eSport New Zealand

Like a lot of people, I generally have quite a few things on the go.

People want things done, I’ve got work to do, things to build, goals to achieve, projects to complete, exercise to do. You know how it is – life stuff. I’m also prone to having ‘ideas’ very often, and if I don’t write them down quickly they’re gone forever.

I’ve used a lot of time/project management software in the past, and over the last few weeks I’ve been trying out a new web application from 37Signals (the guys who made Basecamp, I like that too) called Ta-Da List.

The idea is very simple, it’s a web-based to-do list.

It’s been done before, many times. It’s quite a busy space – which is great for you and I.

You make as many ‘Lists’ as you want, and add items inside of those lists. Create a list, add item to list, mark item in list as done. Thats it! 3 basic actions. It’s probably the best thing about Ta-Da list – a totally bare bones approach which makes it very quick to use and requires almost zero thinking.

No one wants to have to think about things like time or categorization at 2 in the morning when they’ve just come up with a world shatteringly sweet idea and just want to throw it into their ‘Random’ list in a couple of lines.

Here is what my ‘eSport’ list looked like this morning:

As you can see, very simple and very clean. I’ve got similar lists for ‘Life’, ‘Work’, and my other web projects.

If you’re interested in having a crack at a slightly more organized life, give it a shot. It’s free.

If you’re after something more complex, but still clean (and also wildly popular) – check out Remember The Milk.

It will sync up with just about anything, and lets you attach a whole lot of meta data to your tasks.

If you are a Gmail user who uses the Google interface rather than a desktop email client, Google Tasks is another very good good option which you can turn on via Google Labs. It does everything Ta-da does at this point!