I never really liked iCal’s to do list! Mostly because there was no way to create scheduled or reoccurring tasks. But I still use iCal for my to do list. Instead of creating tasks, I simply schedule them as appointments, which means they are already on my iPhone.

I also use TaDa lists for tasks and steps that belong to specific projects.

Jay…i use Highrise and like it a lot. Needs some work, which hopefully it will get.

Generally speaking, I like 37s’ work and TaDa looks great on the iPhone (I signed up for a free account and played with it). But we run into problem #2 I reference above for me to use it.

Sebastian, yes, Bartek has said that forcing iPhone ‘apps’ into a web2.0 framework is not a problem and he’ll likely be doing something to allow iGTD to play on the iPhone. But I’m not expecting anything anytime soon. And while I love iGTD (and have donated to the developer), I’m not ruling out a switch to OmniFocus if I find it compelling enough.

In the meantime, I will probably fall back on option 2, which is to extract those tasks I want to see on my iPhone and put them in some web-based app to get that visibility. Will probably play with TaDa list for now and see how that goes.

Jay, do you see an advantage in this regard for Backpack over TaDa? One thing I like about TaDa is it’s simple, and the formatting works beautifully on the iPhone. Highrise works, but you have to zoom and then scroll to really read anything.

I use Tracks - the same as I always have. Works great on the iphone!

If I am not mistaken, the guy programming iGTD also announced he would work on something.

@Rick: You are exactly right about spreading your workflow too thin across multiple task-management applications. This is why I decided to go with an email approach to keeping my GTD system integrated. I designed the Ready-Set-Do! GTD program for the mac which has the ability to email one’s action lists to oneself so they are portable and accessible from anything — iPhone or someone else’s computer. With RSD you get four emails, each time-stamped with the date so you always know which copy of your lists is the freshest. Those four emails are Projects, Next Actions, Waiting Fors, and Reading. And users can “email” ideas, attachments, etc. from their iPhones or from another computer to their RSD setup on their main mac with the new RSD Mail Rule. It’s a pretty sweet setup — and the new version of RSD now even adds a little fun by helping users graduate through various “belt levels” of productivity.

I definitely second the vote for Tracks!!

I am up in Canada, so no iPhone for me, but my perfect iPhone/GTD implementation looks exactly like Tracks ( http://www.rousette.org.uk/projects/ ) formatted to fit with the iphone screen.

In the latest trunk, there is web 2.0 autocomplete on almost everything, which is a godsend. I implemented it at work, day 1, for problem tracking/resolution, and could not be happier

Why isn’t it included?

I think it’s because Leopard is right around the corner and todos/notes will be merged into the Mail program. In the mean time, there’s already many many ways around the problem while we wait a couple months for Leopard.

$.02

I am forced to use a Windows PC at work. I am very disappointed that the iPhone does not sync with the Task List and Notes in Outlook. If you are going to sync with Calendar and Contacts, why not sync with Notes and Tasks?? agghh..

John, what is “Tracks”?

I’ve tried backpackit.com for the iPhone. I find it’s better to use the /mob address, which looks nice. I already use it as a repository from my normal cellphone, since I can send email to backpack and make a todo entry, note, or just make sure I can read the email later.

Of course, the /mob pages are missing some functionality, but it’s still quite useful.