Hey Jonas: interesting app. I can't use a white desktop background, though.

As probably most of the people here at HN, I often spend 12+ hours per day around screens, so anything that contributes to my eyes getting more tired is a bad idea. White really isn't the way to go.

Perhaps adding the possibility to choose a hex color for the background, or making the app add the quotes to the user's existing background is where you should go next. Best of luck with sales.

You can do this better with Geektool/Nerdtool, that way it'll be an overlay of your actual desktop background (so you can have things other than plain white) and you can of course supply your own quotes.

  $ /usr/local/plan9/bin/fortune
  Don't look back -- something may be gaining on you.  -Satchel Paige.

it could be a little nice free app. Doesn't look like something I can pay $2.99 for. (don't tell me that I already pay $5 for coffee)

Interesting, just this morning I wrote a python script using https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pync to do something similar, except by sending OS X notifications to myself. I made some resolutions recently and I needed to remind myself of them regularly so I'd stick to them. So my 'app' chooses one from a list (randomly) and every 1-3 hours (randomly) sends a notification.

No thanks, I'll stick to those crappy posters that say "Achievement" or "Creativity". Or maybe the cat hanging off the branch.

I've never before seen someone try and monetise a MOTD feature.