Online To-Do Lists and Task Management

Every month, CS-SIS highlights new or current technologies relevant to law librarianship.

Interested in organizing your own work or personal tasks? Consider utilizing an online task managment tool to bring your to-do list to the modern era. Benefits of going digital include portability, helpful reminders, and collaborative possibilities for larger projects. Here are just a few available task managers, arranged loosely by complexity:

Simple

• Workflowly, Free

Workflowly lest you create simple, bullet-point lists quickly. It is easy to add tasks, cross off completed items, and expand or contract lists when things get a little unwieldy. There is no ability to set due dates or prioritize tasks, but advanced users can explore options to tag items for easy filtering. A mobile site and iPhone app allow access to your list from a mobile device.

• Wunderlist, Free

Wunderlist is a modern, simple tool that lets you creat lists and add tasks easily. Adding due dates, notes, and sharing lists is intuitive and fast, and your lists are visually pleasing thanks to Wunderlist’s different backgrounds. Native mobile apps for a variety of platforms support access on-the-go.

More Complex

• Remember the Milk, Free or Pro Account ($25/year)

Remember the Milk supports basic to-do lists while offering a large number of advanced features. You can add due dates, repeat tasks, prioritize items, add tags, and even share lists with friends. Mobile apps for most devices are available, and plug-ins support adding tasks from your email or web browser. A Pro account unlocks automatic syncing for mobile devices.

• Todoist, Free or Premium Subscription ($29/year)

Todoist is a straighforward task manager with options to create lists (or “projects”) and sub-projects for a clean look and organization. You can add labels and due dates to tasks, and multiple plug-ins allow you to add tasks from your email and other web pages. Native mobile apps and a mobile site provide access to your projects on-the-go. Advanced features such as reminders and note-taking are available with a Premium subscription.

Power Users

• Asana, Free for up to 30 users or monthly pricing for larger groups

Asana is a task manager designed for collaborative work, allowing multiple users to work on projects and communicate on tasks within Asana. You can assign tasks to users, chat about the tasks within Asana, attach documents, and follow projects to track progress on items you are not completing yourself. Asana also supports private lists for your own personal task management.

Interested in exploring other options? Check out Mashable’s suggested To-Do Apps for getting organized, or consult Lifehacker’s articles on task managment. With so many productivity tools out there, you can hopefully find something that fits your work style.