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GTD with Jott

I have a speed dial on my cell phone programmed to (866) JOTT-123 so I can record new task items on the go. If you are not familiar with Jott, it is a service that transcribes your voice message to text and sends it to you in an email. It’s perfect for collecting new to-do list items the moment you think of them.

In addition to the task to email functionality, Jott can be used to send tasks (or notes, reminders, etc) to:

There are several Jott tutorials online, have a look for yourself and see if it can work for you.

How I Stay Organized

Following the principles of Getting Things Done (or GTD) I use Remember the Milk as my method of capturing all of my To-Do’s. It is an online to-do list manager who’s functionality is as great as it’s name is silly.

There is a great review and how-to for Remember the Milk (Get Organized with Remember the Milk – from lifehacker.com), I just wanted to shed some light on the program for anyone who hasn’t heard of it yet.

I spent a long time trying to find the killer app of task management. In fact, I wasted more time transferring my tasks to the next best thing to come along than I saved using the applications to begin with! I tried offline apps (MyLifeOrganized, TiddlyWiki) and online apps (Tada List, Todoist) and finally arrived at RTM; I’ve been an active user for over two years now.

For me, the concept is simple:

Capture
I can capture my tasks as I come upon them in many ways:

Access
I can access my task from wherever I am:

Go ahead and try it out, it’s free and they have great support.