GTD using Doit.im (Web + Android)

From time to time I take a look on GTD solutions that are able to manage my tasks. My first blog entry summarized my requirements and my still up to date GTD solution (Palm + JPilot).

This time, I tried Doit.im which I skipped in my first test.

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Doit.im provides a neat web-based interface which syncs to a neat Android app. Both require an existing account at Doit.im. Here is a short summary of my findings.

The Android-software needs an account at the web platform and therefore I tested the web interface first.

• entering tasks is fairly easy
• Projects can be defined
• task assigning to projects with drag and drop
• only one context tag per task!
• no manual ordering of tasks
• no subtasks!
• tasks can repeat
• tasks can have an alarm
• no sequence can be defined
• no auto-next
• tasks can be tagged
• no undo of "marking a task done"
• basic support for tags
• good support for tag-based-views

I tested the current version 2.2.6 of Doit.im which I found in the Android Market.

• easy manual sync with the online version
• cool visual design elements
• not great but easy input of tasks
• no sync-interval setting
• no tag-based views!
• confirm-button always pretty far down the screen; back does not save/confirm
• needs own dialog to define tags (other than web interface)
• Android-defined tags get lost after syncing!
• Web-defined tags are not always shown in Android-app!

No solution for me. Mainly because of the missing sub-tasks, no manual ordering or defining sequences, sync-issues of tags and missing tag-based-views in the Android app.

Who's next? ;-)

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