778: Exploring the Task Management Environment

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I was thinking Sunsama, Akiflow, etc.

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Iā€™m currently trialling the Motion AI app, which you can find at https://www.usemotion.com. Itā€™s a calendar and task app that schedules tasks in real-time blocks.

While GTD purists may baulk to some of its methods, my initial impressions are positive. I suppose Iā€™m one of those people who just need to be told what to do!

It costs Ā£18 per month, but as a consultant whose performance is judged by the effectiveness of my output, this amount is negligible if it enhances my focus and productivity.

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I use Reminders for quick tasks and NotePlan for my projects and long-term goals. NotePlan also integrates Reminders and calendar, so I can see all my tasks in one place.

My favorite feature of NotePlan is the Weekly Note thatā€™s present on top of the Daily Note. It lets me define and keep track of my weekly goals.

I also write to think, so itā€™s a good place to do some brainstorming for tasks I need to complete.

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How did your trial go, Iā€™m similarly in the trial phase of Motion, after being sucked in by their millions of ads on social media. It seems the closest thing to OmniFocus Iā€™ve found on web/ PC which is important as I miss that greatly with a work PC.

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Hi @Nick_tea

I last about six weeks. The novelty ran out. The idea is great in principle but it doesnā€™t know or account for (most) days when i want to decide what i want to do and in what order. Or do nothing.

So Iā€™m back on OmniFocus. Iā€™ve read Kouroush Diniā€™s book again and given it a re-fresh.

How did you get on with Motion?

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ha, you beat me, I tried everything and I have now stuck to the apple PKM (calendar, reminders, notes) for a quarter now.

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Iā€™m about a week or so in, I find it excellent at task prioritisation and allocation, but the learning curve was steep. I think its too complex for easily adding something, and is not quite as polished as Iā€™d like but the core abilities and the confident mixing of time blocking and task management in a way that works around schedules (Kids in bed time, at work time, weekend time etc.) is excellent. Iā€™m going to keep trying it a bit longer and will come back with a more detailed review.

Its the closest thing to Omnifocus Iā€™ve found on a windows (web) device in terms of power user capability, but time will tell.

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its the closest thing to omnifocus on Web I could find but its system requires a huge amount of input which is hard to spin when priorities shift without perpetually kicking other things down the road and deadlines and priorities lose their meaning.
I really wanted to like it, and I donā€™t know where to turn to be honest. Thereā€™s no real power user task managers on web.