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Nozbe appears to be the latest web app in the Getting Things Done space. It is currently in beta, but they are taking signups so you can have a look and play around with it.

To that end, I played with it briefly this evening and found some great potential, but I’m not quite ready to switch away from Tracks just yet. It is a “young” app and there appears to be some interesting ideas for it so I plan to check back in the future and see how things are coming along.

From the site:

Nozbe is a web-based application that will help you get things done. It’s simple, easy and free. We have been inspired by many concepts presented by David Allen in his best-selling book:

“Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”

Using your Nozbe Account you will be able to manage your projects, organize your tasks, add notes and set next actions - using a simple web-based interface. No downloads, no fuss, pure web 2.0 style.

Beefs:
Currently, contexts are defined for you and I don’t see a way to change that. They have a nice variety of ‘em (with nifty identifying icons) but I have a few “custom” contexts that I like to use. The 5 project max thing was a bit of a deal-breaker for me as well. And since I’m whining, I’d sure like to see a way to move a task from one project to another.

On the plus side, any GTD fan will intuitively feel at home with it. Very simple to use, very approachable and easy to understand.

I see some of my beefs have been raised in the forums with positive response so, like I said, I do look forward to having another look soon.

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2 Responses to “GTD with Nozbe”

1. Michael on March 15th, 2007 4:27 am
   

   Just a quick update regarding some of the things you mentioned in Nozbe:

   - you can now define your own contexts and assign cool icons to them

   - you can re-arrange contexts to define your own “default” context

   - you can share projects with other people

   … and more features coming very soon!

   Thanks for your blog post and keep up the good work!

2. Chris on March 15th, 2007 3:45 pm
   

   Hey Michael - thanks for dropping by with the updates.

   I’m especially glad to hear about now being able to define contexts!

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