Just got a paid subscription to RememberTheMilk. I sync this with my Outlook calendar, and sync my Outlook calendar with a Google calendar that I can manipulate with my iPhone. Then I have OneNote on all my desktops and iPhone as well. It's great for taking notes and organizing random thoughts. I now have all my tasks, to-do lists and notes available anywhere.

(Caution. Time warp)

>Timesheets :
>http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/timetrek/

Worked fine but I wanted more access to the log files and backup.  Editing was clunky.

Switched to
http://www.spudcity.com/traxtime/

I don't write anything down, in anything. Ever. Not saying that's one of my better ideas, but at least I'm consistant and I don't ever forget to do it:)

Well, since I switched almost all of my income this year to (in-house) consulting and management gigs I'd better write it down or I'll starve.

>I'd better write it down
My way is no good. That's why I'm interested in what's going on here, even if I can't contribute.

IMO, what needs to happen is a really basic system of efficiency needs to be designed, on an open source/CMS level... and then individuals need to come in and be able to tweak it for their needs and contribute code for others.  

In other words, my 'todo' list needs to reflect jobs around the house, car maintenance, bill pay, grocery shopping, online project management of different jobs/clients - so that when I say 'pick up apples and cut the grass' I don't switch from my business agenda, to my yellow stickies, to my notepad....assuming I had all those things.... and if I want to change format, then it would be as easy changing skinz in WP.

One program to rule them all:)

Why am I not an Evernote affiliate lol

My original setup used to be setting up projects in TextMate on my Mac and keeping files / notes on each topic in their own separate projects. Like, I would have one project for the code, the code for specific tasks further split by folder in that project, then I'd have a project for client #1 with all notes concerning that specific client, same for client #2 through n, then a project for my own project with the same setup, then a project for my unrelated notes, etc. Worked just fine while I was using one computer only but then I got an iPad so needed a way to sync stuff. This is when I switched to Evernote at least partially as it syncs across multiple devices. It also allows for attaching files, e.g. if I have a certain note for a certain project and it is associated with a certain file (be it an Excel spreadsheet or a Ruby script or some screenshot or whatever), I can attach that file to the note and it syncs all the way too. Evernote is also very good if you need to share your info with anybody else working with you so you can set up notebooks that you share with people, in the paid version you can give them not only view access but also edit access. For the checklists of tasks to do I have kinda started using Reminders on my Mac but seeing as it syncs in a really gay way through the cloud and not directly with the same app on the iPad I do not quite like that and also tend to use Evernote for checklists - not quite as graphical and no actual popup reminders but if you know you gotta have a look at it every now and then to see what needs to be done then it can work pretty well.

>ipad

Add a Samsung Galaxy and a couple of legacy Win XP & Vista laptops and desktops to the mix and that pretty much lays out Louise's digital lifestyle.

Evernote & Gdocs is about the best we've found to bridge it all.  Evernote allows you the most "freestyle" formatting, DB, you can just wing it. When you get really lazy, just take a photo with the smartphone and file it.

am I the only person who still writes lists? With a pen and paper.

I just find it easier. Work wise, I start my day by making a list, I hope to end my day with everything crossed off it. If I don't I add the leftovers to the next days list.

When the list gets to be longer than a page, I handover half of it to someone else even if they're not qualified/capable/sober.  It rarely goes too badly wrong.

>am I the only person who still writes lists? With a pen and paper.

Yes.

Well, no. I try to keep a notepad on construction job sites.


I use gmail "drafts" to keep notes -usually in list form. I have gmail open in the background anyway.  It a cheap cloud.

QuoteI use gmail "drafts" to keep notes -usually in list form. I have gmail open in the background anyway.  It a cheap cloud

OMG so unparanoid of you!
Why if there is Evernote? Even cheaper and more flexible cloud...

Quote from: Gurtie on December 21, 2012, 09:17:01 PM
am I the only person who still writes lists? With a pen and paper.

I used to do it but because I work from at least two places, sometimes more, carrying around paper lists led to losing them so I switched to digital notes

>unparanoid

I'm old and toothless now. Google wouldn't waste the keystrokes searching for me. Besides, my sites went white-ish the day Cutts joined the private group at Wmw.

>evernote

I don't carry a smartphone. I like stupidphones.

I've been using Reminders on my Mac and setting up geo fencing eg Buy kitchen towel - location Sainsburys.  It's works well for simple things like that and telemeeting reminders because it buzzes my iphone so doesn't matter where i am.

I've been using Evernote since IW suggested and I love it, but I mainly use it for personal things such as lists of nice hotels, recipes, suitcases I like, basically bookmarks so far.

For sites and links I use spreadsheets in a shared dropbox folder.  I find that the best way to ask for work to be done, and the best way to track it.  It also makes it easy to take a bunch of links, stick them in spin syntaxes and do whatever I do with that. 

>am I the only person who still writes lists? With a pen and paper.

Nope. The satisfaction of crossing that list off, just ain't the same when hitting delete.

Quote from: Drastic on December 22, 2012, 02:15:44 PM
>am I the only person who still writes lists? With a pen and paper.

Nope. The satisfaction of crossing that list off, just ain't the same when hitting delete.

Yes that feeling was indeed highly satisfying but a few apps have nice animation, might be just the same effect

You should go see Drastic's office sometime, he's the poster child for anal-rententive record keeping.  I wish I had that skillset.