TeuxDeux or Not To Do?: BizCATS on Biz Tech
I have a hard time with “To Do” lists. I’ve tried to use all the great tasks apps in Gmail, my CRM system, my Blackberry, Remember the Milk, and lots of others but I still end up going back to scribbling notes on a sheet of paper. Of course I lose or misplace the paper then try to remember what I wrote down so I wouldn’t have to remember it. I’m fairly sure I’m not alone although most folks don’t talk about all the stuff they forget or admit they’re personally this disorganized … or as I like to call it “organizationally uberdysfunctional.”
What I’ve always wanted is something that’s just drop dead simple. I want it on my computer and also on my smartphone and the two should play together nicely. I want to be able to quickly scribble all the “to do’s” I think of during the day; I want to assign them to a certain day or have them float in a “when I get around to it” list … until I get around to them. And although it’s theoretically useful, I don’t want to link them to customers or contacts or my calendar or projects or anything else. No bells, no whistles. Oddly enough that’s tough to find in today’s world of “feature rich” productivity tools.
I just found TeuxDeux, however, and it’s almost exactly what I wanted. In fact the most complicated thing about it is the name that I can’t spell. And if you didn’t get it, it’s pronounced “To Do.” It’s a “cloud” app that I’ve just made my browser home page. With a beautifully clean and simple screen design, it’s a breeze to type in all my action items, ideas, and meetings by day or in the “Someday” list (love the Someday list!). That’s it! That’s all it does. All those notes and “to do’s” are exactly where I want them when I start up my computer each morning.
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