http://ericcarroll.org/logs/wishlist The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://ericcarroll.org/logs/mobile-web-app-tools-wishlist-actionmethod-textmate-macbook-pro <p>In order to go the direction I want with mobile web app development, I'm working towards getting these tools so I can produce design/code more efficiently:</p> <h4><a href="http://www.actionmethod.com/">ActionMethod</a></h4> <p>I don't typically refer to a product or service as 'amazing', but I can't help but describe <a href="http://www.behance.com/">Behance's</a> project management solution as anything short of amazing. The fact that I can use it on my laptop <em>AND</em> my iPhone is tremendously useful. I <em>LOVE</em> the 'Focus'-based thinking that keeps me focused on the top tasks I need to, yes, focus on. It lets me organize tasks into projects and groups and this is a must for me. I've tried using <a href="http://www.culturedcode.com">Cultured Code's</a> <a href="http://culturedcode.com/things">Things</a> (and others), but for some reason ActionMethod doesn't require as much time to manage for me.</p> <p>I'm currently using the free account which lets you use up to 50 tasks, but I'm looking to purchase the $99/year account once other life/family items are taken care of.</p> <h4><a href="macromates.com/">TextMate</a></h4> <p>This past October, I plunked down $99 for <a href="http://panic.com">Panic's <a href="http://panic.com/coda">Coda</a> to replace the dead-in-the-water <a href="http://smultron.sourceforge.net/">Smultron</a>. Now Coda does code editing, FTP, Subversion, command line interfacing, but what I use most is the code editing. It's amazing what it <em>doesn't</em> do with code editing. I can't even auto-complete or auto-close HTML markup when it's inside a PHP file. It also takes forever to render syntax coloring for small CSS files.</p> <p>Anyway, I should have just gone with TextMate for $55 and used the FTP clients I already have. It's more mature and doesn't have the feature lag and thats-coming-in-a-future-release-itis that Coda currently suffers from.</p> <h4><a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/">Apple MacBook Pro 17"</a></h4> <p>My 17" PowerBook G4 has served me well over the past 5 years, but is showing it's age both in performance and, well, on the screen actually (it has a weird, 2-3 pixel wide vertical line about 3 inches from the right side of the screen). I also can't build things for the iPhone, etc without being able to run from the newer Intel-based Macs. Since I don't have a dedicated office, I need the screen real estate. This will probably come later this year, but it's becoming apparent that this PowerBook needs to retire.</p> <h4>I'm Excited Anyway</h4> <p>I'm excited to get moving on this new area of design and development and, Lord-willing, He'll provide the tools I need at the right time.</p> http://ericcarroll.org/logs/mobile-web-app-tools-wishlist-actionmethod-textmate-macbook-pro#comments app development mobile planning tools web wishlist work Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:34:13 -0500 eric 4213 at http://ericcarroll.org