Getting Organized with a little Voo2do

We all have too much to do and keeping track of it is never easy. Over the years I have tried pretty much every method of tracking my list of todos from paper to spreadsheets to Microsoft's Outlook and OneNote and found they all worked to some degree but sooner or later I found them all lacking (of course this could just be me).

Some have great functionality, but no portability (i.e. I want my to do list to be available when I need it and using the tools at hand) like OneNote. Some have lots of portability, but not enough functionality.

One of the products I tried that seemed to have a good combination of both functionality and portability is Shimon Rura's Voo2Do. Ignoring the voodoo doll for the moment, the product provides:

• A free web based app that is available on any web enabled device (including your Blackberry)
  
• A nice Ajax interface (think thick client like functionality without redrawing the page every time you make a change)
• Context management so you have one context for your work projects and one for your home project as an example
• The ability to have projects and underlying tasks that you can augment, prioritize, assign and manage deadlines for.
• The ability to publish and share your projects and tasks.
  

You can read more about the product's features at the Voo2do site.

I will tell that I started using the product and liked it, but Shimon had moved on to other projects and wasn't doing much to enhance it. This didn't stop it from working as designed and being available at all times, but when I wanted some enhancements and wasn't seeing them, I restarted my never ending quest to find the next great to do list.

Not having found anything better, I was pleasantly surprised recently when Shimon opened a new Google Group on Voo2do saying he was refocusing on the product. Thus far there haven't been many changes, but he is soliciting ideas and plans on implementing some of them.

Given Shimon's renewed interest, I too will refocus on Voo2do in my never ending task of staying organized. So why not get yourself better organized by checking out Voo2do soon. Perhaps the magic of all of Technology Plumbing's readers signing-up for Voo2do will be the magic needed to keep Shimon involved with Voo2do, as well as helping us all get better organized.