OK, so I have never found a good software choice for this, so I thought I might see if any DMSers had found something great for this.
I have seen plenty of crap, and I have used plenty of crappy solutions, even dorked around in word and excel. But everything I have tried winds up being way too cumbersome, hence big time waster. Anyone found the awesomeness for to do list software?
Here are criteria I dream of:
*Heirarchical-when I start it I see major task groups that I can go down into and see tasks for each group. Example: when rebuilding Mazda I could had that as high level group, with all the tasks needing completion underneath.
*cloud based accessible via pc and android, even browser ready
*ties into contacts and calendar somehow where maybe I can schedule my time and log accomplishments
*Something clean, doesnāt make a huge bloody mess creating confusion.
*Easy to manipulate, should be easy and intuitive to edit, add, delete, report.
Aha!, Basecamp, and MS Project are the 3 Iāve used off the top of my head. I like Aha!, but Basecamp is much cheaper and has most of the functionality.
If youāre an Office 365 subscriber, MS has just release āPlannerā (I think itās supposed to supplant Project, which has been āgoing awayā since forever, but keeps being released anyway) and, depending on your plan, you might have access to.
It sucks, but if itās included in something youāre already paying forā¦
I use cloud based COZI to track all my appointments. http://www.cozi.com/ It can be accessed from any computer or cell phone. You can even bulk download your appointments into it from Office 365, Google, and a host of other applications. It is simple to use and cheap. Even sends out email reminders to flagged events.
Karl, I agree. GTD is the best idea out there. I will look into Chaos Control to see how it implements things. David Allen is big on not promoting a particular app for his system. An app is not enough but knowing GTD and a good app would be awesome. Get the Getting Things Done book (hardcopy). Itās really extremely simple.
Create a trusted system for your projects or āto doā needs in order to declutter your mind. Your brain has better things to do than keep track of your āto doā needs in an ineffective manner.
You canāt ādoā a project or a ābigā thing. You can only do tasks. You can only do small tasks. All big tasks are composed of small tasks.
His book would make a good DMS class hosted by someone who is implementing the system well.
First of all, Chaos Control has the title that summarizes the problem description and needed solution concisely.
I have spent 5 minutes looking at this software, and I must say, that is EXACTLY what I had no idea I needed. Wow! Glad I found my old post. Thanks David Allen fans. What a gem!
