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lis.to Blog Posts Galore

tomschlenkhoff — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:03:37 +0000

Actually we are working heavily on the over-the-air synchronization for the clients and on the iPhone App. So we are NOT working on blog posts. We just keep the dummies around so that the page looks nicer.

Bear with us and check out tech-heaven if your are so inclined:

lis.to Discussion Forum

lis.to Bugfixes/Issues

lis.to Wiki

Once we have more input I’ll let you know. Grab the RSS-Feed here, while supplies last.

lis.to – Why, how, what and what not.

tomschlenkhoff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:13:45 +0000

listo is spanish, and means “done”, “finished”. We deemed this appropriate for our new venture, the lis.to Task Manager. Mathias and I were missing a certain feature set:

A simple, easy and flexible task manager that enables you to follow GTD but doesn’t force you to. You can use lis.to as your favorite note-taking tool, or your shopping list. But GTD is absolutely possible. We don’t believe in enforcing processes – either you do your weekly review or you don’t.
In this regard: Installation and uninstall needs to be easy and painless. I would like to be able to uninstall the software simply by deleting a folder – no system-clogging.

Cross-platform It has to be available at least on Windows, Mac, Linux and – for sure – the iPhone. Handling tasks, or GTD for that matter, is only possible if you have ubiquitous capture – and nothing falls through the cracks. Once you have your app in the office but not at home or not while shopping the usefulness diminishes rapidly.

Metaphors – long, hard thoughts went into the UI/usage metaphor. And instead of tags (like things) we opted for a folder metaphor. We really like tags, but we found them hard to understand for average-joe and inconsistent in certain areas. With lis.to you can do multi-folder drag&drop into folders, and deleting tasks (or actions as they are called in GTD-methodology) in just one works as you would expect it in Windows or Mac OS X.

Free and open-source We prefer open-source over closed-source software. This makes sure, you will never lose the data you entered into the system – lock-in? Not with lis.to. An easy to export, or even manually manage XML-file is your complete task-repository.

Let us know how you think this worked out and give it a try: Download lis.to taks management here

lis.to – Multi-Platform Task Management for Windows, Mac

tomschlenkhoff — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:33:07 +0000

Linux & iPhone, over-the-air auto-syncing and speedy text-entry. Java based, run everywhere Open-source.You’ll never forget to sync before leaving the office again, nor will you have to wait for a browser to come up when there is something urgent you need to write down – pronto!

iPhone native client (in dev), full access to all your tasks from the road.
Completely transparent auto-syncing (in dev), no cables, no sync buttons, no problems.
The same view on your tasks from anywhere, always.
Unique organisation scheme, the power of tags with the simplicity of folders.
Stay on top of your todos with ease.
Ultra quick data-entry, the fastest way to dump your thoughts, forget about them and stay organized – give it a try, you’ll be loving it!
Safe and open. With the human-readable XML based data storage your data are yours. No proprietary file formats, no lock-in. And with the transparency of open-source software there is no risk of back-doors, trojans or other modern evils.
Open-source , fast and light-weight desktop client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux – always at your fingertips when you need it, on all your computers. No installation required.

Download and give it a try: lis.to – the windows, mac, linux task-manager