[startingpoint]

Hey HN, Benedict the developer here.

I built MonkeyMind as a scratchpad for thoughts while in deep focus. Whenever something pops up in my mind, I needed a place to put it and get back to work.

Pen and paper can do the trick, but something with a Spotlight-like shortcut would be better.

And that is what MonkeyMind does. A simple global keyboard shortcut to add items and an app that lives in the menubar and gets out of your way.

Let me know what you think!

[myrloc]

I really like the idea. However, the fact that I can only purchase it from the Mac App Store is a blocker for me, since I primarily use my work Mac, where I'm logged in w/ my work Apple ID. Seeing as there's no way to share or transfer apps between my work Apple account(s) and my personal Apple account, I'd have to buy two copies, which I don't want to do.

[BrowserMeeting]

Benedict - this app looks awesome! Will install this when I get OS X reinstalled on my Mac!

I have been looking for something like this that keeps me out of apps while I am in code mode!

[oblongx]

I really like the app but that monkey icon turns me off big time, allow me to not have the monkey and I'll buy it for sure.

[case]

Congrats on making this, it looks slick.

Would you consider adding sync functionality, so that the same list works on multiple machines?

[startingpoint]

Thanks for the kind words. Sync is definitely something I'm considering, but I can't promise any timelines.

[revertts]

It looks like there's a single 5-star review by "Benedict B." Did you review your own app?

[jusujusu]

I don’t have the answer to this, but giving your own app 5 stars seems totally reasonable and fair. It’s like voting, everyone has one vote, why on earth would you not vote yourself if you’re on the menu?

[revertts]

I think the small upside (a single 5-star rating contributes very little to app ranking) is outweighed by the potential downsides (it can be a turnoff if the user sees that because it strikes of astroturfing, which seems a hot topic these days; it violates app store guidelines, though there's a close to zero chance of that being enforced).

To me it seems like unnecessary risk for little benefit.

Edit: And product reviews are not the same as voting. :)