Follow-Up: Organization/Junk Drawer Software
Not long ago I posted about my unorganized software dilemma. I needed "junk drawer" and/or organization software at both home and work. I wanted to share my progress thus far.
At work, OmniFocus is absolutely the way to go for me. I was able to organize all of my projects and upcoming to-dos easily. I can flag them as "waiting", set start and end dates, and add notes. That's about all I need. I wish I could drag links to emails and files into it. (That works, technically, but OmniFocus renders the text and/or PDF and/or file right there - and that's awkward.) This is a pretty good app for an alpha. Still needs some help but, on balance, this is functioning as my dashboard at work. And that's great.
At home, I've been using Yojimbo but am not that impressed. On one hand I'm glad all of my odds-and-ends are in one place. On the other hand, it feels like a cul-de-sac to me. To do lists? Great! But I can't put dates on them. I can't get reminders sent to my email or my phone. They're just... a list. That's too bad. The software is pleasant enough but I clearly need something that will poke and prod me when I need that. Yojimbo isn't quite what I need.
I'm thinking about trying out SOHO Notes or Journler, both poorly-named. (Actually, Yojimbo is a lousy name too.) All I really need is Yojimbo + due dates + reminders, and I'd rather not have to hack up some AppleScripts to make it happen. But if I must....
