Getting things done

I've always been one to put things off, well that's not strictly true, more I've always been one to forget things I'm supposed to do. So that being the case, in the last year I've tried out many different Getting Things Done (GTD) apps on the Mac. Most of these worked for a time but then just became too overwhelming. In fact I always found it easier to return to a notepad and a pen than I ever did using an app.

Since that time the iPhone came along and I've now tried to GTD with it instead of a notepad and paper, after all it's something I always have on me so no matter when I think of something I need to do, I'll always have the means to make a note of it.

The first iPhone app that I tried for this is OmniFocus. OmniFocus is what you might call the ultimate GTD application and is available in both Mac and iPhone flavours. While OmniFocus might be fine for a lot of people, I loved it's ability to list things I could do where I was at any given moment on the iPhone, it just was too much for me. I just don't need to categorise my tasks to that fine a level of detail.

So having found that OmniFocus isn't the GTD app of choice for me it was time to try something else. As luck would have it Steven Sande of The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) just did a review of Things which is also available on both the Mac and the iPhone.

Things is a great GTD app. It's simple enough to not overwhelm but powerful enough to still provide all the functionality you could need. So if you too are looking for a good app to help you get things done, iPhone or otherwise, then give it a try. If you've any suggestions for other GTD apps then please let me know in the comments section.