In my never ending quest for the perfect GTD app, I last week discovered Taskpaper, a very simple app that mimics the use of lists in notebooks. It has both an iPhone and Mac version, and they all sync with each other via SimpleText.ws. Here are 3 things I discovered using it:
- I can’t live without over the air syncing anymore. Ticking of todo’s while taking a smokebreak is great. And I’m not just talking about Wifi-sync, I mean everywhere. Only solution for this is to have some kind of backup server. Either by the developers themselves, or on your own hosting account.
- Taskpaper is an incredible well-build app that takes a fresh approach to the whole GTD ideology and I’m sure its minimalistic execution appeals to a lot of people…
- …but it isn’t for me. I think Taskpaper and Things are both great at what they do, and they both target a different audience, audiences to which I don’t belong. I need more than Taskpaper offers, but less than Things. For now, The Hit List remains my weapon of choice. (yes I am one of those nutcases who’s still patiently waiting for the iPhone companion of THL and I’m convinced it’s gonna rock).