In today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, tech expert Jill Bauerle covers a free online task management tool, voicemail software for Skype, and a multifaceted instant messaging client. Don't miss the next issue.
Below you'll find one of the three articles from today's edition:
Better than a String Around Your Finger
By Jill Bauerle
Lost your to-do list? Overwhelmed by the number of task management tools out there? Take a deep breath and log onto Remember the Milk. A Web-based, user-friendly tool, Remember the Milk helps you visualize your most important tasks without getting lost in sub-menus and multiple screens. The "Overview" page lets you see what's due today and tomorrow, what's overdue, and what the week ahead looks like. The "task cloud" literally puts all of your task headings like "bills" and "calls" in a bubble and sizes each them according to how task-heavy they are. So if you have to make five phone calls and pay one bill, "calls" will loom menacingly in the task cloud, eclipsing "bills." Different lists for work, personal, etc. help you to separate the various facets of your life and prioritize accordingly. A special feature of Remember the Milk enables you to keep track of time the way that we humans typically conceive it — today, tomorrow, a week from now — and change a due date from "tomorrow" to "1 week from tomorrow" in one click. Reminders come in many forms, including e-mail, instant messages, and SMS. You can e-mail tasks to your Remember the Milk account and automatically create a new list using your subject line. Other highlights of this program include "smart lists" that help you prioritize tasks, a contact list of other Remember the Milk users to whom you can send reminders, list sharing and public lists, iCal synchronization, an "undo" button, recurring tasks, keyboard shortcuts, and an archive for old lists that you're not ready to delete. Once you get a taste of Remember the Milk, you could became as zen about your work load as the smiling cow on the corner of the screen. Remember the Milk is free. Learn more about Remember the Milk.
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