Online Collaboration Software
while I have already been on a search for a GTD Software, I meanwhile finetuned my needs. A GTD software is nice for taking care of tasks, but I need more. I’ll outline it here:
- webbased
- iOS/Android client (or dedicated Webinterface)
- Mac/Win client (just nice to have, webbased would be sufficient)
- Lists (for packing/shopping)
- ability to copy lists (for template usage)
- Tasks (assignable)
- Calendar (for appointments)
Now for the details…
Lists
currently I use Springpad for my notes and lists. However, Springpad can’t share lists/notes with specific persons, you can only make them available to the whole world, or not at all. Also, you can’t copy a list. So I had to make a template, and whenever I need that as a specific list, I have to mail it to myself, then from my mail do “open in Springpad” and from there save it with a new name. What also annoys me with springpad, is even if I can assign notes to a notebook (think “folder”), it still is in the “all my stuff” folder. If like me, you work with an “empty Inbox” principle, this is annoying.
Tasks
I currently use Wunderlist for tasks, especially because it is somewhat collaboration-friendly. I can have a folder with tasks relating to my shop, and can have that shared with my co-workers. Also, I have the same done with my wife, thinking this would be nice for shopping lists. However, Wunderlist also doesn’t let me copy the contents of a list, which hinders its usability for that case.
Calendar
that one’s a hard one. Currently I use Supersaas, which fulfills my (our) needs: I can have a reservation system, with different opening times for each worker, I can have a superuser that can make appointments for any worker, and I have a joomla bridge, so that every registered user of our site can click a “get appointment” button, and is automatically assigned a Supersaas user, redirected to our Supersaas calendar, and can request an appointment with a worker. Also they can’t see the details of existing appointments, which is important. However, the webinterface of Supersaas is somewhat ugly (think 80′s), and has a few glitches. Also it doesn’t really sync to my google calendar, it’s only 1-way.
So, all in all my needs are partly filled already (maybe I have to switch to Evernote for copy-able lists, but I already hate how many different systems I have to use throughout a day), but what I really would need, is some software that does all of the above. Dreaming, I guess…