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:
- Enter the new task into my list on www.rtmilk.com
- Email the task to my @rtmilk.com email address
- Enter the task into my Firefox Remember the Milk sidebar
Access
I can access my task from wherever I am:
- Any web browser at www.rtmilk.com
- My cell phone/blackberry at m.rememberthemilk.com
- To-Do reminders are sent to my email and cell phone
- From my iPhone (if I had one!)
Go ahead and try it out, it’s free and they have great support.