The Story of OmniPlan

Full transcript and show notes at <a href='https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/the-story-of-omniplan/'>theomnishow.omnigroup.com</a> <p>In the studio are Ken Case, CEO of The Omni Group; Ainsley Bourque Olson, <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omniplan/">OmniPlan</a> Prime Minster; and Greg Titus, OmniPlan Engineer — and we talk about how OmniPlan came to be and where it’s going.</p> <h1>The Story of OmniPlan</h1> <p>In the studio are Ken Case, CEO of The Omni Group; Ainsley Bourque Olson, <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omniplan/">OmniPlan</a> Prime Minster; and Greg Titus, OmniPlan Engineer — and we talk about how OmniPlan came to be and where it’s going.</p> <hr /> <p>OmniPlan, originally a side project by Greg, found its way into Omni’s circle of productivity apps — before OmniFocus, but after OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle.</p> <p>If you’re interested in helping test OmniPlan — or any Omni app — go to <a href="https://omnigroup.com/test">omnigroup.com/test</a> to get started. We appreciate it!</p> <p>And if you’re interested in collaboration between OmniPlan and OmniFocus, please email <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> and we’ll add you to our list and get back to you when we’re ready for help.</p> <p>But first, check out this fun <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/video/set/omniplan-3-for-mac/monte-carlo-simulation/">video for OmniPlan’s Monte Carlo Simulation</a>. (We link to this because it’s the host-of-the-show’s favorite.) The video is by our intrepid producer Mark Boszko, and it stars the amazing Aaron Kwong.</p> <p>You can find Ken on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kcase">@kcase</a>, Ainsley <a href="https://twitter.com/ainslaw">@ainslaw</a> on Twitter, and Greg <a href="https://twitter.com/gregtitus">@gregtitus</a> on Twitter. We have also done a previous interview show with <a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/ainsley-bourque-olson-omniplan-pm">Ainsley</a> and one with <a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/greg-titus-omniplan-engineer">Greg</a>.</p> <p>Some other people, places, and things mentioned:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_leveling">Resource leveling</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/more">OmniWeb</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnioutliner/">OmniOutliner</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/">OmniGraffle</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/more">OmniDiskSweeper</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/review/OmniDazzle">OmniDazzle</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv">Lotus Improv</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT">NeXT</a></li> <li><a href="https://quantrix.com/products/quantrix-modeler/">Quantrix</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_Design">Lighthouse Design</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems">Sun</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/">OmniFocus</a></li> <li><a href="https://lifehacker.com/the-kinkless-gtd-system-128583">Kinkless GTD</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applicationservices/apple_event_manager">Apple events</a></li> <li><a href="https://cocoasamurai.blogspot.com/2010/12/objective-c-memory-management-garbage.html">Objective-C garbage collection</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html">Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)</a></li> <li><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/project/">Microsoft Project</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.webdav.org/">WebDAV</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.icloud.com/">iCloud</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileMe">MobileMe</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDisk">iDisk</a></li> <li><a href="http://tenon.com/">Tenon</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.boeing.com/">Boeing</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart">Gantt charts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/iPad_or_Bust">“iPad or Bust!”</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/omni-roadmap-2019">Omni Roadmap 2019</a></li> </ul>