Maybe something as simple as a task management app like Acktodo becomes the reason to sign up for Slack (disclaimer: I'm advising Acktodo).
To distinguish itself from leaner task-management apps like Lift, Everest prods you to "capture moments" aka photos as you chase your dreams.
The question is whether it will make the most sense to collaborate on documents in a task-management app like Producteev, or if it will make more sense to do so in a more document-centric context like SharePoint, Box, or Google Docs.
It incorporates some fairly obvious features that make a task management app kick butt, like having a desktop-like user interface even though it's web-based, supporting SMS reminders and communication with the app via IM, and having an accompanying iPhone app. 1. Über-easy and fast data entry, powered by natural language processing.
Once users log in, they can connect to all their cloud applications, like accounting programs, customer-relationship management software or document management apps.
That means that apps like Evernote's — which are not created first for desktop use as so many other personal information management apps are — has a key opportunity.
The likes of Wired, CNET and Digital Trends have all voted Mint as one of the best financial management apps out today, perhaps because the developers have made it free to download on both iOS and Android worldwide.
At the end of last year, we talked about and gave away some beta invites for newcomer WizeHive, a group messaging and task management app that rivals the likes of Yammer, Present.ly, Producteev and to some degree even more full-fledged collaboration services like BaseCamp and Central Desktop.
Yosemite isn't yet available, so this could break syncing between iOS and Mac apps that share data, like task management app Clear.
