Easy To Do Lists With Google
My mom needs/wants an online To Do list. It makes sense for her, since she travels a lot and things can easily get missed. I could use one myself, but it has to go a loooong way to beat paper. I didn't have a precise list of requirements, I assumed I'd know it when I see it.
I've tried one of the small Google home page gadgets, but it isn't good for printing, so that wasn't right. I asked for some suggestions and tried these:
Tada List
StikiPad
Remember the Milk
Tada List was the early favorite.
But all of these suffer from a similar problem: they are Yet-Another-Website-To-Remember-And-Login-Too.
Leaving aside, who are they really, and if these services are free, how are they going to make money, which are fair questions, to varying degrees, they are a bit over-engineered for my unexpressed requirements. Full-featured GTD (Getting Things Done) integration, not needed (I've got the book but I haven't been able to finish it - no pun intended).
Ultimately, I found a solution that will work better, at least I hope. The winner, for now, is Google.
So now the upper left corner of my google page looks like this:
Although Google Docs isn't as over-featured as Word for printing things, it prints just fine and is great for web reading as well.
I've tried one of the small Google home page gadgets, but it isn't good for printing, so that wasn't right. I asked for some suggestions and tried these:
Tada List
StikiPad
Remember the Milk
Tada List was the early favorite.
But all of these suffer from a similar problem: they are Yet-Another-Website-To-Remember-And-Login-Too.
Leaving aside, who are they really, and if these services are free, how are they going to make money, which are fair questions, to varying degrees, they are a bit over-engineered for my unexpressed requirements. Full-featured GTD (Getting Things Done) integration, not needed (I've got the book but I haven't been able to finish it - no pun intended).
Ultimately, I found a solution that will work better, at least I hope. The winner, for now, is Google.
Google Home Page ("iGoogle" I guess it is now)
+ Google Docs
+ Google home page gadget that displays Google Docs list on your home page
= FTW
+ Google Docs
+ Google home page gadget that displays Google Docs list on your home page
= FTW
So now the upper left corner of my google page looks like this:
Although Google Docs isn't as over-featured as Word for printing things, it prints just fine and is great for web reading as well.
3 Comments:
Cool thanks for the info.
And you going to stop blogging, hah!
I thought everyone was gone now and I was just talking to myself.
I, too, use Google more and more. the Calendar is great for travel, and you can share among family or work.
Glad I'm not the only one. :)
Now, keep blogging about anything, including work!
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