Comments on: Remember the Milk: Now with iPhone and Gmail integration

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:27:00 +0000

I’ve been using RTM for a long time and when they came out with the pro version to work on my iPhone I didn’t think $25 was too much especially considering the cost of other similar software. I’ve had OmniFocus since it’s beginning, but it just gets too complicated (my things to do are pretty straight forward) but the iPhone app it $20. Also, I have Things, which I like a lot for it’s ease of use and simplicity, but when it’s out of beta it will cost about $40 and the iPhone app costs $10.

The only thing I wish RTM would have is the ability to see all my tasks at once and edit them. Constantly switching between lists causes me to miss items occasionally so then I start putting everything in one list.

Also, RTM has been on GMail for a long time but recently it was updated and didn’t work quite right at first. I like that feature a lot too because I can star mail and it goes right to my things to do list. And I can see the tasks on my GCal.

By: Peregrin

Peregrin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:24:20 +0000

There’s another pop culture reference: “Take over the world”…

They’re dinky
They’re Pinky and the Brain…(narf!)

By: Another Lori

Another Lori — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:19:20 +0000

The Gmail/RTM thing — I was confused at first, too, because I had it in Gmail as a Firefox extension months ago (but uninstalled it cos I never used it). But this article refers to the new RTM Gmail Labs Gadget.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:04:31 +0000

If you’re a power user $25 per year doesn’t sound that bad for task management, but most mere mortals are still waiting for the day that iCal’s To Do list can be synced with the iPhone. This should be one of the most basic functions of any PDA, yet Apple has consistently ignored implementing this feature. I’ve never read a convincing explanation of why this is.

By: XXX

XXX — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:38:57 +0000

I am so over people being so over the TPS report joke.
Just use this cover sheet and you’ll be fine.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:44:05 +0000

@Jack — The sidebar functionality with Gmail just started at the beginning of November. At least according to Remember the Milk’s website.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:20:19 +0000

I’ve been using RTM in my gmail for months now. I’m pretty sure that’s not new.

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:20:16 +0000

I’ve been very happy with RTM, and am particularly happy that they finally released an iPhone version that can be used offline. I had tried a couple of other syncs-with-RTM iphone apps, none of which work nearly as well as the official one.

By: Jason Kratz

Jason Kratz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:53:21 +0000

Phillip-

You’re also paying for the various other tools they offer as well as the iPhone-specific website.

In this case you do need a premium account….to get the app.

Seems pretty fair to me.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:09 +0000

I agree that it’s a great app and have been using web-based RTM for a while now, but unfortunately I think it’s bogus to require a premium account. What if you don’t need one? Are you supposed to pay $25/year just for the app? I’m hopeful they’ll change that requirement.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:30:27 +0000

I am so over the TPS Report joke. UGH.

By: Matt R. @ YFNCG.com

Matt R. @ YFNCG.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:32:24 +0000

I love RMT because of it’s integration. It’s important to me to have my to do list available where ever I am (phone) and have it available alongside my email.

By: Scott Elias

Scott Elias — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:12:12 +0000

RE: The “missing” feature you mention, I’ve got this taken care of by creating a tag called “.tickler” which I assign to things I don’t want to see until a certain date.

I can then use the smart list feature to exclude anything tagged with “.tickler” until it’s due date (which, for this purpose, will be the date I want to actually start seeing it in my “Today” list).

So I put in “Send Mom a bday card” with a due date of 3 weeks before her bday. I assign it the “.tickler” tag which hides it until after the due date. It takes a little bit of up-front logic in setting up your lists, but it works like a charm for these kinds of things as well as those recurring tasks that I don’t want to see until the day the need to be done, like “Change the water in the fish tank” which has to be done bi-weekly.

YMMV, but it works for me!

By: Robert Dyson

Robert Dyson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:06:59 +0000

I’ve been using the RTM iPhone-optimized website (http://m.rememberthemilk.com) for a while now, and just downloaded the iPhone app.

The app is great and offers more functionality than the website (location-awareness, more options when adding a new task) but the syncing seems to be lacking. I’m sure this is something RTM will be working on, but twice now I’ve added tasks on the web and not seen them in the iPhone app, even after a few hours. The great thing about the iPhone-optimized website is that there’s no syncing required…you’re working with the website directly.

All in all a great app, looking forward to future improvements and enhancements.

By: Daphna

Daphna — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:02 +0000

I really enjoy that “TPS Reports” were the next item on the list. Office Space fans rejoice

By: Jason Kratz

Jason Kratz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:17:03 +0000

You can do what you want. Set a due date and create a smart list. The help for advanced searches, which you then turn into a smart list, is pretty good: http://www.rememberthemilk.com.....vanced.rtm

For instance you could set the due date and then do a search dueWithin:”1 week of today” or dueAfter:today. I have a “tickler file” that I created using a search of dueWithin:”1 week of today” tag: tickler. I think its pretty obvious what that does (anyting 1 week out)

I also have a search that is just tag:tickler

RTM is pretty good and the iPhone app is really good. Very pleased with it. I’ve always wanted to use OmniFocus but its pricey and I can’t use my Mac at work so it makes more sense to use something web-based.