It happens every time I venture down the hallway to take care of something - someone flags me down - "Mike, I've been meaning to ask you....." We talk, I say that it's no problem, I'll take care of it. Then I keep walking. Someone else flags me down. After two more stops, I finally reach my original destination and work on that issue. Thirty minutes after I talked to the first person to stop me, I've completely forgotten that we talked.
When I got my Android phone last year, I had hoped that I'd find a good solution for task management and reminders on the go. It's taken a while to get there, but I think I've finally found something that will make sure I get these things done. And it's really simpler than I've been trying to make it all along.
I've tried a bunch of different apps to try and solve this problem. First were a number of "sticky note" applications that attach a note to my home screen on the phone. They always seemed sort of clunky, and the main issue I had with most of these came up - unless I remembered to look at the note when I got back to my desk, then put it on my task list, the item was destined to be left there until the next time I went into it for another task.
Finally I found an app that is doing the trick - Email Me. It's pretty simple - after setting up some defaults, a simple tap of a shortcut brings up a message with a pre-populated subject (Note to Self in my case). I type in a body and hit send.
Back at my desk, an Outlook filter sees this subject, creates a task based of the e-mail body, and it's ready for me to resolve when I get back.
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