Comments on: 5 Lists Every Website Owner Should Keep

By: revenuelove

revenuelove — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:23:00 +0000

Great article. I find it crucial to keep a running list of items that I personally need to do.

@e6c443c8408452dc33f8adb2b1f1201f:disqus – I see what you’re saying “…keep changing…” and I agree that it’s really hard to keep a to-do list of items that continue to change. I’ve found that one thing to make sure of is not to make a huge list of things you want to do. If it doesn’t fit on a post-it —> it can’t be done in a day, at least that’s my experience. So, using a couple of tools I collect info, ideas, and backburner stuff – then I turn them into action items.

Here’s what I use…

Personally, I start every to-do item name with “call…, email…, type…, get…, fix…, etc.” – some kind of a action word (aka verb). I use EVERNOTE to save my ideas and THINGS for my running lists. If it makes it into THINGS, it needs to get done someday. That’s how I do it.

My company uses BaseCamp and other project management tools – and those are great, but I found that EverNote and Things were great for all the straggler to-do’s that didn’t really fit into a project or that were more personal in nature.

Thanks for a great post!

By: lv

lv — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:48:45 +0000

I’ve found it to be pretty helpful. I try to add my blog ideas, my recurring tasks etc to the list. Then I just set it to “Open at Login” and I’m reminding of things I have to do. Sexy or not, lists come in handy! Thanks for the article!

By: Shikeb Ali

Shikeb Ali — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:08:30 +0000

I hardly rely on lists (specially To Do lists) as they keep changing day by day, so I try to focus on whatever available at that moment.

As mostly people here are Freelancer or partly work freelance they are short on time and deadlines to meet. I don't think so mostly people create lists like mentioned here in the post.

By: Ryan Cowles

Ryan Cowles — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:35:18 +0000

Good article! I recently came across a program called "SimpleTask". I'm not trying to plug a product, as I don't have any affiliation, but I've found it to be pretty helpful. I try to add my blog ideas, my recurring tasks etc to the list. Then I just set it to "Open at Login" and I'm reminding of things I have to do. Sexy or not, lists come in handy! Thanks for the article!

By: Kristoffer Benoit

Kristoffer Benoit — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:48:06 +0000

Excellent post. Lists are psychologically liberating also. They can help to releive stress and keep the brain uncluttered by encouraging more linear thought.

By: Rachel Sears Casanta

Rachel Sears Casanta — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:48:57 +0000

Nice to know I'm not the only one with Lists! Nice piece. Thank you for sharing. I find that lists keep me focused as long as the individual items on the lists are prioritized AND the lists of lists are prioritized. Only then are the most important things being completed in a timely fashion.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:03:51 +0000

I would beg to differ on list being sexy. They are super-sexy! At least on a Mac =)

By: Gord

Gord — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:30:28 +0000

Nice collection of lists. I hear your obsession, I'm so obsessed with lists, I put together my own little webapp for keeping top 10 lists that others can participate in and vote on as well...

But I'm going to keep your list of lists for the next time I update my website full of lists.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:58:38 +0000

Great read, I too, keep lists for everything :P Thanks for posting!

By: Dodi Rahmaninoff

Dodi Rahmaninoff — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:45:28 +0000

thanks for the post, it really helps me on my way in running my own website :D