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Yea,
I’ve used many of these things over the years.
Do bear in mind, that no software is going to magically make you organised.I highly reccommend a book, ‘Getting things done’ by David Allen.
My favourites…
My Life Organised – Fantastic Tasklist software
http://www.mylifeorganized.net
Will integrate / synch with outlook, and your handheld organiser.
There’s a free version as well.Mybase – Freeform Notes / DB software
http://www.wjjsoft.com
My favourite notes software. Been using it for YEARS.Outlook 2007.
I used to swear by The Bat!, but I’m finding outlook serves me well at the moment.
You should know where to find it.Fusion desk
http://www.fusiondesk.com/
I don’t use this myself, but a lot of people say good things about it.MicroSoft One-Note
This is very good note/outlining software. It doesn’t really suit the way I think about organising notes, but your mileage may vary.Some more links…
Big review of Note taking / outliner software.
http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/NoteTakers1/index.phphttp://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/07/26/productivity-printable-templates/
This is actually a favourite topic of mine, if I wasn’t flat-out at the moment I’d dig up some more links.
Hope this helps.
Plenty to look into there, Tristan. Many thanks for taking the time to put that together.
One thing perhaps worth mentioning is that ideally I think I’m looking for non-browser based software, ie. I want some software that dedicated to this purpose so I can leave it running and it remind me of things. I don’t want to have to visit a website all the time to check my schedule.
I don’t mind paying for decent software to do this.
Same here.
I’m much the same. Browser-based is wonderful, but it forces you to rely on an active net connection, and a website being 100% available.
Not a problem when you’re at the office, but sometimes you want to get some work done waiting in the airport for instance.
MyLifeOrganised sounds like what you’re after. It will happily sit in the system tray and harass you on a schedule. So will outlook, but it’s total overkill if all you want is tasks.
Quote:I don’t mind paying for decent software to do this.Exactly. $50 on one piece of software will repay itself with increased productivity in a matter of hours. IT always amazes me how some people refuse to pay for software ‘on principle’.
@Tristan 146879 wrote:
MyLifeOrganised sounds like what you’re after. It will happily sit in the system tray and harass you on a schedule.
Sounds like we’re on the same track here ‘cos I’ve just downloaded MLO to check out.
@Tristan 146879 wrote:
So will outlook, but it’s total overkill if all you want is tasks.
Ditto. Outlook seemed ideal in principal but like you say, something of overkill there.
@Tristan 146879 wrote:
Exactly. $50 on one piece of software will repay itself with increased productivity in a matter of hours. IT always amazes me how some people refuse to pay for software ‘on principle’.
Yup, with you here too. I used to be one of those people who wouldn’t pay for software. I’d hunt around for goddam hours looking for a free version or – shoot me now – a cracked version of software so I wouldn’t have to pay for it. I feel like a muppet for that wasted time now. If it’s any good and requires payment then cough up the money and get using it immediately and guilt-free.
