Managing To-Do Lists
From ml2sig
- dave carter, User:superman, superman@
- britton woodman
- mike creech, grad library
- nicole
- edward vielmetti
- molly kleinman, library admin
- south asia collectin
- pfa@ emerging technologies
- kate saylor, outreach
- drew burton, ams
- julie weatherbee, tech support
- ken varnum,
- sevi
- meillssa copyright
- language resource cnete
- sue whatmon, social work
- kat hagedorn, dig lib
- aaron, scholarly pub
- suzanne, evernote
- scholarly publishing. copresenter
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what do people use
wins and fails, getting things done, task management.
- google notebook; not currently supported
- evernote
- google docs
- "things", mac only and iphone; $$$.
URLs mentioned
- http://profhacker.com - productivity in higher education
- http://culturedcode.com/things/ - Things software
- http://www.profhacker.com/2010/01/14/putting-the-things-in-gtd-managing-an-academic-life-with-cultured-codes-things/
- http://www.evernote.com/
- http://culturedcode.com/things/wiki/index.php?title=Is_there_a_Quicksilver_plugin_for_Things%3F_(FAQ) quicksilver + things
using Things
Things can be used to do the Getting Things Done style of personal task management, which is based on managing lists, creating contexts, tasks, categories.
- Things: difference between projects and areas; focus area, "some day"
- keyboard shortcut command-spacebar from anywhere to create new tasks.
- projects: all kinds of activity for a specific date, that is checked off and done when it's done
- areas: long lived categories where there are things to do inside a set of focus, undated
- logbook: things that are done but you keep track of them, vs. trash for things done and gone. use for weekly, monthly reporting.
Sync: between Things and Things for iPhone; only works on wifi or plugged in, or sync with DropBox. Profhacker post
Not synchronized with Outlook and Exchange; separates tasks from calendars and events.
Separation of "note to self" vs. task lists. Shared with a team in Google Docs; capture thoughs in Evernote. Things has a notes field, plain text not a fancy word processor.
using Evernote
less task based organization.
