RemembertheMilk and Jott

I have owned a Palm pilot for over a year or two and use it sparingly (I started forgetting birthdays, minor appointments and get-togethers) and my husband thought we should both have them (I was his excuse to buy one for him). I rarely use it for tasks and appointments, though I am starting to use it more now, as life is starting to get more hectic. I am more of a on-paper list-maker. I do like it as a perpetual birthday calendar.

Thus said, I personally probably will use Remember the Milk and Jott zero times for personal or in the library. I have other ingrained ways to make lists that work for me that are low-tech. I can see a potential use for libraries communicating as a group needing to work on a big project, such as building a new library, or for other projects or meetings between branch libraries, or other project groups. Our library is 1.5 years old in our current building and we are not part of a branch. I am used to Outlook's task bar, not that the library uses outlook for email. But I do for home use.

I also would not use my phone to set up a task for my to-do lists. I like to write them down or if I have no paper, use my palm pilot. I am not enough of a worker-in-transit to want to transmit things to a to-do list via phone. The idea behind jott and remember the milk is cool and I can see applications in a group, kind of like the wikis are good for group work. It just doesn't suit my needs. It is a good organizational tool for those needing an online list.