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Todo.txt Touch For Android Adds Home Screen Widget, Tap To Call Support

10:30AM February 7, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Android: Todo.txt, our favourite plain text to-do list manager, has updated its touch-centric Android app to include a home screen widget, recognition for phone numbers and email addresses, and a few other fixes that make it easier to use. More »


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To-Do Manager Wunderkit Opens To Public

12:30AM February 2, 2012 | Alan Henry

Wunderkit, built by the same people behind Wunderlist, one of our favourite to-do list apps, is a new web-based to-do manager. It has been in private beta for a while, but just opened its doors to the public. Users can create multiple workspaces for different projects, and even invite the people working on those projects with them to collaborate on them in Wunderkit so everyone’s on the same page. More »


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Learn To Practise ‘Intentional Neglect’ To Ditch Unimportant Tasks

11:30PM January 31, 2012 | Alan Henry

Having more work on your plate than hours in the day is nothing new for most of us. The key to managing our workload is, sometimes, to learn what can fall off and what needs immediate attention, and let the unimportant work slide, whether we have explicit approval or not. Former CEO (and current Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers) Michael Hyatt describes this as “intentional neglect”, an essential part of triaging your workload. More »


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Producteev Is Now A Universal Task Manager

6:15AM January 25, 2012 | Melanie Pinola

Windows/Android: Comprehensive to-do suite Producteev has not only updated its web app and iPhone app, it’s now also showing some love for Windows 7 and Android users. The cross-platform task management app works great for group tasks and has a revamped interface. More »


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Pegby Is A Free, Web-Based To-Do Manager

11:30PM January 24, 2012 | Alan Henry

One of the fundamental principles of GTD is that you should be able to quickly look at your list of to-dos and easily see what your next items are and what you’re currently working on, all wrapped up in a service that makes it easy to enter your ideas and to-dos. Pegby is a new web app that’s designed with that goal in mind. More »


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How To Prioritise When Everything Is Important

3:00AM January 19, 2012 | Alan Henry

You know that sinking feeling you have when there’s too much on your plate? When you try to tackle your tasks by priority, but it feels like everything’s important? Don’t get overwhelmed — it’s a problem that everyone faces at some point or another, and while it’s difficult to skilfully juggle multiple priorities and competing responsibilities, it’s not impossible. Here’s how. More »


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Platinum Tasks Is A Beautiful To-Do App For Android Tablets

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11:45AM December 8, 2011 | Elly Hart

Android tablets: There’s no shortage of task management apps for Android, but you’ll be hard pressed to find something beautiful, functional and built specifically for Android tablets. Platinum Tasks by Aussie developer David Stallard is a polished, intuitive task management app that’s already getting excellent user reviews. More »


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Tic Toc For Mac Puts Your To-Do List In The Menu Bar

11:00PM November 18, 2011 | Alan Henry

Mac: If you’ve decided to swear off multitasking and want to focus on one thing at a time, Tic Toc is a handy to-do manager for Mac that lives in the menubar and only shows you one item at a time. More »


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Why A Plain Text To-Do List Works

3:00AM November 16, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Your to-do list is the hub of your personal productivity, so it makes sense that we’re attracted to to-do apps filled with bells, whistles and tassels. Then you realise you’re spending more time fiddling with your app than getting things done. Here’s why a simple text file will make your to-do lists fast, easy to manage and seamlessly integrate with everything else you use. More »


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Sandglaz Is A Web-Based To-Do Manager

12:00AM November 16, 2011 | Alan Henry

There’s no shortage of to-do managers and organisers on the web, but Sandglaz, a new web app that combines the best things from a day planner and a calendar together into an easy-to-use web app, really stands out. More »