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iCommit: PHP app for doing GTD
Merlin Mann | Jun 27 2006
Getting Things Done [iCommit.eu] Rainer Bernhardt has put together a nifty little PHP app for doing GTD via a web interface. It lets you wrangle projects, next actions, calendar items, ad hoc lists, and all the other tactical building blocks of GTD all via your (non-IE) browser. The interface is pretty good and typical workflow is quite easy to navigate through. It has nice touches like attachments, per-item effort estimates, printable views, plus Rainer says he may soon offer email integration which would "eliminate use of a separate e-mail app" for workflow-related planning. Wow. Although I haven't spent a great deal of time with it, I'm very intrigued by the baked-in "weekly review" functionality, which walks you through most of what you need to look over each week from one interface. Since review gets short shrift from the many folks (like me) who use GTD primarily for task management, I think an addition like this is a terrific idea. iCommit is, like so many of my favorite apps these days, a non-commercial, one-man operation, so there are a few rough edges, no documentation (yet! coming soon, says Rainer), and it is very much "first come, first served" in terms of seats he can handle on his personal server setup (I hope we don't cream Rainer's productivity boxen with this). But iCommit is worth a look if you've been craving a cross-platform, low-paper implementation of Getting Things Done. Screengrabs below the cut -- I feel like Michael Arrington! Home pageLogged-in with a few test items. Project viewNew next actionNote "Effort" estimate. 23 Comments
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Okay, I just did an...Submitted by T. Harris (not verified) on June 29, 2006 - 5:41am.
Okay, I just did an exceptionally cursory dash around gtd-php and Tracks and thought I'd post my observations. gtd-php * php-based (you never know) * (apparently) single user * great reporting capabilities * more extensive deadline formatting than Tracks * space-time contexts. Kewl. * tickler file for things way out in the future tracks * ruby-based * multi-user, a great feature IMHO * API, with plugins for doing things like adding items by SMS (a bit wonky) * possibility for email notification * partial iCal integration » POSTED IN:
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