Cool Tech Tools: Automate Your To-Do List

Keeping a to-do list is a great way to be productive, avoid having things fall through the crack, and unclutter your brain.  How you maintain your to-do list varies: some people use pen and paper because they love the feeling of crossing tasks off, others use Excel or Google documents.  Still others might try Evernote.

If all of those still have you feeling unorganized, then you’re in luck.  There’s a whole new genre of apps to automate your to-do list.  Here is a list of things to consider:

1. Would it be great to access your to-do list from any device?
2. Do you need subtasks?
3. Would you like to set priorities and due dates?
4. Do you want notifications or reminders?
5. Do you want to share tasks with others?
6. Do you have repeating tasks that need to be handled differently?
7. Do you need to be able to make comments or notes for each task?
8. Would it be nice to forward an email to your to-do list and just have it logged?
9. Do you want to be able to print your to-do list?
10. Do you want to be able to set hash tags, filters, and labels for each task?

Once you’ve thought about your requirements, now you can look for an app that meets it.  Here are two to get you started:

• ToDoist.com
• Wunderlist.com

If those don’t work out, Google “to-do list apps” and you’ll have a bevy of selections to choose from.  These to-do lists will work for not only business projects but also major life projects like weddings, vacations, and more.

Try these new to-do list apps and let us know what you think.