The Big To-Do

So, I've become one of those people that blogs about organizational software. I'm sorry. Just writing this post will probably squander every extra minute I'd have ever saved by using such software. For years I've been using OmniFocus, and it's been pretty good. Before that I was using Apple's own Reminders solution (I was a big fan of the Siri integration, which Omnifocus also takes advantage of). Before Reminders, I used Remember the Milk and Wunderlist. I've been on Todoist for a few weeks, and it's pretty great. Omnifocus just got really frustrating in recent months, and wrestling with it became another item I'd have to schedule on my to-do list. Its many features were getting in my way, rather than helping me out. There are some really hardcore folks out who could probably expound on the differences between Projects and Action Groups, or write scripts to expand its capabilities, but for me it felt the deeper layers of OmniFocus functionality were taking me in the wrong direction. Plus, there was already too much friction not being able to use OmniFocus via web app, or on my work PC (it's weird explaining to office visitors that, despite my two nineteen-inch screens, I needed to set up my iPad alongside them to use OmniFocus). Since my hospital is on MS Outlook, the only integration I could pull off was a "mail to OmniFocus" button. But most importantly, some important precepts of OmniFocus didn't jibe well with me - I didn't like having hundreds o...
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