Comments on: Todoodlist Review: Technology Is Great, Pencils Are Better

By: MBTI Trial Week 4: Judging (Recap)

MBTI Trial Week 4: Judging (Recap) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:43:52 +0000

[...] I have a day planner that I write some things down on, in case I get an idea when I’m not with my computer. But I mainly work from a todo list on my computer, which is 537 lines. That doesn’t mean 537 separate tasks, because some tasks have details that take more than one line, and I also have some blank lines between groups of tasks, but it’s still a lot. I have a separate todo list just for my blog, which is 1,098 lines. I also play with various todoodlists. [...]

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:23:22 +0000

@ Ellen, yup, there are those of us who would agree!

By: Ellen Wilson

Ellen Wilson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:11:02 +0000

Those things take too much time to figure out. Pencil and paper is better. Ellen Wilsons last blog post..Ethics in Photography

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:56:46 +0000

@ Vered, I had a feeling you were the same way. @ Janice, I think I had heard about it before and it was in the back of my mind. I do that with a lot of things, but I wish I had gotten to this sooner. @ Ellen, sorry for the acronym - a PDA is a personal digital assistant, the most common example being the BlackBerry.

By: Ellen Wilson

Ellen Wilson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:12:09 +0000

Hunter, I’m sorry, but what is the PDA that Nick abandoned?

I guess I’m too simple to figure it out.

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By: Janice Cartier

Janice Cartier — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:48:41 +0000

Thanks. Been meaning to pick this up. Just did thanks to you.

Ocaam’s Razor with a sense of humor I hope.

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By: Vered

Vered — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:40:33 +0000

“I�m not into all the complicated productivity systems like GTD (which I haven�t read yet, but I probably will someday). I�m also not into high-tech stuff” – same here.

Sounds like an interesting book.

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:36:48 +0000

@ Barbara, well, it’s like Einstein said, “Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

@ Ari, in the ebook, Nick talks about how he created his own online todo list program. He did it to improve on what was already out there, making something that was simpler, better looking, and more usable. He did, and his users loved it. But it was nevertheless a terrible flop! I haven’t heard of Todoist before, and I’ll check it out, but I think we always come back to the problem that for many people, an online solution is just not for them. YMMV.

By: Ari Koinuma

Ari Koinuma — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:19:58 +0000

Hey Hunter,

It’s true that so many tools try to be and do everything to everybody and ends up being overwhelming. However, I now swear by this free online tool:

http://todoist.com

In my world, that’s the greatest thing since sliced bread — and I’m not getting paid to say it.

It’s free, check it out!

ari

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:25:45 +0000

Hi Hunter,

Doesn’t it seem like the simplest things always work the best? Like a pen/pencil and paper? I, too, have tried so many of the advertised ways to get more organized, and all that happened was I wasted money.

Based on your review, this sounds like great ebook.

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