Your top 3 tools?

Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 17, 2013 at 11:46 AM

Cassius wrote:
>The example shown for WorkFlowy shows only short notes. Can it include
>many paragraphs or pages in a single note, the way GrandView did and
>Inspiration does?

The answer is yes, as I’ve just tested this, and in fact the single-node note view was the closest thing to the GrandView document view I’ve seen so far.

Having said that, I’d be a bit wary about using WorkFlowy as my main writing or outlining solution. I’d be worried about losing long texts in between syncs. Also, the note text is rendered in a washed out grey font (as opposed to the item title, which is in black), so it doesn’t seem to be designed for that.

The main attraction for me is as a task - and to some extent project - manager, and that I can use it across all of my devices (there are some Android clients too). Its single-click hoisting is just highly conducive to focusing on a particular segment of a task or a project. It is ideal for doing a “work breakdown structure” (brainstorming about and developing sub-tasks) and then rearranging them.

The other attraction is its simplicity. Compared to Checkvist (which I haven’t yet tried), it looks like a beta, on the other hand it’s sometimes simplicity that you want and need. I’m sure they’ll be under pressure to gradually add the bells and whistles (ability to add calendar dates, attach files, tick boxes etc.), so it might get ruined one day.

Okay, I’m gonna take a look at Checkvist to see what I’m missing :)