Using Todoist Correctly
15 July, 2009, 7:14 am
What is todoist? Why use it? And how can todoist help you to manage your time more effectively? These are great questions, which we will jump right into.
Todoist is a web application. In order to understand what that means, make sure you read about cloud computing.
Three main advantages of using todoist.
First of all, its a to do list! A to do list is an important thing. If you are going to be successful at running an online business you need some sort of a system where you can quickly add items that need to be done. You see, information comes at us these days like a shotgun. Once upon a time, you needed to wait on the Us Postal Service (which we all know can be like waiting for a healthy three year old to die of emphysema).
For example, right now I have my friend feed running and information is hitting me instantly as people post it. Occasionally, there might be a bit of this information I need to follow up on. Maybe I am made aware of something I need to look into further. Whatever the task I need to perform, I obviously can’t perform it right now because I am in the middle of writing. Who wants to be interrupted when you are int he middle of writing?
So, this leads us to the second big advantage of todoist. A Firefox Sidebar.
Check this puppy out! As you can tell, if you look closely, I am way behind on writing this post. Moving and changing my life all around has been difficult on my time, but now it’s time to get back on the wagon.
The Third big advantage is that you can have multiple projects running and add tasks to whichever project you would like to. The name of the project you are viewing is “blog posts.” I use this so that when I think of a great topic to write on, or even find a link to help me create a new post. I can add a link right into my todo list. If I am at a site, all I need to do is hit the add link button.
Todoist also gives you a full view of all tasks by date or by priority I like this because I can get a comprehensive list of everything I need to do today, tomorrow or last week and in the order of importance. This has been especially helpful for me over the last week as I have played catch up.
The way todoist operates it works best with my work style. How about you? So far have you found a time management tool you like best?
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