{"id":1792,"date":"2012-02-25T11:24:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2012-02-25T11:24:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T15:24:27","slug":"im-going-back-to-6wunderkinder-for-task-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1792","title":{"rendered":"I’m going back to @6Wunderkinder for task management"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The more complicated my life becomes, the more I absolutely depend on task management. \u00a0That is not specific to software of any particular kind. \u00a0Its about making lists of specific, bite-sized, action items that can be accomplished in an orderly fashion. \u00a0The theory is that, with the formation of well-managed lists, the brain is freed up for unbound creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Countless software developers seek to exploit the absolute right-ness of lists and GTD theory<\/a> with varying success. \u00a0The benefit for me is that the excitement of gadgetry and the beauty of design will draw me in to interacting with my lists and promote focus and productivity. \u00a0The apps, in short, can be a major boon to getting things done.<\/p>\n

At work, I am forced to use Microsoft Outlook. \u00a0If it were my business, I would implement a different, customizable solution, instead of the one-size-fits all approach of Outlook Tasks. \u00a0But I’m not that high up in the food chain.<\/p>\n

In my personal life, which includes a zillion things i need to keep track of for the new baby, music, taxes and finance, social gatherings, and other stuff, I can go whatever direction I please. \u00a0My requirements, however, are rigid – cross-platform and cloud-based. \u00a0Google would seem a natural, but their task\u00a0management\u00a0application is simply a poor appendage grafted onto Gmail. \u00a0Astonishingly disappointing.<\/p>\n

Before I got forced into Outlook, I used Wunderlist <\/a>and it was brilliant, though not terribly pleasing to the eye. \u00a0After Outlook, I left poor Wunderlist on the side of the road and started with Any.Do<\/a>. \u00a0The latter is a gorgeous Android app that alleges sync with Google tasks. \u00a0I love love love the design of Any.Do, but the sync is questionable at best, and there is no app for iOS or Chrome or Mac or Windows. \u00a0They say it’s coming, but I’m not seeing any product development or even app updates.<\/p>\n

I’m going back to Berlin. \u00a0Wunderlist really does have it all, and the appearance is somewhat custimazable to make it a little more pleasing. \u00a0I realize the interface may never be ‘slick’, and maybe that’s just not the German way, but this company is going places<\/a> and they’re delivering everything I need to get things done.
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