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Don’t Forget About this new website

I have been working on a project for a few months now, a unique approach to simplifying the getting things done (GTD) and bookmark apps. It originated from a problem, keeping a running wish list of movies I want to see and books I want to read, often needing a quick way to capture this suggestions. A GTD app can keep a running list, but these that list would be among many and they are time and task based. I could create a bookmark list to store these items, but I have enough bookmarks with illegible urls, and how do I hunt through the list. So along with the excellent coding skills of my co-founder Joel, we’ve created dontforgetabout.com. It’s a simple web app that creates a list of things to eventually consume. Each item is a verb and noun pair, so I can remember to watch Four Lions, or read Switch: how to change things when change is hard. More importantly, each noun can be linked to the place I’ll buy it from. And we made a mobile version of the website for adding items to the list on the go, such as when I see an ad for a movie or I’m in a shop and see something I’d like to buy later. It’s a work in progress as new features are added and tweaks are done. Try it out by starting your own list on dontforgetabout.com.

Posted by: Mike Barker on March 27, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Mike Barker is a Canadian, graphic designer, writer and trainer based in London, UK. He has worked for such companies as Adbusters, Umbra, Autodesk and Medusa magazine. His most recent editorial work include projects for The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and the 2008 redesign of the travel magazine The Guide. Mike has designed and redesign numerous magazines and newspaper over the past decade, along with designing numerous books, posters, branding campaigns, environmental installations and websites. Now living in London, Mike works as Creative Director for Quidco.com, and spends his free time developing for the iPhone and various web app projects.

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mike-barker.com is hand coded using TextMate for Mac. This site is now powered by Wordpress using the Simon WP Framework to ensure the use of a grid using CSS. The site is chalk full of web 2.0 goodness, utilizing PHP, CSS, RSS, Javascript, probably some jQuery and at least one social network feeds. Since web technologies are always evolving, tweaks happen often throughout this site as mini experiments.