MLO works the way YOU like not the way the authors think is the best

Review by Scameronde

Autor: scameronde
Application: MyLifeOrganized
Platforms: Windows & PocketPC
Source: MLO forum

I am a user of MLO PC and PPC. I am using MLO as my GTD-Tasklist (for
scheduled and non scheduled tasks, not for appointments. we are using
Lotus Notes for that). For me, MLO is worth every single cent.

I tried a lot of other ways to keep track of my tasks over the past 5
years, including paper based systems, but MLO is the best. It's usage
is lightweigt. You are never bussy with entering and organizing your
tasks. Just open it with a hot key, enter one line of information,
done. Helps me keeping my mail inbox empty (the Zero Inbox Principle).
It's best feature is the parsing of the information you enter. Enter
one line with the task description containing the context and a date
and MLO is doing the rest. No clicking on combo-boxes, date pickers or
other GUI stuff. It is even faster than entering the information in a
plain text file.

The To-Do view gives me the information for the actual context
(talking with a collegue on the phone, just pop up MLO, filter for her
name and i get presented all the topics i planned to talk with her
about).

And when i have no access to my laptop (in a meeting, on the way home,
late in the evening when an idea comes up), i have my PPC, where i can
access my tasks and enter new ones. MLO PC and PPC stay perfectly in
sync (most of the time :-)). This is much better than writing ideas
and tasks on a sheet of paper and transfering them by hand next time i
am sitting at my computer.

But there is one major drawback: no version for my Mac that i am using
at home ;-) Hey, developers. Thinking about porting it to the Mac? I
would shell out another 50 EUR for a Mac version immediately!

Support is also great. I always got feedback on the same day i wrote a
mail to support.

I am a manager (head of a development department) and have always tons
of different requests and actions. MLO helps me keeping control.

There are evaluation versions for both PC and PPC. As far as i
remember, they are both fully functional. Because MLO is a freeform
tool in the sense that it does not force you to use a special process
or a special structure, it took me some time to get the best out of it
for my style of work. But in the end what seems to be a drawback is
really a huge advantage. It works the way YOU like, not the way the
authors think is the best. So, evaluation might take some time and
effort.

Scameronde, 7 Aug-2007
source: MLO forum