It seems as if every day I bump into things while reading feeds, Twitter, the Web, or email — things I want to download, buy, research, and etcetera. But often I’m unable to take action at that moment. How then can I save it for later?
When on my Mac I use AppleScripts and built-in triggers to throw these items directly into Things. But on my iPhone and iPad there is no such solution. And since even the smallest pebble will make expensive Reeboks uncomfortable to run in, this sore spot of how to handle all the tasks I bump into when on my iPhone or iPad has got me thinking…
We need a universal, cloud-based bucket to throw these items into. A bucket that talks to all our current software instead of asking us start using new tools.
Blanc’s right — iOS needs some sort of system-wide services system, like Mac OS X does.
Until Apple gives iOS these kinds of tools, we’re all stuck using various isolated tools to get the job done. Isolated tools hold isolated data, which is problematic.
For me, those tools are Remember the Milk for tasks and Simplenote for notes. I can get to them offline, which is critical.