Keeping it Simple

I love this quote from Lifehacker.com

In short, Apple's used the best productivity trick in the world: to make the right thing to do the easy thing to do. Leopard's release will no doubt bring on an uptick of Mac users who diligently back up their system and data without even thinking about it.

I love that some companies are driving simplicity as product differentials. Apple are a great example, but I love the stuff 37Signals are churning out as well.

Keep us honest!

apps of the day

There seem to be so many cool little apps appearing on the web. I found Xpenser through an article on Lifehacker.com (http://lifehacker.com/software/personal-finance/track-your-purchases-as-they-happen-at-xpenser-309209.php) . It's real simple tool where you can post your current expenses to keep track of them via SMS, IM or email. You can then get some simple reports from those to help with your personal finances.

Sweet.

Jott looks like another interesting place, doing voice transcripts from voice mails and putting those as feeds on their site. Only available to US residents at the moment, which is a shame as I'd really like to try it out.