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Free is the Cost to Stay Organized with Remember the Milk
Posted by ddidier in small-business Tuesday, 27 January 2009 08:00 1 Comment
In this article I discuss a free software resource that has made my life a great deal easier. Remember the milk (www.rememberthemilk.com) is a smart, intuitive web resource that I recommend everyone try out.
One of the biggest problems being a small business owner I have is staying organized. No one is there looking over my shoulder (which is one of the reasons I ventured out on my own) and it is completely up to me to make sure that things get done on time. I have taken the Franklin Covey time management class twice, owned multiple Palm V's, and even combined the two with a Sony Clie' with the Franklin Covey software. None of those do I use today.
I think technology can solve many of our problems, so when I heard about Remember the Milk (rtm) I figured I should give it a try...hey it's free, so why not? What rtm brings is a very simple and somewhat easy to use interface that enables you to quickly prioritize your daily to-do's and group them by personal, work, or whatever to keep yourself more organized. Although it's called "Remember the Milk" it does a lot more than help you remember your grocery list. It is big on AJAX and web 2.0 technologies so there are easy undo's and hot keys everywhere.
What I find most promising is the fact that rtm is open to development and there are many people working to add bolt-on's, add-ins and other unique ways of interfacing with it. It integrates with Jott, Gmail and other popular web applications. Since it is web based as long as you have an internet connection you have a list of your daily activities.
What I don't like are the ways that you highlight some of the tasks inadvertently and end up changing statuses without meaning to. It's shortcommings are small and with it's continual development, I am sure these nuances will be fixed in the near future.
I suggest you visit their site and give it a try. Use it to augment your current task planning; or create a whole new planning system.
