I’m just a recent GTD convert, but I’ve been happy with the development of Actiontastic, a desktop client for the Mac. Still in beta, it’s quite nearly ready for prime time, and the developer just announced that there will be a web app that will sync with the desktop, so you can have best of both worlds. On the go inbox collection, NA’s, then sync to your desktop. Sounds perfect for my needs.
Where do you to-do?
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A new contender for my extensive to-do list management needs: Todoist. It’s interface requires me to change my methods a little from what I’ve been doing with Backpack, and it doesn’t appear to have an API, but it’s fluid and has major benefits. It provides the ability to attach a date and a priority to each item and you can query by date and automatically sort a to-do list into a day, week or other view. Editing and sorting are fluid and Ajaxified, and there’s a plethora of shortcut keys for people who are keyboard oriented (I most certainly am).
I will continue my $5/mo Backpack membership for now, because I love the calendar and the reminders (and the fact that they both call my cell phone to remind me of appointments and important events). But to-do list management is more than likely moving to Todoist. I think it will really improve my ability to organize my lists. I’ve not done a great job of interfacing Backpack with the GTDAlt bundle, if I had, that would keep me with Backpack. I never did get 2 way syncing smoothed out. Anyway, I thought I’d share, just in case anybody else has to-do lists that they’re constantly shuffling and depending on to keep their head cleared out.
I’m curious how other people are handling this task, though. Anybody got a perfect solution? I prefer to keep my lists on the web as opposed to using any of the GTD apps available, but would love a solution that combined the fluidity of a desktop app with the convenience of a web app. Packrat has Backpack pretty close to that for me… another reason I’ll continue to use Backpack is the pages I have set up for each client. The lists portion of Backpack has always disappointed me, so I’ll replace that part of it. It’s annoying to not have an all-in-one solution, but the rest of Backpack is so amazingly handy that I couldn’t imagine giving it up at this point. 
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02.22.07 / 10pm
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02.22.07 / 10pm
I’ve tried Actiontastic, and if I remember right it interfaces pretty well with Quicksilver. That could work…
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02.22.07 / 10pm
Correct. The author wrote a Quicksilver plugin that allows “on-the-fly” adding of items to your inbox, without having to navigate to the app. basically it’s a matter of creating a text clipping in quicksilver and sending the text file to actiontastic. Quite handy to not have to leave the app you are working in.
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02.24.07 / 8am
Yes - I know the tasks problem only too well! For years I’ve used Outlook at home, on the work server and on a PDA but since my gradual migration to macs over the last year, I’ve been loking for a new solution. At the moment, I’m using Google Calendar and Tasks - and am hoping that I can get my Blackberry Pearl to pick that up online when I’m on the road.
I like the look of ToDoist and will give it a try. ( Tried BNackpacker and didn’t geddit) I jiust wish Apple would come up with a seamless solution - maybe based on the iPhone and iCal? I think I saw that iCal in Leopard has a more sophisticated ToDo system.
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02.24.07 / 8am
I’m experimenting with a few app based solutions right now. My one requirement is that they work with quicksilver and it’s a bonus if they have online syncing. I’ll be posting my personal favorites soon. Brett
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