your project should be fun. Of course, this quote sums it up,

"Be excited and passionate about what you are doing. Failure is less sucky when you are working on things you like to work on"

(Both quotes from Jake and Jeffery from Threadless )

Wow has it been a long week already...and we're only to Tuesday! Well...no worries, TodoPaper 1.0.7 is up! Go here to download the update

Here's a changelog for this release:

- Added a Search History feature.
- Added a function "Show Project" to the right click menu. This allows you
  to start a project search.
- Fixed a bug causing the cursor position to move when tagging a task as done.
- Fixed a small bug in the file change listener. 
- Fixed a bug where done tags are shown even though a project is collapsed.
- Fixed a bug where tabs weren't closing on file close. 
- Fixed a bug in the collapsing of projects during searches. 
- Fixed a number of small bugs and edits. 
- Removed "Are you sure you want to quit?"

The newest feature is a "Search History" which keeps track of the items you search for as you work on your TodoPaper file. It allows you to move back and forward through your searches similar to how a web browser back and forward works. Try it out, play with it, let me know what you think.

If you have any suggestions, comments, or questions please let me know!

Hey Everybody,

There are a couple of new things happening with Widefido right now. I'll be posting to help keep you updated on these as I work through them. Here's what I'm doin:

First, I'm setting up and migrating the site to a new beefy server. This should help us in with the speed of the site, along with its stability. Don't be worried if at some point the Widefido site becomes inaccessible, it'll probably be one of my goof-ups. If, however, you experience extended downtime ( greater than 30 minutes ) feel free to shoot me an email: jordan@widefido.com

I'm also going to be migrating the forums to a new "helpcenter" from the good folks over at GetSatisfaction. This is the same help / support center that Twitter and other popular sites use. What is really cool about this is how GetSatisfaction has packaged this help center almost to the point of a drag and drop install. It utilizes their nifty GetSatisfaction API, so all of the posts will be available from the GetSatisfaction website. Neato!

I'm also working on a new release of TodoPaper, which should be out on June 1. It'll have some fixes and little feature additions.

I think that's about it for now. I'll keep you updated!

After recording, editing, re-recording, and re-editing, I finally feel ok releasing the first help screencast for TodoPaper. This was my first screencast, so pardon the weird sound quirks. Producing a quality screencast is a LOT harder than it looks.

This screencast only covers the main interface and simple to-do list editing. More advanced topics will be available soon. Once I get used to the process, new screencasts should be popping up more frequently.

So, go ahead and watch the first todopaper screencast

Please feel free to give me your feedback But remember, this is the first screencast. It is only a simple overview. :D

Thanks!

Best,
Jordan

TodoPaper is a very efficient tool when you take advantage of the ample supply of keyboard shortcuts. I've compiled a list of them for the help documentation. You can check the keyboard shortcuts out if you'd like. I think later I may even post some multiple command workflows. For example,

Ctrl+D, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Shift+A

Which would:

1. Tag your task done, then
2. Tag your task with the date,
3. Archive the line.

Let me know if you have any command sequences that you use daily.

Best,
Jordan

NOTE: The shortcuts listed are for the next release (1.0.6) which will be out later this week. The Archive Done Tasks shortcut has changed to Ctrl+Shift+D

I am truly fascinated by different workspaces and now there is a new gallery site built just for this. If you too share this same type of fascination, check out Where we do What we do!

Hey All,

Today I am releasing a maintenance update to TodoPaper, bringing the version to 1.0.5. This update is primarily bug fixes with a few changes. Here's the changelog:

- Print function now saves you paper preferences. 
- Rewrote the functionality of the Return key
    - A return at the end of the line will create a new task if the
      current in is a project or a task.
    - A return in the begining or middle of a line will cause the line 
      to be split. This is how normal text editors work
    - Shift+Return on a task line or a project line will add a new task
      on the next line
    - Ctrl+Shift+Return on a task line or a project line will add a new 
      note on the next line
- Fixed a bug causing preferences to become corrupted and crashing the
  app.
- Fixed spellcheck remembering whether or not it was last turned on / off
- Fixed the URL style to use default fonts.
- Fixed selection being cleared when indenting mutiple lines.

