Tessa Thornton

Writing and Editing for the Web

Writing Samples

Online Articles

  • Fantastical: Menu Bar iCal Events in Plain English

    On Mac.Appsotrm

    It is a rare but welcome occasion when an app is developed to do something I've always wanted an app to do. Fantastical is precisely that app. Often, when adding an event to iCal, getting frustrated with date and time fields, and giving up on adding any details but the name, I've pondered "shouldn't there be another way?" Read More

  • SpeedTask: The Cloud-Sync To-Do List Solution?

    On Mac.Appsotrm

    I'll be honest: the past 18 years of school have made me a forgetful, disorganized, unmotivated procrastinator. Since I like shiny, pretty interfaces and putting off doing work, I've spent a lot of time looking into various GTD and to-do list apps. During the school year, I used a full-featured GTD app (Things) to track and organize dozens of readings, assignments and exams. Read More

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  • Notica: Your Visual Memory Companion

    on iPhone.Appstorm

    An iPhone can be a powerful memory aid — jot down a note or a phone number without hunting for paper and a pen, or take a quick picture of anything you'd like to remember, from bus schedules to business cards. Sometimes, however, we lose track of the context of the many pictures on our phones, I still can't remember the address of the apartment building I took a photo of last month. Read More

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