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A comment on the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

Super! – Adrian Howard, on September 29, 2008 14:51

Engberg replied on September 29, 2008 14:48 to the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

The API, client scripting and XML import/export will launch this week.

Adrian Howard replied on September 29, 2008 11:08 to the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

Any ETA? - Just curious.

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Adrian Howard replied on August 25, 2008 14:03 to the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

IMAP/POP export would be lovely.

Engberg replied on August 24, 2008 18:13 to the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

I forgot to mention that we're also going to be exposing a full-scale IMAP/POP3 implementation, which would let you grab your notes via any mail client or standard mail software library.

A comment on the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

Super :-) – Adrian Howard, on August 24, 2008 16:03

Engberg replied on August 24, 2008 15:57 to the discussion "Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind" in Evernote:

We'll be releasing a network API for the service, scripting for the clients, and an XML export/import format for the clients in about 1 month.

Adrian Howard started a conversation in Evernote on August 24, 2008 09:14:

Want an export function for mashups, backups & peace of mind

I _really_ like the way evernote looks like it can help me organise my various snippets.

However, the lack of any form of Export from the Mac or Web client worries me a great deal. Having all of my data locked into Evernote is probably too big a risk for me... and I tend not to like having my backups of interesting things in somebody elses hands all of the time. Call me paranoid :-)

I understand that there is an export in the Windows client - can we have a web one too please? A nice simple XML export like in delicious would be lovely... and would let me do fun mashup type things with the Evernote data too!

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Adrian Howard replied on August 13, 2008 17:00 to the idea "Could you add enabled/disabled icons for the menu bar?" in RescueTime:

Super :)

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Tony replied on August 13, 2008 16:50 to the idea "Could you add enabled/disabled icons for the menu bar?" in RescueTime:

Sorry guys-- we haven't forgotten about this. The Mac version (the version that MOST of our team uses, including the guy who built it) uses AppleScript and having that icon change in the menu bar is stupidly difficult (the way we've built it).

We're currently working on a version (for Mac and PC) that will have a smaller footprint, will be more reliable, and will make that icon switch possible.

Stay tuned and sorry for the delay!

Adrian Howard replied on August 13, 2008 10:40 to the idea "Could you add enabled/disabled icons for the menu bar?" in RescueTime:

I've had the problem a few times. A little enabled/disabled icon would be lovely :-)

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A comment on the question "http://www.programeter.com/ is some kind of joke, right?" in Programeter:

adrianb, Programeter is not about evaluating correctness of the programm. It is about collecting indicators about programmers themselves. – Mark, on July 07, 2008 14:07

adrianb replied on July 04, 2008 15:36 to the question "http://www.programeter.com/ is some kind of joke, right?" in Programeter:

Evaluating the correctness of a program reduces to the halting problem - in general terms this is, of course, impossible to do - and provably impossible. See the Entscheidungsproblem on Wikipedia!

In specific domains, the problem might be solvable. But in that case, you can generate the correct solution by running your tests backwards. If you know what is 'right' - just have the tester write the code.

And we know from experience that code generation only works (but works well) in limited areas, like building GUIs, gluing layers together. 'Real' programming still needs people - for checking and for doing.

So based on this argument, I'd say this is either a joke (that hits a raw nerve, if you ask me) or a fundamentally flawed idea.

Having said that, from a business point of view, brilliant. With the right contacts and sales approach you could make a mint. I hope it doesn't though, as it is wasted money - and the only idiots really likely to buy this big time are government projects and big business. I don't want my taxes spent on this. :(

vidramc replied on July 04, 2008 11:35 to the question "http://www.programeter.com/ is some kind of joke, right?" in Programeter:

I think Mark has replied positively. Programeter is not for serious use

It is really an issue of hourly rate or per task rate. This needs to be estimated, bargained or extrapolated based on reputation and not on surveillance technology.

Risk is a permanent feature of doing business and trust is a finely balanced responsability. There is no place for Stanley Milgram machinery in building trust or reputation.

Vik

Al replied on July 04, 2008 09:18 to the question "http://www.programeter.com/ is some kind of joke, right?" in Programeter:

It is obvious to me that this software is aimed a catching 'Cheats' given the frequency of that words occurrence in these comments. Thus we get a good picture of where this coming from and why it is unlikely to find good usage in anything other than programmer sweatshops, probably best left ignored unless thats the kind of operation you run.

vagmi replied on July 04, 2008 05:27 to the question "http://www.programeter.com/ is some kind of joke, right?" in Programeter:

@Mark,

Thanks for opening up the discussion. I probably did not clarify my concerns adequately earlier. I have made up for this in an open letter to Programeter.