TUAW Recommends Joke App

ejdmoo writes "The Unofficial Apple Weblog, a very popular Apple enthusiast site, has accidentally posted (and since retracted) a recommendation for an application called Procrastinatr. Though the original website for Procrastinatr promises to 'efficiently prioritize your calendars and regain lost time,' it gives no real description of the functionality. In reality, the application was written as something of an extensive joke between friends, moving all iCal appointments and tasks forward a week. The author has since apologized and posted a fix for users who borked their calendars. This story once again highlights the importance of making sure something is legitimate before letting it run loose on your system, even if it appears to be coming from a reputable source."

Comments

Timeshifting

[jekewa]

I always try to move my appointments out a week. It gives me time to get to the things I had to postpone from their original schedule to this week.

Next Week

[neonprimetime]

Reminder: Post a response to this article on Slashdot

Re:Next Week

[blowdart]

I think you mean "Post this news article on slashdot". And it recurs every week.

New Apple Slogans

[Cleon]

"Think Different...Maybe next week."
"Switch...When you get around to it."
"Get a Mac...Someday."

coming from a reputable source

[stratjakt]

Like an "unofficial weblog". Yeah, sounds reputable to me!

This app could have saved them!

[EddieBurkett]

If only they had Procrastinatr already installed for their calendars. They would have then waited a week to check TAUW, by which point the post suggesting they use Procrastinatr would have been fixed. What a shame...

In a more important story ....

[Anonymous Coward]

The word "loose" was used properly on slashdot. More news coming at 11.

Re:In a more important story ....

[gEvil (beta)]

Quit being such a looser...

Oh the irony

[HardCase]

This story once again highlights the importance of making sure something is legitimate before letting it run loose on your system, even if it appears to be coming from a reputable source.

Timothy, Zonk and the rest of you guys, are you paying attention?

What a brilliant idea!

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

But I don't understand. Was there some kind of bug in this application? From the descriptions it sounds like it was 100% effective at postponing all of your appointments by a week.

Re:What a brilliant idea!

[gEvil (beta)]

I don't know if it was 100% effective. As far as I can tell, it just adjusted things in your calendar. Now if it had sent an email to the appointees notifying them that you couldn't meet with them as originally scheduled, but rather a week later, then I would call it 100% effective.

Now that you mention it...

[MyOtherUIDis3digits]

I don't think this ram-doubling, internet accellerating, penis enlarging app I just installed is working like it should either. Soon as this "formatting c:\, please wait" message that popped up goes away I will upd

update to Procrastinatr

[vldragon]

This app would have been much cooler if it would have only postponed event for a day. But the app would run all the time constintly pushing back all events one day. The should effectivly keep your schedule clear forever. An added bonus would be if it automaiclly e-mail all parties involved in an event telling them every time the even has been postponed.

Re:sigh

[Pink Tinkletini]

We Mac users are a merry folk. Tee hee.

On running something just because someone told you

[nblender]

You can lead a windows user to a Mac, but you can't make him smart. Or: Once a windows user, always a windows user.

I may as well post my own witty comment...

[martinultima]

In about a week.