February 27, 2012
Back in 2010, I wrote about a well designed task management, cross-platform application called Wunderlist. It does what you can do in any spreadsheet, paper notebook, or other task managers, but it’s much better to look at and access over the Internet and your iOS devices. Since its first application release, the developers, Wunderkinder, have been beta-testing a much more enhanced version of their program, called Wunderkit.
February 17, 2012
For many of us who work in the cloud, we’ve come to rely on our favourite services quite heavily. We also sometimes love and trust them perhaps a little more than we should at times, leaving ourselves open to losing everything we have built with the service so far. So I put a bit of thought into the best ways to back up RTM tasks so they’ll always be protected and available.
January 27, 2012
Does the name Joel Spolsky mean anything to you? If so, you’re going to want to read this post, because it showcases Spolsky’s latest and greatest project. And if not, you should know this is the man behind Stack Overflow, WebPutty, Joel on Software and several other notable projects. His latest project is called Trello, and it’s a project management system.
March 16, 2011
Don’t just manage your tasks; deal with them. Getting Things Gnome, a program with an unfortunately stupid name, is a simple yet complete Linux task manager. MakeUseOf readers know the web can be a distracting place. A good to-do list can help by reminding you of the tasks you need to accomplish. That’s not all [...]
August 28, 2010
The Windows Task Manager is one of the operating system’s most useful utilities. It can be used to spot unwanted background applications, determine which programs are hogging your processing cycles and system memory, and shut down applications that have gone out of control. What many users don’t realize, however, is that Windows Task Manager can [...]
August 13, 2010
One of the biggest problems with being addicted to new software is the tendency for “leftover” processes and files to remain throughout my PC – sometimes even viruses, adware or malware. One of the reasons I was most motivated to write this article for MakeUseOf was because I found that my computer startup time was [...]
May 3, 2010
There are a lot of great free and paid project management solutions available online for teams, but if you already host your own site, you could easily put together an easy-to-use project management system using WordPress. There are several reasons to use WordPress. If you’re already hosting your own website, there’s no extra cost, unlike [...]
April 1, 2010
Getting things done or GTD as it is more commonly known as, is a methodology that helps you get your work done and over with in a jiffy while attempting to avoid evils like forgetfulness, tensions and of course procrastination. David Allen, author of Getting Things Done mentions that the best way to manage tasks [...]
March 2, 2010
After forgetting many small things that I have to accomplish, I am certain that I need to implement a to-do list. I don’t need fancy things, just as long as I can have access to this list wherever I go. I have my Mac at home, but what about when I’m on the road? Pen [...]
January 21, 2010
With 100,000+ apps in the App Store, we can find apps for a variety of uses, such as turning your iPod Touch/iPhone into a professional camera/photo editor (for iPhone), an external hard drive, a reference book, or a radio, yet productivity apps that integrate with Google services, which are free and which we can use [...]