When updating to this version, there are several things to keep in mind.

1. The update to the preferences uses a different storage procedure, so your previous settings file (along with your preferences) will be overwritten. I'm sorry for this, but in going forward, we should have fewer problems with the preferences.
2. The Enter/Return key no longer behaves incorrectly. (Press it within the middle of a line, and it will now split the line) See the changelog for more info.

You can download the update here

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions.

Best, Jordan

Another weekend, another update :) Today I am releasing TodoPaper 1.0.4, which has some new features, some bug fixes, and the most requested "quick" quicklog.

Here's the changelog:

- Added in a process which watches for file modifications
- Added in spell checking for English, French, and German
- Added Toggle Done Tasks (Ctrl+H) back into the app
- Added in double clicking to follow links (similar to the Ctrl+Click)
- Re-worked the Quicklog to support multiple entries while maintaining
  the quickness of the original version.
- Re-designed the margin line markers for both projects and tasks.
- Removed the @important underlining
- Fixed the URL style to use the default text font face and font size
- Fixed a bug with project folding when searching a within project

You can grab the update here

Thanks for all of your support. Please let me know if you have any questions and comments.

Best, Jordan

UPDATE There was a bug in 1.0.4 which caused the app to refuse to save a file to disk. I've squashed the bug and uploaded a new installer (1.0.4.1). You can grab the NEW update here I apologize for this and any inconvenience this may have caused you. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

Hey all,

It has been a few days since I have last posted. Things sure have been a bit hectic around here. No worries though, I did take some time to fix and update some things in TodoPaper. Here are the changes:

- Sub-projects now show in a smaller font. 
- Revamped the search engine allowing for faster searches, 
  easier editing, and better "Views"
- Updated the margin to include an indicator for projects. This indicator
  is used to fold the projects.
- Updated the updater to keep from freezing
- Updated the autosave to provide file restoration, rather than just
  opening the autosave file. 
- Fixed a bug causing the editor to scroll randomly
- Fixed strikeouts
- Fixed not being able to select autocomplete with the mouse
- Fixed project heirarchy not showing in the outline pane
- Added archive to the right click context menu
- Fixed another scrolling problem when switching between outline 
  and the document
- Fixed the outline pane generating the projects list with a previous
  documents projects. 
- Fixed a bug in the quicklog which caused the program to freeze
- Fixed the outline pane sizing problem. Now remembers the last size used. 
- Removed the hotlinking for project folding

You can update to the new version by heading to the update page

If you run across anything or have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me via the forums or email.

Take care! - Jordan

I've updated the upgrade policy for Widefido software.

Previously, I was thinking about charging for major upgrades (i.e., 1.0 to 2.0) with discounts given to license holders. However, this model was not coinciding with the Widefido core values. So, for the time being, I have changed the policy so licensed users can upgrade to the latest version of the software for free! This includes major revisions, such as from 1.0 to 2.0.

Let me know if you have any questions.

I just posted an update to TodoPaper. This update includes these important additions as well as some small bug fixes.

• Added a @today shortcut (Ctrl+Y)
• Added in a preference option to minimize to the system tray
• Added in the ability to customize the quick log keyboard shortcut
• Updated the filter / search to allow for editing during searches
• Updated the updater to only show the window if an update is available.

Please let me know if you have any problems, questions, or comments. Thanks!

Hello All!

I am Jordan Sherer, the founder of Widefido, and I want to welcome you to the new Widefido website.

You are currently reading the first post of the Widefido Notebook, a weblog about the thoughts, experiences, news, and announcements from me and my tiny software company. Hopefully I can write some thought provoking posts so we can make this an enjoyable experience for everybody :) In the meantime, you can check out the about page to learn a little more about me, Widefido, and the Simply Simple Software philosophy.

Take care!