Robb. Knight.

Every since I've had my iPhone, I have tried all manner of different todo apps and none of them really worked for me until Clear was released. Because of the simple interface and speedy input of tasks, this app is perfect for how I like to manage tasks. The problem I cam across was how I had sorted my tasks into different lists. I had things like uni work, personal, development work and so on. And this just didn't work because I would go into the app, look at one list and only do things from there. There was no real way for me to see what I would be able to accomplish in the time I had. So for the past week I've been using a new listing system I thought of: duration of tasks.

Every task I have is now allocated into one of four lists: (The other lists are there because it's so easy to input data into Clear and the speed of input is hugely faster than any iOS text editor.))

• Deadlined - This list is for things I need to do by a specific date such as coursework or freelance work. This list gets looked at every time I look for tasks to do.
• Less than an hour - Anything that will only take a few minutes to do such as making a phone call, sending an email and other miscellany.
• Less than three hours - For tasks that will take a bit longer and require more attention.
• More than three hours - Everything else. This has been the home of "Redesign blog" for the past week. I will get round to it.

Using this system, I can easily choose a task based on the amount of time I have, or feel I want to dedicate to it. These exact categories may not work perfectly for you so play around with different timings/categories and see if you can increase the amount of tasks you can get done.