Thank you.
All 5 editions and as simple as it deserves to be. What more can you ask for?
Pretentious
A pretentious pack of random drivel by a bloviating, washed-up poseur
Alberquerque
The one without the parsley is the one without the poison. Hard to tell at this distance (in time).
I love Oblique Strategies, but...
Was very happy to see this appear for free in the App Store after having it on a Jailbroken iPod Touch.
But. What happened to portrait mode? It's very annoying to have to move to two-handed landscape mode just to read the screen. Also I agree with others who have said this would be a perfect application for a shake-to-shuffle feature. Really it would be shake-to-show-next (random) item, ideally.
It's great to see a preferences screen with the choice of different editions of the strategies. It would be nice to have some more information about the editions - are the editions additive, or do some strategies get dumped when editions get updated? How different are they? Why are they different? OK, I'll try to find the answer on the web, but some hints about this inside the app would not hurt. Should also have an option to select from ALL editions (but with duplicates removed, so everything has an equal chance of getting selected).
This is a music app in the same way that a color wheel is a restaurant app. In other words, not at all. Yes, you can use a color wheel to help you decide how to paint a restaurant... just like can use Oblique Strategies to help inspire your music. But it's not for music only. Eno and Schmidt are not just musicians. This app should be put in another category, not Music. I would say put it in the App Store Productivity category.
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This is how it seems to be
For all mankind.
Love it!
Awesome phrases to get you thinking!
Nicely Done
This is the nicest implementation of Oblique Strategies I've found in the app store ... and free as well!
I appreciate the ability to select which version of the cards are being used.
I'd like to be able to choose when to reshuffle a pack, maybe by shaking the iPhone, rather than waiting until the pack is used up (or selected and reslecting which version to use) but this is a minor issue.
The ability to add my own cards would be icing on the cake. Thanks for this app.
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Great.
Fantastic. Really pleased to discover that there was an app for this.
90 degrees from perfection
A lovely implementation of a magnificent creative device. If only it were oriented vertically it would be more comfortable to use. Randomization wouldn't hurt either. You're at the threshold of greatness. Push harder.
Interesting, but not sure how useful
Not to be confused with a similarly-named 99-cent app from a different developer. This app allows a random draw from the “Oblique Strategies” deck, a set of flash cards originally developed by a musician to help him break creative blocks. It’s never really done much for me in that regard, but it’s an interesting curiosity—sort of like a “Magic 8 Ball” with more faces.
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great for a whack in the head
This is a great complement to my Oblique Strategies deck. It's not a total replacement, as the tactile aspect of the cards has itabiwn advantages, especially in a group setting.
Sometimes useful for songwriting, but moreso for arranging, mixing, and other production aspects of recording music.
My only complaint is the lack of a slideshow feature. That being said, it's free, so I can't complain too much! I'd love to see a similar app for Roger van Oech's Creative Whack cards.
Sometimes useful for songwriting, but moreso for arranging, mixing, and other production aspects of recording music.
My only complaint is the lack of a slideshow feature. That being said, it's free, so I can't complain too much! I'd love to see a similar app for Roger van Oech's Creative Whack cards.
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simple, nice, free
it does one thing and it does it well.
i've used it quite a bit to generate ideas or to get over creative humps when writing songs, so it's been extremely useful to me.
simply awesome.
If you have any interest in the exploration of controlled chance or aleatoric music/methodologies, you will love this.
free?? DOWNLOAD IT - WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??
very cool
is exactly what it claims - and is free.
People who are complaining about features need to write their own version of the app or shutup - it's free.
Haven't noticed the randomization issue - but I haven't looked for it - so that may be a problem.
Randomizing is so easy..
It's so easy to do that you're making a mockery of yourselves and the great content within this app by not doing it. Even if it's free the app deserves to be fixed. Fix this.
Great strategy tool
Need some updates though
Outstanding
For such a simple app it is quite simply outstandingly usefull. If you don't get it, you don't need it!
Excellent
Easy tool that helps you to think out of the box.
Terrific
I own an actual deck, have used the dashboard widget, yahoo widget, and even made my own. This is a terrific way to bring them with me on the go.
Given time, this becomes useful
Some of the cards seem weird at first, but once you use them a few times, you get the hang of it. Good for curing a mental block