Are web 2.0 to-do lists just hype?
TodoneApp: Heh, was this in response to my "Ask HN" earlier today? :) I agree that these list based systems are always trumped by a text file or pen/paper for portability and simplicity. However, having tried so many list-based systems as well as the "simpler methods", I still found myself just not getting things done. That's why I built http://todoneapp.com, which is really an experiment with a new methodology for doing things. The point isn't to organize you, it's to compel you to fulfill promises to yourself, in a way. This is the system I needed to help me pull weeds. Putting it down on paper wasn't helping. Building a system that allowed me to say "I need to pull the weeds" and at some point asking it "What should I do now?" to be told "You should pull the weeds. Go away and pull the weeds." That's what I needed. It's much easier to do something that "someone else" is telling you to do, than listening to yourself tell you to do it. YMMV of course. :)