We’ve been working on something very cool that we’re close to sharing….

Today it’s even easier to find people and projects in Staction. Now search is context specific to the page you’re viewing. Use it to quickly find projects on the projects page, or people on the people page.

In Staction, any custom view you make can be saved, and is dynamically updated as new content matches the criteria. Individual saved views even have their own RSS feeds.

Check out https://entermotion.staction.com/help/article/9/ for more ideas on how to make the most of your saved views.

Here at Paste we decided that we’d like you to get to know us a little better. To do that, we’re starting a new string of posts called “The 5 Series.” In these short articles, we’ll give you little insights into our personal lives (but never TMI!).

And so, meet Brian, our main developer of both Jumpchart and Staction. Here are 5 desktop apps he uses most often.

1. Things.app
“I use Things on my Mac and iPhone to keep my life outside work organized. I keep wishlists, gift ideas, grocery lists and much more on it. The synchronization with my iPhone makes it perfect to take everywhere I go.”

2. Yojimbo
“I started using this to plan a trip last month, and haven’t been able to stop using it since! It’s my little box of collection of things I’ll need sometime in the future.”

3. Tweetie
“Again, I use it for my Mac and iPhone- it’s just the best Twitter client.”

4. Airfoil and Airfoil Speakers
“Whenever I’m working in the living room, this pair of apps works perfectly to stream music from my laptop to my media center that’s connected to my home theater system.”

5. Audio Hijack Pro
“I use this to mute the sound on Firefox. I hate websites and banners that play music!”

We’re very happy to announce that as of today, all of our paid accounts on Staction now have a free 30 day trial included. We’re hoping this gives new users more freedom to fully test out all the features of Staction while they decide if they like it, and to see which account best fits their needs. Keep Reading

We’re very happy to announce today that the Staction API is live for the public!

Our vision for Staction has always focused on the web interface, -but we’re excited to be extending that vision to allow people to access their workflow from devices, widgets, apps, and anything our community can imagine.

This move is also important because it’s an expression of something very important to us. Your data is yours! Via the API you can now move your information in and out of Staction into the places where you need it most.

We hope you’ll quickly realize that the structure of Staction’s data is its’ real strength. The simple tagging system, and the chronological posts means that the database can provide structure and support for numerous applications that extend even further than Staction itself.

As always, -the fun part of our job is interacting with all the great people who use our products. We’re really happy to be giving this to you, and we’re prepared to help out as much as possible with all of the great projects you want to create.

To learn more about the API, please visit the new documentation section:
http://api.staction.com/documentation/

To grab your very own developer key, go here:
http://api.staction.com/documentation/developer-key/

Please send any questions or comments on how we can improve your experience with the API to the Staction support email, or leave a comment in this thread.

Recently a user pointed out via Twitter that our Staction signup process could be smarter about how it handled errors. When you work on web apps, there are about a thousand things you should do better. Maybe a hundred thousand. You’ve worked so incredibly hard on the things you have done, that when someone points out the things you haven’t gotten to, it’s easy to get defensive. We hope that in the future we, and you, can remember this answer we gave to the user’s complaint:

“You’re right; we can do better.”

It’s the only proper answer to give…

If you take a look at the reasons we create web apps, it boils down to mainly one thing: organization. With that in mind, it makes sense that we keep organization simple. If we don’t, we get wrapped up in everything that had us disorganized in the first place. Simple. Is. Better. 

Veteran creative director Rich Barrett recently talked to readwriteweb about some of the online trends he sees today.  Keep Reading

It’s strange- we used to think we were in the business of creating web apps.

What we sell isn’t bundled up javascript, and glossy buttons… We sell a process. We sell conceptual ways to work and organize. 

The thing to keep in mind is that people are actually buying into something completely different when you think they’re buying nothing more than your product. They’re buying…

... the attitude of your company.

... the belief that the process you preach is better than the alternatives.

... the experience of participating in your brand. Keep Reading

We’re a dispersed team. Spread all over town, the country, and even the world. Seven of us. Any one of us could be working in their underwear all day long, and the rest of us would be none-the-wiser. This is not something that could have happened a decade ago. The cost, and complication of it would have made it tedious, and frustrating. The thought of sending faxes to someone in their underwear is pretty funny though. Keep Reading