One of my favorite Web 2.0 tools out there right now is Google Tasks. It's just another useful benefit of having a Google account that allows you to make and share lists over the internet. So why is this such a useful app? For starters it's free, it can be accessed anywhere there is an internet connection and it's smartphone compatible. I've experienced a couple of scenarios with this app I want to share with you.
So on a personal level I really don't like shopping for groceries. I'm a pretty decent cook but every time I go to the store I always end up forgetting something. With the help of Tasks I threw together a quick grocery list. Then with just the click of a button it was ready for me to print out, but I didn't want to print it out. So what I did was open up Google Tasks on my HTC Incredible and presto I had a digital and interactive grocery list.
I like to work on a lot of different things at once and that usually means I have to communicate my ideas and manage my time very efficiently. Google tasks has a pretty awesome feature that helps me with that. For instance I am editing a horror movie right now for a client, it is extremely low budget and a lot of the work is falling onto my shoulders to fix. Not a fun situation you may know if you're an editor and it doesn't help when the client is very persistant about deadlines. So I break down what I have to do for the project into sections and take it on little by little. I make lists of everything I need to do and everything I have done. I then share it weekly with my client so he can see the progress I've made.
And now I'll leave you with a random fact about lists: The word list can be traced back to William Shakespeare's, Hamelt (Weeks, 2009)
References
Weeks, L. (February 24, 2009). 10 reasons why we love making lists. Retrieved June 6, 2010 from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101056819.
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