Comments on: Review of Things by Cultured Code

By: Oliver.

Oliver. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:37:42 +0000

Things looks really great.
Things seems easy to jump into.

But Things is really HARD if not even impossible to implement the GTD-methodology with. The 4 criteria – it just wont work.

OmniFocus on the other hand:
It looks a bit complex.
It feels a lot higher bar to get over.

But you can really work the GTD-ways like Things never can.

The best GTD-app in the world ever is OmniFocus – but there iphone app lags to much. So Im switching to probably the most loved and beautiful todo-app there is (things).

Jaws will drop. =)

ps. inbox: give the guy some cred – he actually pointed out that he didnt see the point since he’s writing an action. Clearly he doesnt use it for intake. Like many of you, I will.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:12:31 +0000

only thing holding me back from Things: no CONTEXTS in the iphone app! how can i work on the go and with my mobile without having any contexts!?
also, project notes, and the project screen, does not work on the iphone app. it only displays the first few words of a project, and i can’t access the notes about each project.

By: Barak

Barak — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:44:47 +0000

I had two similar concerns as you and made a conceptual twist to ‘fix’ both of them.

I use the projects as contexts. Poof! Everything syncs with the iPod touch/iPhone and the fact that they are always there makes some sense.

By: Pascal Hos

Pascal Hos — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:53:26 +0000

You can simply create a wifi network on your macbook and connect the iphone to that. Works great!

By: Samir

Samir — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:26:36 +0000

one big issue I have is with limitations for only wifi sync with my macbook.

as a consultant its hard to get consistent access to wifi while on the clients premises. even hotels do not offer wifi consistently (mostly in the lobbies not in the rooms)

By: ZingerSteve

ZingerSteve — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:03:48 +0000

I’ve been a devoted Things user for quite some time. I like the flexibility it offers to adapt your own version of its system, meaning you don’t need to use the inbox if you just don’t find the need. I use it very rarely but I’m glad it’s there for when I can’t take the time to organize a task.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:04:45 +0000

“And I have yet to touch the ‚Äúinbox‚Äù feature. For the life of me I cannot figure out what to put in there that I can‚Äôt do with the next action list. Putting items in this folder doesn‚Äôt make sense.”

Thanks for the review, though this paragraph is a little shocking. If you’ve read gtd, things’ inbox should be easily understood. One of the best features of Things and perfect for gtd. It makes me wonder if you really have a full understanding of gtd at all.

By: DanGTD

DanGTD — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:59:43 +0000

Regarding the inbox, you don’t put there only next actions, but it’s for dropping anything that comes in your mind that can be organized later. Task ideas, new project ideas, notes, etc.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:25:41 +0000

“The only downside I have right now is that while it works fantastically with my Macbook and my iPhone, I do most of my GTD-worthy stuff at work, which has the unfortunate circumstance of having a PC. Any suggestions for how to make GTD w/ things work properly when you don‚Äôt have access to your Mac?”

VNC… ;)

I’m logged into to my home computer via VNC all day, so I always have access to Things…

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:36:15 +0000

I’m probably over-engineering a solution here, but I sort of wish that the Inbox worked like album cover art in iTunes. When the Inbox was empty, instead of always being at top of the source list, it would be hidden “above” it, so that the Focus area would be at the top.

If a new task was added that went to the Inbox, then the Inbox would slide out from the top, and the user could also click a button or do a show command, just like in iTunes the album art display can be toggled on/off.

This would allow those of us who don’t use the Inbox (or use it infrequently) to keep it out of the way when it’s empty.