Mobile OmniFocus
I love the OmniGroup guys. They build some of the smartest apps on the Mac, including what I think is the best desktop outliner, OmniOutliner.Of course, I've been watching the development of OmniFocus, their GTD app with interest, because it looks like they've nailed desktop GTD like no-one has before, and it's also another fantastic example of the outliner interface in action (I've talked about this previously).I remember watching Merlin Mann talking with OmniGroup back in January about enabling apps for the iPhone. I knew they'd do something web-based, but I didn't expect a fractional horse power http server to get embedded in their latest app.
It's a really smart move to enable lightweight web access to their app's data. It's also interesting that they've adopted a finder-like column view for drilling down into nodes - it's the same approach we've been experimenting with to present readable ThinkFold outlines onto a mobile handset (thought I'd get that in there :-)
I guess the only downside to Omni's current approach is the reluctance, or technical inability to turn on your mac as a web server connected to the scary internet (e.g. it's a macbook, and in a bag, or you don't want to open your cable modem's ports etc.). I wonder if OmniGroup have plans for simple hosted service?
It would be nice to see a blended approach to desktop and web data in that way, regardless of whether my Mac is in a bag etc.