kind of nerdy post

[amienowheels]

So, I work at this consulting firm, and I work on like, five or six different projects. And so, I have a pretty long To Do list that I have to keep up-to-date or I forget things, and then people get angry at me, and then I don't get the moniez. I do love the moniez. So, I need a project management/task manager system that works well. I've been

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[whatsupdawgs]

I am also looking for a better way to keep track of stuff, but at this point I haven't found anything good enough to move me away from iCal and paper.

However, someone recently pointed me to Sandy (iwantsandy.com), which bills itself as a automated personal assistant, sending you reminders and stuff. I haven't tried it yet, but maybe you want to give it a shot.

[burnalive]

Haven't used this in a while so I am not sure if it can do everything you want (but it can do a lot of it):

www.backpackit.com

[salchichatu]

Here is my organization method:

- Write down what I need to do on a sheet of paper.
- Put the sheet of paper in my purse.
- Forget about the sheet of paper for three months.
- Clean out my purse, find the sheet of paper.
- Assume that the to-do item isn't very important since it's three months old. Throw paper away.

I have this pretty much perfected. I never actually accomplish anything.

[eliggy]

Wow, I use the same method! Great methods work alike!

[salchichatu]

Sweet!

[tommyvernieri]

At work I use Outlook's "flag for followup" feature to flag to-do emails. If needed, I email myself then flag that! I do the same thing with stars in Gmail and Google Reader for personal stuff.

I use Ta-da List to keep track of lists, like restaurants to try, stuff to buy, things to do around the house. It's from 37signals, the same people that do Backpack.

[autrucheplume]

I guess I'm more old school. I have a "planner", a spiral bound calendar which rocks because each month takes up 2 facing pages, and each month have a tab, which makes it easy to find. I write big projects/due dates on the individual day. Then in the back, in the notes section, I write a daily to-do list, based off anything in my email that I need to do, along with anything from the day before that didn't get finished. Then I check them off as the day goes on, and start again tomorrow! Lather, rinse, repeat.