OmniFocus is a Mac application for tracking to-do lists. Quite a basic concept that Outlook and every mobile device has been doing for years, but I’ve tried every task management system I can get my hands on, including various ABC-123 systems, and I always seem to end up with lists so large that they become useless and I return to the good-old daily list on paper.
OmniFocus is different because it follows the ‘Getting things done‘ methodology of dealing with tasks. Control-Option-Space opens the ‘new task’ window and adds a task to your task inbox.
Dealing with tasks in your inbox is easy – if you can do it today, then do it and mark it as complete. Otherwise, drag-and-drop it onto a project and/or assign a context. The context could be home/office/phonecall/lunchtime etc.
The task list can be viewed by project, group of projects, context, due date etc. Very simple, yet the three dimensions of inbox/project/context provide enough power to manage an ever-growing list of tasks and to actually get stuff done.
OmniFocus is 10/10 because its to-the-point and simple yet much more powerful than a one dimensional to-do list. Also – until Jan-8 its half price at $US 40.
15 March 2009 at 10:41 am |
I’m a huge fan of OmniFocus. It beats the Things for Mac hands down.