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Ask HN: What do you use to manage your TODOs?

2 points by bbs-protege ↗ HN
I'm a Software Development Manager for a company that works across three locations. I have a small team here that I work with during the day, and then I interact with two other dev centres about 9 hours behind us. As such, I'm usually inundated with lots of things to check, follow up on, take action on and look at in the future. I've tried a few systems, most notably GTD, but have either found them too onerous or just lost steam while trying to do that and my actual work.

What are you using to track your work? What have you found to be a practical, low-overhead way to manage the influx of things you need to track and do?

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misterdata
Both at work and personally, I use Trello (http://trello.com). Like it because it is really simple, its layout forces you to keep your lists short, and collaboration is extremely easy.
benlaud
I use multiple tools for task management , since I can't find a perfect tool that fits for all of my needs (I would like to make a one, but no time...)

1. Wunderlist - My inbox, TODO list for next few hours.

2. Evernote - Analysis a project , then convert to a list of TODO.

3. Trello - Team's TODO list and knowledge base

4. Tab Snooze - An extension in Chrome that it could close a tab and relaunch later.

hellofunk
I use the simple Clear app. Not just for TODOs but also for general notes. It's fast, simple, quickly syncs among all my devices.
bazzargh
org-mode in emacs http://orgmode.org/ ... though mostly as a dev what I need to get done is in Jira; my org-mode lists tend to be personal, longer term, or recurring.
sparkslabs
Trello for small projects and teams. Pivotal Tracker for large projects and larger teams.