Comments on: Never Forget a To-Do Item

By: Jeff_Grosse

Jeff_Grosse — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:23:17 +0000

I used Jott when it was free, but now that they charge for it, the benefit to me doesn't justify the cost. I knew the day was coming that they'd offer a Premium service, but I didn't think they'd eliminate the free service altogether. Michael, you may want to post a quick update to the bottom of this blog post about them going to a pay-only service.

By: AdamD

AdamD — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:31:15 +0000

I’ve been using Jott for several months and I love it. It’s a service I *would* pay for.

I took it a step further by incorporating my Jotts directly into my to-do list:
http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/phone-in-your-to-do-list-with-jott-and-hiveminder

It’s been amazing for clearing my brain of a thought when I’m not near my office or a computer (most commonly while walking downtown, which doesn’t seem too dangerous).

By: Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:43:46 +0000

Quick plug for Google Notebook. I recently found this and this has become an amazing help for me. It’ an amazing add on, as I always come across things online that I’d love to reference later. This allows me to do that without saving a bookmark. Plus it allows you to take snippets from pages, so you can keep only what you need. A really cool tool.

By: Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:40:59 +0000

Mike, Awesome tip here. I just signed up and I love it. I haven’t developed the habit of keeping a notpad with me everywhere I go, but I always take my phone. As alway, I find just about everything you write about to be very useful information. Thanks again.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:20:01 +0000

Roseanne: It is unfortunate to see that so many people can’t take their busy lives out of their car….I do agree with that. Also I don’t think Jott will solve the problem, but help it. Also, if you program jott into your phone right…you don’t have to take your eyse off the road! :)

By: PR, New Media, GTD - Lines from Lee

PR, New Media, GTD - Lines from Lee — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:41:05 +0000

GTD Tip: Jott Easy Notes toSelf

In The Four-Hour Workweek, Tim Ferriss advocates radical outsourcing of your life, going so far as to have a personal assistant in Bangalore handle all those nagging details. Whether you go that far or not, one thing all personal productivity and lif…

By: Roseanne Baker

Roseanne Baker — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:56:21 +0000

Hi Chris, I appreciate what you are saying, that jotting down an idea over a handsfree device is safer than hauling out pen and paper to capture it. However, as the saying goes, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” From the reading I’ve done, even handsfree cells pose a distraction.

What makes me wonder is this: Can we not turn off our busy lives for the duration of a car ride? Can we not put work on hold while we’re driving? If the answer is no, perhaps public transit is the way to go, or hire a driver. Don’t mean to be an old stick in the mud about this, and I have just as many brilliant ideas as the next person (I think), but perhaps a voice activated tape recorder would be the safest thing in a car; you wouldn’t have to turn your eyes from the road, or dial a number etc. I trust my brain to re-surface the truly awe-inspiring ideas that it comes up with, and rely on the process of “survival of the fittest idea” to kill off the rest!

By: chris

chris — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:04:19 +0000

Roseanne: Being a jotter for quite some time, I’m speaking from experience….Jott is WONDERFUL for driving and using your cell phone. Just put on your hands free device…voice command Jott in your phone and voila!! This is going to safe lives on the freeway i tell ya. Great app!!

High in convenience! Helps when you have a full hand, when you want to contact an entire group…OR what works for me…as a musician (guitarist), I jott myself my idea when I’m not at my instrument! Give it a try! It’s free!!

By: Roseanne Baker

Roseanne Baker — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:06:57 +0000

Just a reminder that talking on a cellphone while driving is dangerous! Part of my company’s safety culture is to impress upon employees that “distracted drivers” cost lives. I am going to look up Jott because it definitely sounds like a cool service, but please resist the urge to talk and drive! (And statistically, cells with headsets are just as dangerous; it’s the distraction factor…)

By: Jon Dale

Jon Dale — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:20:38 +0000

Mike,

I’ve been using jott for a while. I’m on the road a lot and jott has pretty much replaced my notepad in the truck. I also like the way I get a daily summary from jott, it means I get reminded daily of the things I’ve jotted.

Jott has made some mistakes in transcription…but its really convenient to hit the “listen to” button in the email to hear the original message.

I’m guessing at some point they’ll want to monetize the service. Hopefully it won’t be with ads. I’d prefer to pay a fee than to have to listen to or read ads.

A couple of other tools I’ve been playing with recently:

Google.com/reader. I’ve used a lot of RSS aggregators and its by far the easiest to use and has the best set of features.

Google.com/calendar. I love the quick add feature. You can send a text message from your phone to Google that says “Apt at 4pm next Wednesday with mike at Starbucks on 31st” and it will correctly put it in your calendar. I also like the SMS reminders of calendar items. If only it had a task list I might completely jump ship from Microsoft and abandon our exchange server for gmail/google calendar. My assistant is able to schedule things in my calendar just like with exchange/outlook.