Task Manager for Google?

June 11, 2007 in Technology with 10 Comments

I’m in the process of getting my wife’s life Googlized. She’s all set with email and calendar functions. Now she’s looking for something to replace her paper task list. Why doesn’t Google have a separate task management tool? Seems like that’s the missing ingredient to completely replace Outlook. Am I late to the party? Why hasn’t that been developed yet?

While I wait for the answer to that question, I’ve set Em up with a to-do list using Backpack.

10 Responses to “Task Manager for Google?”

  1. tlbignerd June 11, 2007 at 10:02 pm #

    I’ve been using Remember The Milk for a while now and while it’s not a Google solution, they plug into Google left and right. They have a gadget for iGoogle and they’ll include to-do items into Google calendar. The service and response time using the Web site is phenomenal. I’ve thrown away every other To-Do manager out there.

  2. emergingChris June 11, 2007 at 10:12 pm #

    Are you using the Google Homepage (iGoogle)? If so, you can add widgets to it for Gmail, Calendar, and a “To-Do List” that suffices as a simple task list tool.

  3. tony morgan June 11, 2007 at 11:16 pm #

    Chris, you win the “let’s just keep it simple” solution contest. Why didn’t I think of that?

    I set up an iGoogle page for Em tonight…complete with the “To-Do List” gadget. She’s feeling very Googlishious tonight.

    tony

  4. Arnold Gamboa June 12, 2007 at 12:14 am #

    Hi Tony.

    Google acquired Jotspot last year. When it goes back online, that’s going to be the solution to the missing link.

    -Arnold

  5. avclub June 12, 2007 at 10:05 am #

    If backpack’s not your style, you can always go with 37Signals’ Ta-Da-list. A little leaner.

    or if she’s a Mac lady, try Check Off. I’ve been using it and I like it (though it doesn’t publish to the web).

  6. Chip Schneider June 12, 2007 at 10:12 am #

    Tony,
    I am a Googlin’ Fool and love most any techno gadget I can get in my curious little hands, but when it comes to managing tasks, I have found nothing that compares to the Hipster PDA….check it out at this link http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/03/introducing-the-hipster-pda/
    or by simply doing a Google search on “Hipster PDA”. I tossed my PDA into the desk drawer and haven’t missed a beat since switching to a Hipster PDA…if you need additional references, check with Ken Wilson, he too is a faithful Hipster man…if nothing else, check out the website, you will be at least amused by the technology, if not sold on the application…
    Chip

  7. GBaldwin June 12, 2007 at 10:17 am #

    Tony,

    I’ve been an avid Outlook user for a while and like most of us, my entire life is on there! I know you have “googlized” your own life so I was interested to know how you set that up. Would you walk us Outlook users through what you have do to “googlize” your life and get the same results as what Outlook offers? Thanks!

    Grant

  8. Mitch June 12, 2007 at 4:03 pm #

    +1
    http://www.rememberthemilk.com

    Mitch

  9. Mitch June 12, 2007 at 9:23 pm #

    Another great choice
    http://studentlinc.typepad.com/studentlinc/2007/03/creating_my_tod.html

  10. emergingChris June 18, 2007 at 1:38 pm #

    Thanks, Tony! I ditched my PDA in favor of using iGoogle. Very slimmed down yet all-encompassing.