Many of us use Astrid to help us be the people we want to be. Some of us use Astrid to augment our well ordered life and keep our mind clear of the pesky details until they are actionable. Others of us are forgetful, lazy and easily distracted and rely on Astrid’s lovely face and [...]
Astrid’s goal has always been to be squeaky and reliable. This week Kevin Purdy from Lifehacker describes her as “an extremely tenacious beast that won’t stop reminding, beeping, and buzzing you until certain very important tasks are done” on their recent List of Best Android Apps. We love this description! Since Astrid version 3.2.5 we [...]
This is part of a series of posts about the technology behind Todoroo products. It is written for those interested in the technical side of Astrid and Android developers in general. Android’s approach to accessing database data through cursors is simple to use and allows users to stream data from the database without reading everything [...]
In version 3.2 Astrid undergoes a really substantial update which we hope increases your productivity and fills you with delight. Back from the past One of the most missed aspects of Astrid version 2 was the way sorting and filtering worked. It was really simple to sort by Due Date or Task Title if you [...]
It has been about a week since Astrid 3 has been out and we are excited to announce that we have another update that fixes a number of bugs, adds some usability improvements, re-implements one of the most beloved features from Astrid 2 and adds a cool new feature. Below is the change log for [...]
We know some people have experienced their tasks disappearing after a recent update. We agree this is totally unacceptable. The best way to get them back is to do the following: 1) Install the old version of Astrid You can get it here: http://bit.ly/oldastrid Note: Do not uninstall astrid first. This should get you back [...]
As I mentioned in my last post we have had a rough and difficult last two days. From the comments we have received on the market we have learn a number of things from our faithful and vocal users (we still love you folks even though you have accused of of all sorts of nastiness!) [...]
At about 3 a.m. this morning Astrid 3 was finally born into the Android market. I say finally because this version of Astrid has been in the works for almost 6 months trying to make it faster, simpler, more reliable, customizable and even a bit more fun. But in order to do so we needed [...]