iPad Speaking of productivity in the previous post, I decided to postpone discussion on the choice of implementation of Getting Things Done , ie create a list of things to do as productive as possible. GTD applications on a Mac are many and the choice is not easy, especially not being able to prove in general more than a few.
A program of work should be used for GTD, it is self-evident; but to be used must be able to meet some requirements: (1) must have a fast and intuitive for taking notes quickly without getting lost or losing time, but (2) should also be useful , that have enough power to create projects of any complexity. In short, must be good at hiding their complexity under the hood. In addition it is desirable that synchronize information between your computer (Mac), iPhone and iPad, because it is the end with the phone going around and it is important that you can read at a glance of things to do at the moment, and the ability to add notes on the fly.
Finally a program of GTD inevitably forces us at least a little at a certain work discipline, and it is important to know that convince us to do so.
In the past, on Mac I have never found a GTD program that would satisfy me, because I always hoped that Apple would be to put something together in an efficient information iCal, and Notes Mail . But none of these programs have never been too significant developments of the day on which it was submitted.
After much browsing in the store, the two programs were finalists Things and OmniFocus, both unfortunately also the most expensive among all those available (respectively 15.99 and € 31.99, among the more expensive applications on the Apple Store).
I tried the trial version for both Mac in earlier times, but not lovers, also because of an insufficiently pleasing look and feel (I admit, I'm a perfectionist interface, but because I believe that beauty and efficiency go hand in hand). OmniFocus also the impression of being not only too expensive too complex.
version of Things iPad is rather elegant, and I decided to that. Using Things is apparently so easy to take at first as if to repent of the expenditure, but then discover that behind the immediate interface lies a more than enough power. You can create notes flying, but also projects and at work, in a very natural and without any obligation. Every thing "to do" moves in an intuitive way (on the Mac with drag and drop) and we are offered a list of things to do in a day and order cromnologico. In addition syncs "fairly" with iPhone. I write enough so far because synchronization occurs only in wi-fi Mac with iPad ed iPhone , ma i programmatori stanno lavorando alacremente ad una versione universale che sincronizzi tramite il cloud computing. Certo, per usarlo su tutte le piattaforme bisogna acquistare tre volte Things ...
In Things per iPad quello che mi manca è una visione a calendario: non credo sarebbe impossibile mostrare un calendario che fonda le informazioni di iCal e quelle di Things. Inoltre forse mi farebbe piacere un outliner, ma forse lo penso solo per abitudine. La versione di Things per Mac ha meno sex appeal grafico ma funziona bene. Anche qui, sarebbe auspicabile la possibilità di visionare da una sola finestra il calendario di iCal e le mail. Things per iPhone , infine, fa esattamente quello che deve fare: mostrare gli impegni ed permettere annotazioni.
Per inciso, aggiungo che su iPhone ho affiancato a Things un programmino di note molto comodo, Awesome Note , che permette di scrivere note volanti ma anche liste, per esempio della spesa, o informazioni di altro tipo (io uso il diario di viaggio nei miei tour motociclistici) per task banali per cui non vale la pena di mobilitare la famiglia Things .
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