> This application is not Open Source. I'm providing the source code here because I want users to be able to see the code they're running and even change and build it for themselves if they want to. In that vein, you're free to read, build and run the application yourself, on your own devices, but please don't share any built artifacts with others.
Minor bit of feedback, it would be great to add a licence file to GitHub to expose this a bit more clearly and in a more standard way. I have no problem with this choice, but I can see some users missing this licence-esque bit of the README.
No affiliation with either of you. But, it does not look the same to me. The linked HN post is a simple MacOS top bar tool that shows my list of to-dos that may be activated by key bindings if I wish.
Yours looks more like the default Cmd+Space action - Spotlight available in MacOS.
I personally prefer the simplicity of the app that lives in the top bar as it comes with lower cognitive load by not needing to remember some keywords to summon your tool that is not in my active view.
Remember requires 10.15, according to my App Store. I bought one of the first thousand Mac 128k's, suffered through systems 1-9, bought dozens of Macs and clones since, and from what I've read I have no intentions of upgrading to 10.15 till I need to replace hardware.
I built MonkeyMind as a scratchpad for thoughts while in deep focus. Whenever something pops up in my mind, I needed a place to put it and get back to work.
Pen and paper can do the trick, but something with a Spotlight-like shortcut would be better.
And that is what MonkeyMind does. A simple global keyboard shortcut to add items and an app that lives in the menubar and gets out of your way.
I really like the idea. However, the fact that I can only purchase it from the Mac App Store is a blocker for me, since I primarily use my work Mac, where I'm logged in w/ my work Apple ID. Seeing as there's no way to share or transfer apps between my work Apple account(s) and my personal Apple account, I'd have to buy two copies, which I don't want to do.
Cool. Downloaded and using it. Nit-pick but can you please have right-click to access the setting menu?
There used to be a dead-simple MacOS App called Anxiety that does something similar to this but it somehow died.
I don't use TO-DO Apps to do my tasks, I calendar pretty much everything but I want a very simple task-lister for things such as "Call Ram", "Remind Kid to learn to Type", etc.
This serves the purpose.
I tried Tot[1], another interesting simple tool to do a similar function but MonkeyMind is simpler for me to for these small tasks.
Feature Request: Can we make this have a Powerpack option for Alfred. So, I can keep this running in the background but use Alfred to add tasks. This is the same request I asked the Command-E[2] guys too.
This is a much more polished version of what I do, which is to keep a note (in Notes app) called Brain Dump, and I jot down anything that is cluttering my mind, which I hold on for fear of forgetting. Just the act of writing it down helps; it's a reassurance that it's ok to let go of those thoughts because they are saved elsewhere.
What I like with MonkeyMind is the minimal amount of friction involved, as well as automatic timestamp.
I like that idea, but I also want to keep the user experience really simple. Would you want to display a single list from Reminders? Or show all reminders alongside?
And the other way around: would you add to Reminders from MonkeyMind?
Any possibility of a way to purchase outside of the AppStore? I appreciate this is extra effort for possibly little extra reach but I have managed to survive without signing into my icloud and hopefully won't ever.
Damn I love this. I think I might save this for when I get a mac, but since I'm on Linux right now, I'm going to copy this idea with my rofl menu I think
I personally hate when apps crowd my Menu Bar when they don't need to e.g. Dropbox, NordVPN, Keybase etc. I always try to disable the Menu Bar icon for an app if possible, and if I can't I will delete the app if I can find a suitable alternative.
There are so many advantages to a dock icon:
- Richer, colorful icon
- Support for badges, configurable by user
- Won't be hidden by the system (macOS will hide icons in a crowded Menu Bar)
- Can be hidden by the user (Dock Autohide)
- Icon can be repositioned by the user
The Apple HIG makes it pretty clear that most apps don't need the Menu Bar, and should use the Dock instead. But we're in a vicious circle where users have been trained to use the Menu Bar (even though it's inferior), so that's what developers do.
Bogdanp|5 years ago
I have to say, though, this looks uncannily like my own app, Remember, that I launched a few months ago:
* https://remember.defn.io/
* https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/remember-quick-reminders/id149...
* https://github.com/bogdanp/remember
Right down to the key bindings and some of the marketing copy[1].
[1]: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/remember-6
danpalmer|5 years ago
> This application is not Open Source. I'm providing the source code here because I want users to be able to see the code they're running and even change and build it for themselves if they want to. In that vein, you're free to read, build and run the application yourself, on your own devices, but please don't share any built artifacts with others.
