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Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 16, 2015 at 04:24 PM
Epilogue:
I apologise for this series of lengthy entries, but I thought they might be of interest to fellow CRIMPers, and so I’ve indulged myself. Hopefully the ‘chunking’ of the information will make it slightly easier to read!
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 16, 2015 at 04:33 PM
Other apps worth mentioning, but which I eventually discarded after due consideration:
OneNote (most platforms)
Outline+ (Mac + iPad)
Circus Notebooks (Mac + iPad)
Notebooks (Mac + iOS)
Notability (Mac + iOS)
Quip (online + iOS)
[Carbonfin] Outliner (online + iOS)
NoteSuite (Mac + iPad)
TapForms (Mac + iOS)
Priorities (online + iOS)
ListBook (Mac + iOS)
TaskAgent (Mac + iOS)
Taskpaper + Taskmator (Mac + iOS respectively)
Wunderlist (everything in sight!)
Todo Cloud (Mac + iOS)
NotesTab (Mac + iOS)
Notefile (Mac + iOS)
Byword (Mac + iOS)
Write (Mac + iOS)
iaWrite (Mac + iOS)
and one or two others I’ve probably forgotten. This most recent adventure has clearly shown me - once again - that there’s still plenty of opportunity out there for somebody to produce the ultimate cross-platform info management app.
For the time being, that’s Keep Everything. But tomorrow… who knows?
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 16, 2015 at 04:37 PM
MadaboutDana wrote:
>So I reviewed the other things task management software does. Notably,
>remind you of deadlines etc.
>
>Just how crucial is this function, really? You know what? It isn’t. It
>really isn’t. The thing that most frequently causes me to see red when
>using conventional task management software is the speed with which your
>entries for ‘Today’ start to fill up with stuff you haven’t done yet,
>meant to do a few days ago but forgot, would like to do sometime but
>don’t quite dare to shove into the ‘Tomorrow’ or ‘Later’ piles. That
>stack of guilt-inducing reminders that tell you you’re not being
>efficient enough.
>
>Most task management software isn’t very flexible in this respect.
I agree. To put it another way, your to-do software also should help you **forget** what turns out to be not so important in the end.
The way I deal with that is that if a task has a deadline and it’s important, it goes into a calendar (google cal for me), not to my to-do list.
The reason I like WorkFlowy for to-dos is because it allows me both to record to-dos (so I can get them out of my mind but have them saved somewhere) and to “forget” them by pushing them down the list or into an outline branch, where I can find them later, if needed, or forget about them until they’re no longer relevant and can be deleted.
So the principle is to have an app (it doesn’t have to be WF) that allows you the flexibility to create your own system, rather than being forced into someone else’s idea of task management.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 16, 2015 at 05:11 PM
Absolutely. And I’d love it if some of these Markdown editors (especially Keep Everything!) included outlining features so you could move items around more conveniently (the only iOS outliner I can think of that does that is Cotton Notes, and unfortunately it doesn’t have a desktop equivalent).
But the way you can break down tasks into multiple, easy-access notes in Keep Everything is an acceptable second best. The grouping feature is common to both Mac and iOS apps, and it’s flexible, i.e. you can choose whether to see all the notes in a single group, or just one at a time (just like hoisting, really). Like all the best bits of design, it’s deceptively simple, and effectively turns all versions of Keep Everything into genuine outliners, albeit without folding.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 16, 2015 at 05:41 PM
Oh, and the final clincher. I’ve just discovered (doh!) that you can open and edit Keep Everything notes and entries in multiple windows. Perfect for transferring notes and tasks hither and yon.