the future of todolist

[gammons]

Hey all, I wanted to let you know that I have some pretty big plans for todolist. Below are what I was thinking:

1. Rename todolist to ultralist. It was a mistake to name this tool in such a generic way. I think it's hindered it's growth / adoption. ultralist is more unique and memorable. I also purchased ultralist.io.

2. Create a service that allows syncing todo lists between different computers. Although Dropbox works pretty well, it doesn't handle conflicts amazingly. In addition, the service would also have the following:

• A hosted web view of your synced todolists
• An Android + IOS version as well

The service would be a paid service, something super cheap (like $3/month). My ultimate aspirations are to turn it from a side project into something that could support me and my family. It would compete with Wunderlist, et al, but would continue to have a far superior command-line experience.

Also, it's important to note - the CLI version of ultralist (this current project) would stay open source, and would continue to be maintained + have sensible features built on top of it.

What do y'all think about this plan? Does it make sense? Would you be interested in a service like the above, if I built it?

ping @stuartskelton @ingorichter

[gammons]

hey, I did this!

[ipstone]

Hey Gammons, I just enjoyed todolist - agree that changing to a non-generic name is a good idea.
However, as an command line utility - somehow tying it with a paid model gives me strange feeling - as in general, people are looking for open source utility to avoid vendor lock-in. I would love to have an open source utility working with wunderlist, or other todolist service provider, rather than reinventing the wheel ... Just want to share some feedbacks. Todolist is really very nice that I enjoyed using it.