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Workflowy

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WorkFlowy
WorkFlowy logo
WorkFlowy logo (June 2018)
Developer(s)WorkFlowy, Inc.
Initial releaseAugust 2, 2010
Operating systemiOS, Android, Web, Cross-platform
TypeProductivity software
Websiteworkflowy.com

WorkFlowy is a web-based outliner created by Mike Turitzin and Jesse Patel at a Y Combinator startup camp. The idea for Workflowy arose from Patel’s prior work experience in project management and his frustration with the lack of useful tools.[1]

The central feature of the app is a text-based nested list. Writing in The Guardian, novelist Emma Donoghue noted that this aspect of the software allows her to capture and organise "stray idea[s]".[2]

The app operates on a freemium business model and its straightforward list-like interface has been described as "uncluttered."[3] by PC World in 2013 and "minimalistically elegant" by The Atlantic in 2016.[4] Since its launch Workflowy has developed what the Geek Wire describe as "a cult-like following."[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Manjoo, Farhad (August 2, 2012). "Everything Is a List". Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/08/workflowy_the_note_taking_app_that_changed_the_way_i_organize_my_life_.html. Retrieved April 25, 2016. 
  2. ↑ Donoghue, Emma (October 6, 2019). "On my radar: Emma Donoghue’s cultural highlights". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/06/on-my-radar-emma-donoghue-cultural-highlights. Retrieved January 24, 2020. 
  3. ↑ Zukerman, Erez (September 30, 2013). "5 free Web tools to organize your thoughts". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038607/5-free-tools-to-organize-your-thoughts.html. Retrieved April 25, 2016. 
  4. ↑ Fallows, James (January 6, 2016). "Tech Tips for the New Year: CloudMagic, Workflowy, ‘Low Light’ Filter on iPad". The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/01/tech-tips-for-the-new-year-cloudmagic-workflowy-low-light-filter-on-ipad/422853/. Retrieved November 22, 2016. 
  5. ↑ Lystra, Tony (May 5, 2018). "At top of WorkFlowy founder’s to-do list: Keeping his app’s cult-like following happy". Geek Wire. https://www.geekwire.com/2018/workflowly-founder-new-list-update-popular-app-keeping-purists-happy/. Retrieved May 18, 2018. 



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