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Best To-Do List Software?

Posted by michael on from the small-spiral-notebook-works-well dept.

JojoLinkyBob writes "Greetings, Council of Slashdot. I am curious what everyone here recommends as their favorite organizational software. Specifically, I am trying to find a simple freeware/open-source todo list manager. In the past, I've dabbled with TreePad, Shadow Plan, Mantis, and various virtual sticky- note apps ..all with mixed success. Currently, I'm back to my old-school ways of scribbling my todo's on the back of each Daily Dilbert Calendar page, which sadly means today is June 23 :)"

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  1. data managers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    there really is only one contender for me, and that's Richard Curnow's tdl, awesome for programmers and just day to day todo lists.

    If you're looking for a structured way to store your random bits of data, there'
    s treeline, a really simple but rea
    lly effective little app.

    I'm not really a bells & whistles type of guy, i like my apps streamlined and effective :)

  2. Palm Desktop worth a look by KoriaDesevis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am trying to find a simple freeware/open-source todo list manager.

    Even if you don't have a Palm Pilot, Palm Desktop under Windows isn't too bad. The price - FREE - is certainly right, too. It may not be the best out there, but it meets the basic requirements for a to-do list manager.

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    A love beyond compare...
  3. Hardware based approach by jrrl · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I don't do something I am supposed to, my wife whacks me on the back of the head. Works great!

    -John.

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    Self Serving Sig: Hosting Comparison
  4. Post-it papers on my monitor! by SpaceTux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perfect for passwords too!

    1. Re:Post-it papers on my monitor! by Bobzibub · · Score: 5, Funny

      Put them under your keyboard you crazy fool!

    2. Re:Post-it papers on my monitor! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      *sigh*
      I set up my dad's office today with a wifi network, and he wrote down the WEP key on a stickey note on his monitor. I stared and said "wow.. I've read about you in a lot of security books"

  5. MS Project by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We use MS Project to manage our to do lists.

    Sincerely,
    Duke Nukem Forever - Dev Team

  6. Re:Low-tech by Skater · · Score: 5, Funny

    Edlin!

    Notepad...sheesh! You people have it easy!

    --RJ

  7. Mozilla Sunbird by Aliencow · · Score: 5, Informative

    Still a bit buggy, but with calendar, shared calendar support, publishing through webdav, it has the potential of being as good as iCal !

  8. Re:What's wrong with Old School? by RockClimbingFool · · Score: 5, Funny

    the pencil and paper will not remind you when its time to be somewhere or do something. or tell you your busy when you try to set up another meeting.

  9. Re:Low-tech by BW_Nuprin · · Score: 5, Funny
    I scribble my todo lists in Paint. That way I can draw cartoon characters with it. Its more, I dunno, cheery :)

    Todo:
    Program vertex shader
    Fix bug in network code
    Fix 8 bugs reported by bug testers, 2 of which affect game
    *picture of smiling bunny*
    Put bullet in head

  10. Re:What's wrong with Old School? by tekunokurato · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the pen and paper does not archive itself and is not back searchable.

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    Read jack phelps dot net
  11. You are so busted. by loteck · · Score: 5, Funny

    because, as we all know, Microsoft patented the to-do list, as previously discussed. Bill will be calling soon, no doubt. Hope your last name isn't Rowsoft ;)

  12. Ecco URL by buckminster · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ecco is still the best. You are correct that it hasn't been updated since 1997, but it's definitely a Win32 application. I've heard rumours that it runs under WINE as well.

    Netmanage essentially abandoned this product although you can still download for free from their ftp site:
    ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC40 1/

    Users manual should be included as well.

    This is way more than just a simple outline program. Think unlimited relational outlines connected by user definable columns. All fully integrated with the calendar and address book.

    As I contemplate switching to various other platforms this is still the one application I cannot live without. No other outliner/pim comes close to ECCO.

  13. Re:Low-tech by headisdead · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Definitely worth checking out Danny O'Brien's (NTK) "Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks" speech (given for O'Reilly and at NOTCON '04), in which he argues on the basis of research that the most prolific programmers/hackers/geeks organise themselves via... text-based todo lists!

    Check out
    A summary or shorter summary

  14. Re:What's wrong with Old School? by jafomatic · · Score: 5, Insightful
    There's no 'egrep' in my drawerful of notes and receipts. That's what's wrong with pen & paper.

    With even a simple textfile solution, I can generate changelogs and (primitive) reports with a a single command.

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    ::jafomatic