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TaskTome Manages Your To-Do's and More
Posted by Lifehacker US Edition at 12:30 AM on September 11, 2008
Windows: taskTome is a lightweight task manager with a host of additional features. While the task system is robust enough to stand on its own with just the basic task management list, taskTome includes several other modules which enhance usability. The following is a breakdown of the planner, tasks, notes, and money management sections of taskTome:
- Monthly planner: offers a month-view (no week or daily views, but these somehow don't seem necessary). You can add an event by right clicking "add event." Events can be set to repeat at regular intervals and, if so, can be set to expire at a certain date. The event page itself offers rich-text editing options as well as a spelling checker.
- Tasks component: you can set (1) priority, (2) user-specified category, (3) date, and (4) status, and sort by any of these fields by clicking on the column headers. A task with a set date will appear in the monthly planner page, which is great. Other features: spell-checking, adding comments to individual tasks, a search box for finding tasks.
- Notes component: offers tabbed notes browsing, rich text editing, spell-check, and searching within a note (although not across all notes). You can also embed objects such as MS Office files, images, etc. in your notes. Notes are individually saved in taskTome's own format, but can be exported. [...]
- Money component: this is a kind of cash flow table which gives you the ability to define as many "accounts" as you need (which you can do in the 'settings' section), including associating a URL with the account such as to be able to open that URL in the browser from within taskTome at the click of a button. It also provides a chart that represents your financial situation visually and includes an interest calculator.
While taskTome lacks the ability to sync to a portable device if you're looking for a simple and free management tool to use on your home computer or laptop, it has the basics well covered to the tune of free. taskTome is freeware, Windows only.
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RenRen
Posted 12:55 AM 11/9/08
I've never really seen the need in the daily or weekly views for Outlook, etc. Then again, I don't have a ton of meetings each day. Sure, I have a ton of things to do, but I can just put those in a list on a post-it. Meetings that require scheduling and preparations, and me taking notes, are far and few in between.
RenRen
redsandsystems
Posted 1:56 AM 11/9/08
I'm got tired of too many bells and whistles I like things simple. That's why I like pityfish.com.
redsandsystems
cmowire
Posted 1:55 AM 11/9/08
You know, I think that, given my lifestyle, if a piece of organizational software isn't able to be accessed from my home computer, my work computer, and my smartphone, without requiring me to think about it, it's useless to me.
cmowire
SamburgerHandwich
Posted 1:54 AM 11/9/08
@RenRen: Scheduling and weekly reviews are important aspects of GTD methodology. Scheduling lets you keep your mind on the task at hand, because the other stuff on your list has a proper time for action. Weekly reviews allow you to reassess your priorities and take a big picture look at what's on your plate.
I'm not saying that GTD is the method for everyone, but these things have their place in any to-do list software.
SamburgerHandwich
RenRen
Posted 2:07 AM 11/9/08
I meant "SamburgerHandwich", but you know what I mean.
RenRen
RenRen
Posted 2:07 AM 11/9/08
@ SamburgerSandwich : I definetely am not part of the GTD crowd. I mean, I like getting things done, I just don't really see the need to have a method about it. Maybe I'm less productive, maybe I'm more productive. My measure of success in that realm is whether or not things get done and how frustrated I get about it, which I don't. So all is well. Then again, I'm lucky in that I can "see" my lists in my head well after I write them.
RenRen
bachya
Posted 3:04 AM 11/9/08
Neat idea, but I agree with cmowire: if I can't access this kind of needed information from anywhere, then it's no good to me. Once again, RTM beats the competition.
bachya
chumia40
Posted 4:34 AM 11/9/08
@redsandsystems:
You are right, but watch the grammar buddy...
All the complicated stuff just makes a to-do list less practical. Try www.pityfish.com it is simple and to the point like a to-do list should be!
chumia40
Rhywun
Posted 8:10 AM 11/9/08
I've been using "ToDoList" at work, which focuses more on splitting tasks into subtasks, which is exactly what I needed. But this looks neat too.
PS. Am I the only person left in the world who doesn't bring their work home??
Rhywun
bagano
Posted 8:23 AM 11/9/08
@Rhywun: same! its brilliant for long projects without a set set timeframe
bagano
addiktion
Posted 2:27 PM 11/9/08
@cmowire
I agree. It should be a standard these days. In so much that if you aren't synchronizing your software to mobile platforms, desktop applications, and/or web applications then your behind.
What's the point of having a utility that helps you utilize and manage your scheduling, time, or events if it doesn't allow you to multiple ways to get to this data.
We're living in a different world then a couple of years ago.
addiktion
zapper
Posted 4:37 PM 11/9/08
ps: fwiw, i'm personally far more interested in portability via USB or the like than synch-ability via the web.
zapper
zapper
Posted 4:31 PM 11/9/08
@addiktion: i hear what you're saying, but that's not everyone's work model. i work at home: one computer, one office. all this synchronize, pub to the web stuff is just useless complexity afaic. i don't like it, i don't want it, i don't need it ... i just don't care! if it's a "social" app it's pretty much worthless to me. no offense, just pointing out that we haven't all joined the Borg lifestyle just yet.
zapper
Mr_T
Posted 1:22 AM 11/9/08
It fails my GDT test, I want to be able to sort my task items into what task to do next. I don't want to sort through all the high priority items to decide what is my next task.
As well as Priority, I want to be able to assign a number that I can use sort when I do my thinking about the relative importance of the tasks
I use an old version of Outlook 98 that was given away free to achieve this. I add a number field I call sequence and I sort for that. this means that I have a dynamic list that I can insert a task that comes in throughout the day
Mr_T
dannielo
Posted 7:32 PM 15/9/08
If you'd like a tool for managing to-dos, you can use this application:
[www.Gtdagenda.com]
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version and iCal are available too.
dannielo