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What's the best way to manage my tasks and schedule online?

If you're a fan of the social web, you've probably noticed that it has two very different faces: the having fun side: (Facebook, Flickr, YouTube) and the Getting Things Done side (delicious, Basecamp, Remember The Milk). In fact, the more you spend time on the fun side, the more you need the GTD side to make up for all the time you've spent watching videos of cute, cuddly puppies.

True confession time: for a number of folks on the Social Signal team, trying out GTD applications is the fun side of the web. Let our relentless obsession with task management software and productivity apps save you some time to spend on YouTube. We've rounded up some of our most durable reviews, tricks and insights so that you can get the most out of online calendaring, task management and collaboration.

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Podcast: Interview with ManyMoon CEO

Manymoon CEO Amit Kulkarni joins us to dish on his company's collaborative task management web app.

How the iPhone can have a big impact on busy lives

The iPhone doesn't just save you time on task management -- it saves time at the gym.

ManyMoon offers collaborative task management that project managers can love

ManyMoon's genius is in offering what I'll call "task management plus". Task management is the key collaborative challenge for many teams (it sure is for ours!!) so a collaborative tool that focuses on task management makes sense.

Podcast: Online tools and gadgets that keep you current at work and at home

We hear there are couples who don't talk about project management software in bed. While they're getting it on, we're getting things done.

Podcast: Tools and strategies for staying updated and afloat in your busy life

Listen to our discussion of how to keep up to date with the latest developments on- and offline.

Project management and workflow with Basecamp

This blog post will focus on how we use Basecamp, which has been one of our main tools for managing the ongoing work of individual projects. While we've since moved on to other project management tools ourselves, our tricks and observations about working with Basecamp still apply.

Tracking tasks with Remember The Milk: Dairy delight or lactose intolerance?

RTM is an incredibly slick task management application that comes jam-packed with great features. If you're looking for a powerful, user-friendly task manager -- and you're mostly managing solo tasks rather than teamwork -- it could be right for you.

Comments

Harry says

April 5, 2009 - 8:50am

You may also check out http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com, a very nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and has time tracking. It's clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth a try.

 

Sky says

May 5, 2009 - 7:22pm

Check out Backpack! We use it for our virtual office - great for keeping track of tasks and shared info. It's cool.

http://www.backpackit.com/

Dan Raban says

July 25, 2011 - 3:24am

Try binfire.com, it is an online project managemnt program especially designed for collaboration. Includes almost all features need for true project management and collaboration and there is a free option available too

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