How do you organize your life? In the past I’ve entertained the thought that the important tasks rise to the top like cream, and there’s no reason to waste time shuffling todo lists when that time could otherwise be put to productive use – oh the irony! There’s truth to that – you can’t be anal about every possible task you have. But… I HAVE TOO MUCH I WANT TO DO. I don’t want to be the jellyfish caught in the tide of life. I am pretty good at “not catching the ball” when it’s not the right thing to do, but I want a system that helps me be laser-precise in applying my limited resources. It just happens to be the time for that “sequence” in my life – no one is driven like a man in his 40’s. The requirements of the perfect task planning system:
- responsive, intuitive – i.e., FAST task-calendar flip
- quickly offload tasks from memory – i.e., available anywhere
UPDATE: Chandler is the current champ, and I got it working through a proxy, so I’ll give it a good strong thrubbing.
Contenders:
| app | linux | windoze | web | mobile | open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chandler | x | x | x | ? | x |
| thunderbird+lightning+provision | x | x | x | ? | x |
| palm+kpilot+kontact+palm desktop | x | x | ? | x | x |
| palm+evolution+palm desktop | x | x | ? | x | x |
| egroupware | x | ? | x | ||
| remember the milk | ~ | x | x | ||
| sunbird | x | x | x | ||
| outlook+covey or whatever addon | x | x | |||
| moleskin/pen and paper | x | x | |||
| wall calendar | x |
It’s extremely hard to beat pen and paper, but I’ll give the others a run and see if something clicks… if I’m going to be thorough here, I’ve got my work cut out for me…
Good luck, Mike–I was gonnagoogle for a home filing system. Never learned filing or typing(except for 6 weeks in summer school) in high school,cuz I had to take math and science for pre-nursing. I, of course, can’t imagine what this is all about, but I’m sure you do.
Thanks for the car rental itinerary– I think Val and I are gonna look for ours tonite
You’ve got the idea – I’m sure what they taught in your filing class was at least as good as all the clunky software out there. Dan John and I were kicking around the idea of writing our own, building a better mousetrap.
We’ll be in Decatur soon! :>