Back in the Stone Age, I made the move from a dead tree organizer to a PDA because of the promise of being able to manage my task lists electronically. Like other parts of my life, I became better organized electronically than I ever was on paper. The same holds true today but I am trying to capture and track a lot more task items than back in the day leading me into a completely new set of issues.

Perhaps my biggest task management sin is creating the never-ending task list. You know, the one that is impossible to complete bringing about many overdue tasks often times fading away into the ether of iOS. I’ve been using OmniFocus (definitely not to its fullest extent) to manage my tasks because I can synchronize it between my MacBook Pro, iPad, and iPhone. On the side, I’ve also been flirting with Things for task management because I especially like how it handles tagging and project organization. However, its lack of true synchronization between devices is at best an inconvenience for a real showstopper and at times me. I also like how Things includes a Someday list where OmniFocus only has an Inbox.

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