Comments on: MyLife Organized review

By: Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:23:42 +0000

Thanks a lot, Lucy!

Yes, you described a very clever trick which I’ve learned over the course of few months as well.

Thanks a lot for sharing it with others!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:10:37 +0000

Just a comment about the to-do list clutter problem. I had a similar problem of having things on my to-do list that I didn’t want yet, and I tried creating a place that would be a “placeholder” where I wolud put this task under “placeholder” if I didn’t know what to do with it yet and then when I did I would move it to the appropriate place. I made sure not to include “placeholder” within any other places and when I didn’t want to see those tasks they would be filtered out. Just an idea, it work pretty well for me.

By: bhushan

bhushan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:02:53 +0000

Hi Gleb,

Very cool site. Not been too active on the net in the past but definitely like personal development stuff so I am happy to run into your site. In order to put the MLO software onto a portable device, what do you need? Didn’t understand what they were saying…hoping you could clear it up.

Thanks
Bhushan

By: Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:19:58 +0000

Hi Helen,

and thanks for stopping by!

You’re quite right about the challenge of finding an ideal GTD application. Here’s a page to give you some ideas: http://www.atpm.com/13.02/next-actions.shtml

Vitalist does sound good. I wasn’t happy with a free version of it though, and so never stayed with it. I’m going to start beta-testing iScrybe now, as this project looks quite promising.

Hope to see you around!

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:51:45 +0000

Thanks for this review. I’ve never been good at using analog organizers and I’m not doing a whole lot better with digital ones. I have a PDA which helps with sheduled reminders, but the Task list is easy to ignore and pretty basic. (It also isn’t Mac-compatible, which is a whole nother issue… maybe I should switch to Palm…)

I’m looking at these GTD organizer programs as I loved the book. I’m not sure that I like the MLO interface – it looks kinda basic and I’m not sure it is much different from just using my PDA notes. Vitalist sounds pretty good…

I’m yet to find one that ‘does it all’. There’s a GTD plugin for Outlook, but not for Entourage, the outlook equivalent which I have on the Mac.

I’d be interested to hear any thoughts on Vitalist and more on LifeBalance.

cheers!

By: Leke

Leke — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:52:16 +0000

Hello Gleb,
Seems i’ve became a regular user here lol.
Well, actually i spent all whole afternoon researching the “perfect organizer”. For that, i took the download site as my tool. Conclusions until now? MLO really has so much to offer but i will wait for another upgrades. Why is that? I’ve just find a MLO similar that just failed in one detail: also the none password issue. BUT, it has something that MLO doesn’t have: CALENDAR. I’m talking about LIFE BALANCE software. I hope you get not disappointed with it and maybe you fullfilled our eyes with another great tutorial about… life balance. Try it. I think i’ve found my “almost” (because the lack of passwords) perfect organizer!
I’ll wait for your answer. Btw, if this will help… i’ve tried all these: aboveandbeyound 2007, timeto, c-organizer pro, hoo schedule master,VIPOrganizerSetup, aliveorganizer and because they don’t have “sub-tasks for short time tasks” i didn’t like any of them.
Hugs. Leke.

By: Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:44:28 +0000

Hi Leke,

Glad to see you like this program. Yes, you are correct – there’s no support for encryption just yet.

Before this tool, I was using online solutions only – BackpackIT, Vitalist, GTD TiddlyWiki.

I like your enthusiasm about the perfect organizer!

By: Leke

Leke — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:44:14 +0000

Hi Gleb!
I’ve just noticed something that disappoints me in MLO. I hope i’m wrong but… there is no way to protect it with passwords! is that correct? Thanx again. Leke.

By: Leke

Leke — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:48:32 +0000

Fresh news, my friend!
Yes, you are fully right about the “number of features not present in MLO” as contacts, anniversary, email, .. but i’ve seen a demo of LOTUS ORGANIZER right now and MLO gives a shot in LO in terms of “to do list’s management”. MLO is much more friendly and complete than LO when it categorizes the tasks and also, i thought very interesting the tree and sub-trees tasks… for example, you have a long task to do and you can divide it into many sub-tasks.. That’s what i call clear organization! Well, the question that i’d like to insist is… which others programs did you also try? maybe together we can get the personal organizer of ours dreams lol. Hugs, Leke

By: Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:12:33 +0000

Hi Leke,

And thanks for stopping by!

I can’t speak for everyone, but my own reason for never mentioning Lotus Organizer is because I’ve never used it. Yes, the fact that you have to buy it before trying the software doesn’t help.

MyLifeOrganized has free and professional versions, which makes it much more accessible to most people.

I would not be surprised if Lotus Organizer had a number of features not present in a product like MLO – it has a much longer development history, got a huge user base, and is sold for a higher price.

Thanks for a great question!

By: Leke

Leke — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:08:38 +0000

Hello! I’ve just downloaded Mylife organized, read this article (very helpfull and unique site btw! I’d like to spend many weekends reading and learning from here) but still are not convinced about one fact or mistery. As “internet explorer” means to browsers, when i’ve heard about personal organizers, LOTUS ORGANIZER is the first and best solution in my mind for that (simply because they are the first people to think about “personal organizers” and because they are updating and improving it since the first Personal PC). I’m curious. Why all you friends, never mencioned about it here? I’d like to know your opinions about this particular software too. You don’t use it because is it expensive? I missed the telephone tab for example into “mylife organized” and so on. thanx for advance. Leke.

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By: Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:34:44 +0000

Hi and thanks for taking time to leave a comment!

I guess I like MLO because it’s a stand-alone application and I can not only take it anywhere with me, but also be sure that it’s never offline or anything like this.

I will definitely be doing a review of online solutions, as I am still looking for the perfect way of organizing things online.

Are there any decent reviews of the RTM you’re aware of? Please feel free to point us to them.

Thanks again!

By: shk

shk — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:16:50 +0000

I use http://www.rememberthemilk.com

Have checked most of the other free (and some not free) to-do sites, and RTM is way better imo. Has endlessly customizable tabs, tags, priorities, due dates, etc – yet the interface always appears uncluttered and neat! I’ve seen some of the other to-do sites try to pull off this many features and it usually ends in a horribly ugly UI with features that you will probably never use there, anyway.

RTM integrates with mobile, email, instant messengers in various ways as well. And did I mention it’s AJAX? :)

I’ve probably missed tons of other features it has, but trust me – it’s well worth checking it out!

By: Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:21:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing the idea, Jeremy!

I don’t have a mac, but have seen it in action and find it extremely easy and effective to use. I’m told that macs are a whole religion – once you’re converted, there’s no coming back ;)

By: Jeremy Eaton

Jeremy Eaton — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:10:19 +0000

GTD at http://www.kinkless.com is probably much better! You gotta have a mac though, particularilly if you want to be productive.

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