Comments on: Things for iPhone Review

By: Ed Shull

Ed Shull — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:25:16 +0000

Dean, I totally agree with you on GTD and tools like OmniFocus. By making the platform too rigid, they have made GTD a complicated commitment that most just can’t take.

I’m going to check out LifeTick.

By: Dean Lucas

Dean Lucas — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:48:43 +0000

I’m a GTD’er and I love Things for the desktop and iPhone. The problem with many GTD’ers is that they follow David Allen’s methodology too strictly, even though in his book, he encourages people to adapt, modify, and improve the system.

Things offers flexibility so that it can be used in many ways, including strict GTD, so that anyone can use it without having to be a GTD practitioner. I was so disappointed with OmniFocus because it’s way too rigid, even for me.

The crew at Omni Group makes killer Mac products but I think they made a big mistake by building OmniFocus on top of OmniOutliner instead of looking for more simplicity in the UI like Things. A to-do application is supposed to make your life easier, not more complicated.

I’ve also been checking out LifeTick which has a gorgeous web UI on the desktop browser along with a nice iPhone app. LifeTick throws GTD out the window and forces you to look at your tasks in a new way, by your core values instead of context and project. It’s a refreshingly different way of looking at your tasks.

For now, I’m hooked on Things, big time.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:17:07 +0000

For implementing GTD you might try out this web-based application:

http://www.gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version and iCal are available too.

Hope you like it.

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