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Clearing Up the Confusion E-Zine Vol 01 Issue 21
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Vol 1, Issue 21
I love this time of year. We had a big snowstorm the other day
so the whole world is looking like a Winter Wonderland. I have
to keep aware of what I'm doing or I'll occasionally find myself
staring out the window and humming Christmas carols under my
breath. I guess that's not too much of a problem except that the
end of the year always seems to be filled with things, both big
and small, which need to get done. Of course, to get them done,
I have to remember them in the first place.
That's where the topic for this issue comes in. I'm taking a
break from the discussion on Web presence to talk about one of
the tools that I've found to be of use: Remember the Milk.
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In This Issue...
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1. Article: Remembering to Remember
2. Blog Posts
3. Shameless Self-Promotion
4. The Fine Print
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1. Article: Remembering to Remember
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Ever since I got my first Franklin Day Planner, I've loved to
create "to do" lists. There was just something about putting
that little "check" next to a task that gave me a real boost.
I used my Planner for several years with varying degrees of
success. It was a bit bulky and I didn't particularly like
having to purchase refills every year, but it did what I needed.
Then I moved up to the electronic world with one of the earlier
Palm Pilots. Much better, but I was continually running into
problems with synchronizing with my computers. It didn't like
the fact that I had a home computer and one at work -- both of
which I used with my "to do" lists.
Now, I've found a tool that seems to have eliminated most of the
disadvantages of my earlier methods. It's a web-based service
called "Remember the Milk" (http://rememberthemilk.com) and, if
you like keeping lists as much as I do, you might want to check
it out.
Of course, it has all of the features you would expect from a
list maintenance program. You can enter tasks, assign
priorities, and set due dates. You can mark tasks as complete,
postpone them until another day, even set items up to repeat on a
regular basis. Nothing too surprising in all of that. Where I
think RTM really shines is all of the extras that they've built
in.
First off, they have put some serious effort into getting their
service to work well on a number of other systems. You can add
your RTM tasks as a calendar in Google Calendar. You can email
new tasks directly to RTM and have them show up in your list.
Most importantly for me is that they've gone to great pains to
make this work for handheld devices. I can call up my "to do"
list on my cell phone's web browser while I'm out and about.
I can share my list items with others. I can attach them to
lists for work, study, or personal tasks. I can tag the entries
with my own categorization methods. One neat feature allows me
to attach activities to specific locations and then view those
activities overlaid on a Google map of the area. It sure makes
running my errands much more efficient -- no doubling back
because I forgot to do something clear across town.
The more I've worked with the RTM service, the more impressed
I've been with how much thought has gone into making this a
really useful tool for getting things done. I think I've only
scratched the surface of the possibilities. I hope you'll check
it out and let me know what you think.
Copyright 2007, Greg Peters
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2. Blog Posts
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Links to posts on the "Clearing Up the Confusion" Blog from the
last year:
Sunday, December 02, 2007 -- Make It Clear
http://clearing-confusion.blogspot.com/2007/12/make-it-clear.html
Sunday, November 11, 2007 -- Fun Phone Tricks
http://clearing-confusion.blogspot.com/2007/11/fun-phone-tricks.html
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3. Shameless Self-Promotion
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The "Clearing Up the Confusion" E-Zine is a production of Greg
Peters, owner, chief cook, and bottlewasher of Cyber Data
Solutions. CDS has been helping website designers develop better
web presence for their clients for more than a decade. Visit us
on the Web at www.cyberdatasolns.com to see how we can help your
webmaster.
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4. The Fine Print
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