1. love means.
If you find something wrong with your productivity tool for the first 5 minutes of using it, it won't stick. There are a ton of listing of decisions and action tracking applications out there. Find one that has the features you want and it's fun to use.
2. your tools need to be wherever you are.
GTD guru, Mr. Allen talks about making sure that you have a "ubiquitous capture tool" wherever you go. I tend to think that one step further: you need to have a ubiquitous toolset, wherever you go. This is especially true with as many mobile computing exploded in use and popularity over the past few years. We are all primarily through our smartphones, laptops, tablets, etc.; We must have our performance with the ours.
As I said earlier, there are a ton of "GTD" apps that promise you how productive you are and how easy they are to be used. While there is no "best GTD application out there for everyone, there are some close and can be highly recommended. The new kid on the block-Wunderlist (6Wunderkinder), cross platform "task manager has an easy-to-use", is available for Windows, OS X, iOS (iPad and iPhone), Android and Web browser, which enables synchronization over the air in all applications. It sounds pretty awesome, eh?
Today we'll look at how stacks up to Wunderlist as a tool for performance.
What I like most about Wunderlist is that it is dead simple. There are some management tasks app out there which folders, contexts, priority seats, subtasks, tags, etc. Wunderlist not like that; This allows the user to generate a bunch of list of groups (think contexts in GTD) and within each group the task list. Looks like you can have as many contexts as you want and as many tasks in each context as you want.
Your tasks can be time, reminders, notes, or star. They can also be dragged to any list, the group that you want (Windows, OS X and Web versions) or the list can be changed in detail task (DoD, Android). There is also a set of filters at the bottom of the desktop and Web applications, where you can see all the tasks in the film, completed tasks, today, tomorrow, next 7 days later and undated. One thing that bothers me about these filters, when you click any option you blob without identifying which task list group, they are in.
You can also create an account Wunderlist and all your data sync with Wunderlist cloud that allows you to store all of your devices sync up. In General, it works well and faster than any sync, I have experience in the desktop task management app (I'm looking at you, OmniFocus). I have installed on any platform that is available and synchronization seems pretty reliable. What I mean is that sometimes when you delete a task or marking it complete, mobile version for Android and iOS have a problem updating the counter list. This can be remedied by exiting and restarting the application, but it often did not happen.
Other features include the ability to print your current lists of tasks from desktop and Web versions, publish your list of "cloud" where you are given the URL "secret" share with friends or colleagues or by e-mail to your tasks. And, of course, that Wunderlist would be without his wonderful selection of background images? As far as I can tell, you can't add any background or own without doing some JavaScript preferences, which brings me to the latest killer features; Wunderlist is an open-source and therefore simply begging is added to. It consists of HTML, JavaScript and CSS and can be accessed via github have your geeky way.
One of the best things about this application is that it really is cross platform and for someone like me who uses Android, iOS, OS X, Windows and Linux is one of the main elements. All versions of applications, features and look and feel, and I must say that 6Wunderkinder did a good job of porting this app for all platforms are completely changing the user experience. Mobile apps are great, but there is still some room for improvement in the user interface and may use location, providing location based on context or objectives. However, for the first launch, which was available only for a couple of months Wunderlist hits the basic functions needed for a good GTD applications on all platforms.
To wrap up, let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of Wunderlist:
Cross platform support: Windows, OS X, web, Android, iOSFast "cloud sync? open sourceBeautiful backgroundsEasy management tasks including due dates and reminders, Star and list of groups (contexts) SearchEmail, printing, and sharing options" cloud "for the taskbar listsFree! synchronization can be unreliable on mobile devices at timesNo options for subtasks or start date subcontextsNo or repeat options, for use on tasksNo mobile applications
Chris is a developer, writer, tech enthusiasts and husband. He is studying, MIS and computer science from Penn State Behrendt. Chris was also interested in personal productivity and creativity and how to use technology to get more things done. Check out his technique of writing at androinica.com where he writes about Android.
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