The Omni Show How Victor Savkin Uses OmniFocus
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Dec 16, 2024 Victor Savkin, CTO at NX and former Google engineer, shares his deep passion for productivity and software design. He reveals how OmniFocus has transformed his task management, merging ergonomics with functionality. Delve into his thoughts on 'dogfooding' in software quality and the creative interplay between art and science in design. Victor emphasizes the value of flexibility in productivity tools and reflects on the philosophical elements of task management and automation that elevate workflow efficiency.
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Intangible Quality
- Software quality, like a satisfying click, is often intangible and difficult to describe.
- Dogfooding, using your own software, helps you perceive and improve this quality.
Quality and Motorcycle Maintenance
- Victor Savkin references Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to illustrate the concept of quality.
- He suggests the book's insights on quality are applicable to software development.
The Value of Switching
- We often overlook the qualities of familiar tools until we use alternatives.
- Switching to a different tool highlights the strengths and weaknesses of both.
