I live and die by my email. I check it constantly when I’m on the computer, and I can check it on demand on my Blackberry. Frequently I find that I need be reminded of repeating tasks, and other special activities. While most calendaring tools offer pop up windows to remind you of a task, I tend to close them a to get them out of the way, and then forget all about them. On the other hand a reminder email is there until I delete it, nagging me until I get the task done.

One tool, that I use,  that offers automated reminder emails is backpack www.backpackit.con from 37Signals. You can setup one-time and repeating reminders. However its real purpose is to be a basic todo list. If you currently use a legal pad (I used to) to keep you todo’s, this tool is an easy transition to a web based list. You can list your todo’s, and categorize them in sections. You can also add note elements to the page. The todo list doesn’t have the advanced features of some lists like due dates, categories, filters, and sorting, but  if you don’t use them there’s no point in having them. (Any time I get a more advanced system I spend a lot of time setting it and then ignore most of the features–a big waste of time.)

The free version includes the todo list, notes , and reminders. There are various paid version as well that include the addition of file storage, and message boards, and a calendar.  All the versions support multiple users so you can share lists/and notes for group projects. If you dig into this application, you will see that it has a lot of cool features beyond the limited description I have given here, and and a quick look may be well worth your time.

• By Small Business Credit Cards, October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 am

  Thanks for sharing this tool. This will be very helpful to me

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