![]() I work in bursts, so the 9-5 thing doesn’t actually work for me. But you can’t work solidly all that time, can you? So take out an hour for lunch each day. And then use that information:ġ) What are your “working hours” for these tasks? If they’re Monday to Friday, 9 – 5, then you know that the maximum hours you have are 40. Look at your diary, or your calendar, or wherever you’ve listed things you have scheduled. The next step is to figure out how much time you have this week to devote to your task list. Let’s go!įrom the last blog post, you should have already identified some tasks that need to be done (if you need help with this, look here). I hear “diaries” are particularly good versions of pads of paper for task management and scheduling. You can use whatever task manager you like, including a pen and pad of paper. This means I can use it on my laptop, my phone, and my tablet.Ģ) It’s free for individual users (you can pay to use it for teams)ģ) It has features I like: I can schedule things and view them on a calendar I can tag tasks with labels I can email tasks to Producteev I can capture webpages to Producteev using a neat capture tool. There are a lot of task management applications out there, but I’ve chosen Producteev for several reasons:ġ) It’s usable on anything that accesses the web (via a website) and there are apps for Windows,Mac, iPhone and Android. Ready? (Software…)įor rung 2, I’ll be using the task management software Producteev. In between rungs 2 and 3 you actually have to do the tasks. In the next post, I’ll be reviewing the tasks (rung 3). In my last post, I talked about how to identify tasks (rung 1). In this post, I’m looking at how to schedule those tasks (rung 2). There are 3 rungs to this ladder, with one blog post for each. This is Ladder 1: Identify, schedule and review. Each technique I do will be referred to as a “ladder”, with the individual steps branded as “rungs”. In short, I’m attempting to make my PhD more like a video game by creating short, manageable, but challenging tasks to promote a sense of achievement. Syncs with Producteev, Google Tasks and it’s own new Web app.For an introduction to the idea I’m trying out, have a look at this blog post.Automated backups, should anything go wrong.Reminders come with encouragements to complete overdue tasks and a host of other reminder settings.Power packs for more widgets, notifications based on location and voice integration.Eg add to list #listname would add the task to listname Randomly remind nag you of overdue tasks.Assign tasks to other people and collaborate on lists too.Workspaces for top level partitioning of tasks.Time how long it takes to perform a task.Nothing puzzling, just a straight forward task list app. Like ‘Recently Modified’ which doesn’t feel like a useful filter. You can’t remove or customise the default filters. You can’t add a task from the lists home page and you can’t set the lists page as your home screen. ![]() They of course can be replicated with lists (tasks can belong to more than one list). It’s an impressive app but the lack of GTD specific folders and contexts/tags, means it loses out to those that have them. You can add a calendar entry that is connected to the task This is how it scored against the criteria for a great GTD app. Used with Producteev syncing, means I can use the Producteev Mac app as the desktop client for my GTD system. It stands out from other task list apps, with some unique features such as backups, random notifications for overdue tasks and encouragements. Incredibly simple and straight forward to use with a pleasant clean UI. GTD App Review - Astrid Sunday, 6 November 2011Īstrid is popular task list app for Android, that is easy to use and comes with a host of syncing options.
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