Minor bit of feedback, it would be great to add a licence file to GitHub to expose this a bit more clearly and in a more standard way. I have no problem with this choice, but I can see some users missing this licence-esque bit of the README.
marc|5 years ago
For example, here’s my todo list menubar app launched many months before Remember: https://wip.chat/menubar
I bet other people will reply with similar looking apps launched months before mine :)
reacharavindh|5 years ago
Yours looks more like the default Cmd+Space action - Spotlight available in MacOS.
I personally prefer the simplicity of the app that lives in the top bar as it comes with lower cognitive load by not needing to remember some keywords to summon your tool that is not in my active view.
Syzygies|5 years ago
startingpoint|5 years ago
I built MonkeyMind as a scratchpad for thoughts while in deep focus. Whenever something pops up in my mind, I needed a place to put it and get back to work.
Pen and paper can do the trick, but something with a Spotlight-like shortcut would be better.
And that is what MonkeyMind does. A simple global keyboard shortcut to add items and an app that lives in the menubar and gets out of your way.
Let me know what you think!
myrloc|5 years ago
BrowserMeeting|5 years ago
I have been looking for something like this that keeps me out of apps while I am in code mode!
oblongx|5 years ago
ebcase|5 years ago
Would you consider adding sync functionality, so that the same list works on multiple machines?
revertts|5 years ago
Brajeshwar|5 years ago
There used to be a dead-simple MacOS App called Anxiety that does something similar to this but it somehow died.
I don't use TO-DO Apps to do my tasks, I calendar pretty much everything but I want a very simple task-lister for things such as "Call Ram", "Remind Kid to learn to Type", etc.
This serves the purpose.
I tried Tot[1], another interesting simple tool to do a similar function but MonkeyMind is simpler for me to for these small tasks.
Feature Request: Can we make this have a Powerpack option for Alfred. So, I can keep this running in the background but use Alfred to add tasks. This is the same request I asked the Command-E[2] guys too.
1. https://apps.apple.com/in/app/tot/id1491071483?mt=12
2. https://getcommande.com
startingpoint|5 years ago
Quick question about the right-click: What exactly do you mean? Right click on the settings icon or anywhere in the list?
As for Alfred: it's probably simpler to just set up a separate keyboard shortcut for MonkeyMind.
wcpines|5 years ago
https://github.com/surrealroad/alfred-reminders
skinnymuch|5 years ago
Thanks for the options.
swah|5 years ago
-- edit --
This has a super reasonable price of 2.5 EUR in Brazil. I forget the term now but its of course a discount due to lower purchasing power.
How does Apple calculate that?
athenot|5 years ago
What I like with MonkeyMind is the minimal amount of friction involved, as well as automatic timestamp.
aantix|5 years ago
I’ve had repetitious thoughts and originally thought they were repeating because there was some thing missing, some nuance that I hadn’t explored.
But once I would write them down, sometimes they would just go away. It must have been a fear of forgetting.
startingpoint|5 years ago
drcongo|5 years ago
startingpoint|5 years ago
ybahubali2018|5 years ago
I have one suggestion. It would be nice if this app can fetch data from reminders app of MacOS and put them in the menu bar along with the ones added.
startingpoint|5 years ago
And the other way around: would you add to Reminders from MonkeyMind?
pdepip|5 years ago
Major difference is mine is focused on longer form documentation and comes with an inline markdown editor. Congrats on the launch!
sgeorge96|5 years ago
startingpoint|5 years ago
haack|5 years ago
Any possibility of a way to purchase outside of the AppStore? I appreciate this is extra effort for possibly little extra reach but I have managed to survive without signing into my icloud and hopefully won't ever.
startingpoint|5 years ago
conradludgate|5 years ago
nikolatt|5 years ago
A question I have about macOS development - where should I start in order to learn how to make menu bar and shortcut driven UIs?
programmarchy|5 years ago
I personally hate when apps crowd my Menu Bar when they don't need to e.g. Dropbox, NordVPN, Keybase etc. I always try to disable the Menu Bar icon for an app if possible, and if I can't I will delete the app if I can find a suitable alternative.
There are so many advantages to a dock icon:
- Richer, colorful icon
- Support for badges, configurable by user
- Won't be hidden by the system (macOS will hide icons in a crowded Menu Bar)
- Can be hidden by the user (Dock Autohide)
- Icon can be repositioned by the user
The Apple HIG makes it pretty clear that most apps don't need the Menu Bar, and should use the Dock instead. But we're in a vicious circle where users have been trained to use the Menu Bar (even though it's inferior), so that's what developers do.
dep_b|5 years ago
A global hotkey is not something I have experience with but it seems that there's a library called Hotkey: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47760135/global-keyboard...
mertnesvat|5 years ago
chriswphoto|5 years ago
startingpoint|5 years ago
amardeepsingh|5 years ago