Archives
August 2006
July 2006
- LAUNCH: The Backpack Calendar
- Voicemail for your Backpack pages with voiceNotes
- "Outrageously cool and useful"
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
- Using Excel to make Backpack-ready tables
- Using OS X's Automator to backup files to Backpack
- Backpack Premium is now only $14/month
February 2006
December 2005
- Color code your to-do items (and more)
- Holiday Newsletters Made Simple.
- Backpack featured on This Week in Tech
- NEW FEATURE: Backpack Affiliate Program - earn free service
- Backpack makes the list
- Using Backpack to remind you of mail-in rebates
November 2005
- Backpack extension for Firefox
- Backpack and GTD (Getting Things Done)
- NEW FEATURE: Multiple lists on a page and more
- Backpack Blackberry Hack
- New hardware = speed increase
- A bit of downtime
- PC World calls Backpack "Tremendous"
October 2005
- Backpack looks like Basecamp and Basecamp looks like Backpack
- MSDN article on the Backpack API
- NEW FEATURE: Writeboards!
September 2005
- Backpack Hacks by George Taylor McKnight
- NEW FEATURE: Recurring reminders
- BusinessWeek Best of the Web: Basecamp and Backpack
- Usage tip for tax time and charitable donations
August 2005
- Vote for Backpack in BusinessWeek's "Best of the Web" survey
- How to use Backpack to take notes for school
- A few adjustments
- How do I downgrade my account? Or, why can't I see the downgrade options on the Account page?
- "I'm recommending it to eveyone I know"
- "backpack is the perfect personal organization tool"
- "Backpack might start to supplant the pen and paper"
- Backpack featured on CBS News Chicago TV
- Sorry about the downtime this morning
July 2005
- Backpack in MIT Technology Review Magazine
- Backpack Dashboard Widget for OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Tweak: "Edit" moved to the front of to-dos and notes
June 2005
- "it never ceases to amaze me just how good it is"
- "It's so awesome"
- Morning access disrupted
- "If you need to get things done, you should give Backpack a try"
- "Goodbye Jot, Hello Backpack"
- "by far the best web application I've ever used"
- NEW: "Drag and Drop" reordering for to-dos and notes
- Today's downtime
- Content classification badges
- FIX: Printing issue with IE on the PC
- Kim Komando's Kool Site of the Day
- For Mac: Quicksilver and Backpack
May 2005
- System Problems
- Backpack makes the Wall Street Journal today
- "I'm in love. Love, I tell you."
- "beautifully simple, elegant"
- SSL now available on Plus and Premium plans
- Backpack on TV: Attack of the Show
- Backpack becomes a web service
- Fixed: Body sharing issue
- "I am absolutely delighted with Backpack"
- "It's worth every penny"
- Smart Communications and Vodafone Sweden added
- "Twice awesome now"
- Using Backpack to log calls via caller ID
- Tags tags tags!
- What are tags and how can I use tags in Backpack?
- Update: Better body editing
- Backpack Behind the Scenes
- Backpack Mobile is here - just add /mob to the end of your Backpack URL
- "My Life In A Nutshell"
- Tip: Categorize your pages with links
- Mac OS X Tip: Using Applescript to pop-up Backpack reminders
- Custom Javascript and form tags prohibited for security reasons
- Sharing improved for accounts with alternate email addresses
- Tip: Link image sources in their captions
- Mobile phone options updated
- List tip: Create trees with headers and →
- Changes section was reset
- Currently experiencing very heavy loads
- "Brilliant and very flexible"
- "Cool like the other side of the pillow"
- "Perfecto"
- "Setting the standard"
- "Backpack is way, way cool"
- "Even cooler than I expected"
- "Backpack is, how shall I put this, perfectly usable and elegant"
- "Simple, elegant and easy to use... Little engine of productivity"
- REMINDERS: +## to set in minutes or hours
- "Backpack has changed the way I live"
April 2005
- "So useful anyone can find a real use for it. Anyone."
- "The user interface is superb... Backpack has made me a believer"
- Making it easier to remember a page's email address
- "Ridiculously simple and awesome"
- "I want to marry it"
- "Packed elegantly into a fetching duffel I can throw over my virtual shoulder"
- "A simple, incredibly elegant and powerful, beautifully-designed answer"
- "OMG"
- Adding a simple table to a page
- "Perfectly conceived... the most elegantly executed web app I've seen"
- PAGES: Adding content to a page via email
- SETTINGS: Changing your Backpack color
- REMINDERS: Shortcut for adding a reminder today
- "The most convincing Web answer yet to the simplicity a spiral bound notebook"
- "Backpack is an intranet for your life"
- "I'll actually use this"
