What do I do with my software tools? Tinker with them until I get bored. I can tell you the best doodling pens are the liquid-ink Pilot V-Balls. What did I usually end up doing with those school supplies? Doodling. I think I've taken my infatuation with school supplies from my younger days and turned it into a fascination with software-based supplies. Let me tell you, back-to-school shopping was my absolute favorite time of the year." I completely agree with what Stephanie said in her article: "I'm also a little obsessed with office supplies – pens, post-its, notebooks, etc. I'm more enamored with the tools than I am with actually getting organized.This also means that I don't use the task management app enough, because the stuff I'm actually getting done isn't in the system, so why do I need to bother looking at it? By not putting everything I need to get done into the system, it becomes primarily a place for stuff I want to get to eventually, which means most of the stuff on the list never gets done. I don't put enough stuff in the system.So what is my problem with getting organized? I'm not completely sure, but I have some ideas.
I'll say it again: my problem has nothing to do with the tools that are available to me. You may argue about which is the best out of this bunch, but the fact remains that I have no less than five applications that are top notch for managing tasks.
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These are the best task management apps available on the Mac today. Lets narrow it down a bit farther, and only pick the ones that are designed from the ground up for task management. Eight freaking applications that are fantastic task management tools. Here's a list of apps out of the ones above that are very capable for managing tasks: Yes, some software tools may work better with my style of thinking, but that's not really the issue. The reason I'm disorganized has absolutely nothing to do with the tools that I use. The fact is that despite the lists of pros and cons between the various software packages, and even throwing pen and paper into the mix, it doesn't matter. I may use it for a bit, but it never really make it enough of a part of my life to actually get organized and stay that way. I get all excited when I see a new tool that is supposed to help me get organized.
I'm thinking primarily of task management here, and that seems to be the primary thrust of her article. I completely understand the first point, and I think this point kind of makes the other point moot.
Others, like Numbers, are apps I've attempted at some point to press into service for managing tasks, even though they aren't necessarily built for that. Curio is an app that can be squeezed into organizing almost anything, and DEVONthink is kind of in the same boat. Some of them kind of defy classification. Some are for attempting to organize files (like Leap) or specific types of files (like Yep). Others are much more narrowly focused, attempting to keep just little bits of your life organized (like DomainBrain and Domainer, for managing information about your domain names). Some sit somewhere in the middle, allowing organization of bits of information as well as tasks (like OmniOutliner, Process, and Notebook). Others are for organizing tasks (like Things, OmniFocus, Inbox, The Hit List, and TaskPaper. Some of them are for organizing bits of information (like Yojimbo, VoodooPad, and Evernote). These applications all have one thing in common: I've attempted to use them to help organize my life. This is a tiny subset of the software I own.
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