Hey,
I am very intrigued by David’s Project Status Board idea.
But Omnigraffle is out of my price league and I’m not a fan of the Omni group’s overall design aesthetic.
Over a decade ago, I had something similar set up in a TiddlyWiki file to quickly jump to local folders and a few apps. While TiddlyWikis still exist, they nowadays require a second app to be launchable. The reason being security restrictions of modern browsers when executing JavaScript code locally. All in all, TiddlyWikis just don’t seem timely anymore.
The idea of mixing the following into one “launchpad” is very appealing:
- dynamic dashboard to launch apps in the right context
- a kanban style view (with drag and drop) to reflect state (waiting, hold, etc.)
- and maybe even show flow-chart elements to reflect process steps as a visual cue for common workflows
The last resort would be to code a small website by hand, but having something run locally with dynamic data input will add complexity and make it harder to maintain effortlessly. And the limitations that TiddlyWikis have to deal with will be another factor that complicates things with this approach.
Any ideas what else could be used to achieve this?
Thanks a lot