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To-Do, Is tech even needed?
Brandon Leedy | Feb 20 2008
So I was on LifeHacker and saw a recent post mentioning a sticky note program called "Hott Notes" (http://lifehacker.com/358564/make-and-take-your-sticky-notes-with-hott-notes) which seems like a very productive little app. Its your basic sticky note program with lots of little graphical and optional details you can tweak and change. Until now, I've been using the tried and true "ToDo.txt" method and that's working just fine. But for now I'll be giving this a whirl. So my question to you is, do you use to-do list programs (online, windows, or mac) and why? Or, do you feel its better to stick to the old .txt file? Obviously we all have our own thing that works for us, but its always fun to see what's out there. For example, if they had a sticky note program that allowed you to send things to gcal or have an alarm (probably is one there already!) I'm sure many would find that really useful! The larger question implied here I guess is: Do we really need these technical options? Is it worth installing and testing programs to do the same thing a .txt file does with a few extra bells and whistles? In the real world, it's easy to adapt to a low tech and direct hipster pda, but on the computer, you have many tempting free options... do you buy in? 3 Comments
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 I couldn’t agree more withSubmitted by mdl on February 28, 2008 - 9:37pm.
I couldn't agree more with the last post. So long as simple works, then stick with it. Add complexity only when needed. After developing my own GTD computer system, I found that paper still worked better. Likewise, I developed a database for keeping my academic notes, but found that index cards assist my thinking better. What I do use the computer for is creating beautiful finished products (documents with LaTeX). The temptation with GTD is to try to shoehorn your entire system into a single tool (or all digital or all paper). Instead, you should go with what works for you. The tools are there to help you accomplish the most important stuff. So if text files work for you, then stick with them. If flexibility matters, then avoid software that locks you into a single platform or a binary data format that may be obsolete in two years. » POSTED IN:
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