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Scott @jangro on todo.txt and TaskPaper

I’ve been a todo management software junky, trying out just about any desktop app or web-based tool that I can get my hands on. To name a few I’ve put Remember The Milk, Toodledo, OmniFocus, Things, Evernote, and GMail Tasks, through the paces. All these tools work, and to many, work well. I don’t even want to calculate how much I’ve spent on this habit.

The problem is that it seems that I keep trying these things out, buying new solutions thinking that the next one will fix my game, like buying a new set of golf clubs. It simply doesn’t work if you don’t already have the skills.

In the end, what it comes down to for me is that these specialized applications fall short because they all have interfaces.

This is Scott’s best post in a while (which is saying a great deal considering Scott doesn’t post enough and he’s one of the 2-3 people who I learn something from everytime he does post).

Giving TaskPaper a shot tonight.