We all have tasks set by teachers or by ourselves. Some people choose to be organised and use some form of filing system while others write them on their hands. I prefer to use some kind of filing system, preferably writing them down in a list with check box’s, but recently I have found a better way.
Things
I have tried out many to-do apps, but after a few days I start to find flaws in the way they work. This time it was different, Things worked seamlessly and integrated better than any other to-do app into my life. I would love to write all my school notes on the computer and do my to-do list on it, but sadly I don’t carry my laptop to every lesson, this makes it difficult to maintain my to-do’s. Cultured Code the creators of Things have even solved this for me, with the creation of Things for the iPhone/iPod Touch.
Desktop
Things on the Desktop is a well structured app that flows well, and makes it super easy to manage your to-do lists; by putting them into Projects, Areas or just what is next up. You can schedule to-do’s, add notes, ratings and add even keywords. You can add things to you Today list to keep you even more on target and focused. Things also has a very handy “Quick Entry panel” (shown below), you can call it up with what ever short cut you wish.
Things Touch
The addition of the mobile application makes it super easy to keep track of tasks by just simply entering them into the app and when you get home or even on the same Wi-Fi as your computer, and it syncs seamlessly over the Wi-Fi back to your computer. This means when I am at school I just write down my to-do’s on my iPod and and when I get back and they are all there ready for me to check off.
Conclusion
Both apps have an amazing user interface and work really well, but the only quarrel I have is that the sync is manual. You do have to have Things open on both the iPhone/iPod Touch and the computer for it to sync, this is because Apple will not let them run the process in the background. Things has dramatically improved my work flow and the efficiency of how I do tasks. It is an app I would highly recommend especially as for a few more days it is free on the Mac before they start to sell it.
