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Posted by Christian Tietze
Mar 17, 2014 at 01:16 PM

Hugh wrote:
>What I didn’t so much take to was the kanban system. For those who don’t
>know it, I do recommend Alexander’s suggestions: Wikipedia also has a
>(briefer) treatment. I can see where kanban may have value. But
>personally, I need the pressure and urgency of a time-dated list or a
>Gantt chart.

I think this is dependent on the work you do. With Kanban, you focus on pulling tasks from the system; traditional or deadline-based systems on the other hand push tasks into your frame of attention. In the corporate world, there virtually is no way to escape the push-mentality. If you work on your own, though, switching to the pull-philosophy has its benefits. I found it suits creative work well, including programming and writing. You get to pick what’s next, that’s nice at first. On the other hand you have to train yourself to form healthy working habits, or else you won’t actually do anything.

Trello is great for small teams and project organization I find.

Steve Pavlina (personal development guy) uses Trello for his solo-projects and thinks the free version suffices: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2014/01/trello/

Posted by steveylang
Jun 4, 2014 at 05:41 PM

I just started using Trello yesterday as a day-to-day task manager, I find having draggable cards/items works really well for me and is much more intuitive than due dates, managing separate lists, etc.

I took a look at Taskboard- the screenshots look almost identical to Trello! The Taskboard UI seems a little smoother at first glance, but Trello’s is not bad (just a little clunky in spots), and offers a lot for free-
-Multiple boards (which are called ‘projects’ in Taskboard. ‘Boards’ in Taskboard are ‘Lists’ in Trello)
-Organizations, or sets of boards (which Taskboard doesn’t have)
-Sync across iPad, iPhone, and web app (Taskboard is iPad only)
-Sharing and other multi-user features such as notifications (I don’t use this)

MadaboutDana wrote:
I’ve tried Trello and didn’t really get on with it.
> >A similar iOS app I enjoy using very much, however - although
>reluctantly I’ve not made it my main to-do manager because it’s only
>available for iOS - is Taskboard, which has been around for ages but has
>recently acquired some new features, including ‘due date’, multiple
>‘projects (meaning sets of boards) and the ability to colour any task
>card or board any colour you like.
> >It’s a lovely, clean app. For those totally focused on iOS, I thoroughly
>recommend it.

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