DISQUS

Paul Jacobson: How do you manage your tasks?

  • Stii · 1 year ago
    OmniPlan and OmniFocus are overly complicated. We use Basecamp to organize tasks, todos and deadlines and it is as easy as PI and pretty effective, although quite basic. I'd suggest that you take a look at it. http://www.basecamphq.com/

    Another very similar service is http://huddle.net

    Both are project management services, but I reckon would be very effective if applied for scheduling daily tasks.
  • Stii · 1 year ago
    OmniPlan and OmniFocus are overly complicated. We use Basecamp to organize tasks, todos and deadlines and it is as easy as PI and pretty effective, although quite basic. I'd suggest that you take a look at it. http://www.basecamphq.com/

    Another very similar service is http://huddle.net

    Both are project management services, but I reckon would be very effective if applied for scheduling daily tasks.
  • Paul · 1 year ago
    Thanks Stii. I have been using the task lists in Mail because it is on my local machine. I found that I forget about it and the tasks I have. I like the idea of breaking bigger tasks down to single action items and OmniFocus seems to be the best way of managing that ... and it will synch with iCal/Mail.

    I wonder if I don't need far more structure for my tasks as well as the ever present need to keep referring back to it as I go and make it a key part of my workflow.
  • Paul · 1 year ago
    Thanks Stii. I have been using the task lists in Mail because it is on my local machine. I found that I forget about it and the tasks I have. I like the idea of breaking bigger tasks down to single action items and OmniFocus seems to be the best way of managing that ... and it will synch with iCal/Mail.

    I wonder if I don't need far more structure for my tasks as well as the ever present need to keep referring back to it as I go and make it a key part of my workflow.
  • John Kendrick · 1 year ago
    You might also want to try an application called Nozbe. I use it to access my GTD from my Windows computer at work, my Mac at home and even carry my GTD with me on my cell phone, I am never without it. I've written a couple of recent posts about my experiences at http://johnkendrick.wordpress.com
  • Andrew Flusche · 1 year ago
    Paul - I'm definitely a lover of Remember the Milk. It takes a little getting used to for GTD, but it's awesome.
  • Andrew Flusche · 1 year ago
    Paul - I'm definitely a lover of Remember the Milk. It takes a little getting used to for GTD, but it's awesome.
  • Paul · 1 year ago
    Hey Andrew

    Thanks for your comment. I took a look at RTM a while ago as an addon to Gmail and then Google Cal. It would be great if I could sync my iCal tasks with RTM because that makes my tasks portable (this may be possible, I haven't checked back in a while to see if it works).
  • Paul · 1 year ago
    Hey Andrew

    Thanks for your comment. I took a look at RTM a while ago as an addon to Gmail and then Google Cal. It would be great if I could sync my iCal tasks with RTM because that makes my tasks portable (this may be possible, I haven't checked back in a while to see if it works).