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 My name is Konstantin Monastyrsky. I founded Okna Corporation in 1990 after recognizing the commercial potential of DeskTop Set – the first personal information manager for Microsoft Windows I conceived, designed, and programmed myself. The word 'Okna' means 'windows' in Russian.
Between 1993 and 1998, I recruited a team of almost 30 programmers, testers, and graphics designers. During that time, the program increased from initial 250,000 lines of the code I programmed for the first three versions to over 1.5 million in version 6.5, making it one of the most complex Windows production systems of that era.
DeskTop Set quickly received wide acclaim and repeatedly captured the industry's key editorial awards - Editor’s Choice, Best Buy, Experts’ Pick, and five-star ratings from all major software portals, including C/Net, ZDNet, and IDGNet:
In 1996 I started to experience debilitating health problems related to the complications of type 2 diabetes. My obsession with a vegetarian lifestyle largely precipitated this condition.
Despite DeskTop Set's commercial and editorial acclaim, I closed the company in the summer of 1998. At that time, DeskTop Set was already used at over 50,000 client sites.
Despite the odds, DeskTop Set still works on all 16-bit versions of Windows, including Windows 11. and remains one of the longest-running general applications for Microsoft Windows. That's real longevity.
It may not surprise you that my next project was also connected to productivity, health, and longevity, albeit in a very different field, with even more profound implications than my considerable contributions to developing the contemporary software design paradigm.
Over all those years, I was hoping that someone, somewhere, would come up with an app similar to DeskTop Set, but to my surprise and astonishment, no one did. Tired of waiting, in early 2017, I decided to develop an app similar to DeskTop Set, except this time for iPhone, Android, and the web. You can see and download the results of that effort here [Skrol.us].
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