Voo2do Online Project Management
After using a few online task management tools I was able to identify one that met a good portion of my needs (not all but most):
- Print the list. Seems silly in todays online age, but I want a piece of paper that I can mull over as I sit somewhere outside of the usual din of work.
- Export the list. This exported text file serves as a backup.
- Have multiple layers: sub-tasks and sub-projects. I do work on multiple websites. I need to set up each website as a project. Under each I have a standard set of 4-5 to-do lists, each focusing on a particular aspect of the site.
Voo2do enables me to meet all these requirements.
Voo2do is not the prettiest nor the slickest. But it has the FUNCTIONALITY that I want and need.
The highest level of organization are called contexts. These could be home, work, school, etc. Or, like in my case, they are particular web projects I am working on. A project in Voo2do is actually the task list.
For example, I have a RWT context (RWT is short for Recommended Web Tools, this site). I have five projects within that context: RWT Blog Posts, RWT Articles, RWT Admin, Firefox Posts. RWT Blog Posts is my largest list, containing sites to review and things to write about. RWT Articles contains a list of finalized web tool recommendations to write. RWT Admin contains website administration tasks like X is too big, Fix this border, etc. I created Firefox Posts as a separate project because I had numerous items that I wanted to write about Firefox.
There are a few things I wish Voo2do would improve. First, speed. It is not as quick as other online management tools. Second, I would make further improvements to the interface. While these things are important, I will choose functionality first. While an app maybe pretty, that doesn’t help me if it is useless. I have found Voo2do to be useful and will continue to use it as long as it meets my needs.
[tags]voo2do, project+management[/tags]
Posted by Paul Flyer on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 in Utilities
Shimon Rura Says:
July 21st, 2006 at 6:28 am
Hi,
I’m the creator and maintainer of voo2do, and I’m glad to hear that it meets your needs. Could you let me know more specifically where Voo2do seems slow? That might be something I can improve.
(Please email me if you respond so I’ll be certain to check back here.)
Thank you,
Shimon Rura
Paul Flyer Says:
July 24th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Shimon, Thanks for your comment.
Keep in mind some of what I am experiencing may be affected by my Internet connection.
1) Saving new tasks sometimes takes a while.
2) Clicking between tasks, since it refreshes the page takes time as well. You could go totally ajax and make all those html tabs, ajaxy kind of tabs so the click on each is instantaneous.
Paul