Online Lists, Storage

[Atom]

What online resources do you use for keeping things like grocery lists, to-do lists, etc. Or do you use an online storage service that lets you save documents and access them from wherever. Also be nice to have a place to store a few important things (securely) like a scan of my insurance policy - in case the house burns down.

I've tried several less-than-optimal systems - such as writing down things on a post-it note and hoping those things make it home and onto the main list - or keeping electronic docs saved on a key drive and bringing it back and forth (unless I forget to - which seems to only be when I really need it) between work and home.

Looking for something simple & preferably free

[Doku]

Originally Posted by Atom

What online resources do you use for keeping things like grocery lists, to-do lists, etc. Or do you use an online storage service that lets you save documents and access them from wherever.

I use "draft" messages in g-mail. "ToDo" "ToDo Eventually" "To print and read" "Groceries" "woodworking" etc.

Originally Posted by Atom

Also be nice to have a place to store a few important things (securely) like a scan of my insurance policy - in case the house burns down.

I have scanned most things like this. (contents of wallet, passport, insurance policy, birth certificate, tax returns, etc). I store the stuff in a truecrypt volume, and every now and then, after making changes, I will burn another set of coppies to DVD and mail them off to parents/friends. So that all that they know is that I have sent them a DVD that has important data on it... They have no method to get at the data. Other people have my password. So, if they all get together (as in if I kick it), they will discover who has the actual data and who has the passwords, and then can get at the data.

[WanderingOak]

Originally Posted by Doku

I use "draft" messages in g-mail. "ToDo" "ToDo Eventually" "To print and read" "Groceries" "woodworking" etc.

I have tried doing that, but the Computer Network Defence (yes, that is an actual department were I work) folks have gotten paranoid. We have keyword blockers on our web-browsers at work, and one of the keywords being blocked is 'mail'. Ostensibly this is to ensure that we are 100% virus safe, but it is actually more of a control issue than anything. Portable data storage devices are completely banned, even iPods and cellphones, so those are completely out of the question. (Doncha just love Government work?) I can send myself an e-mail from work (assuming it passes the e-mail filter rules), but that is the closest that I can do. Apple's iDisc might be an option for me, but I don't know if it is blocked or not. The only way I will know is if I set up an account and try to access it from work. If I wind up being extrordinarliy rendered to the dungeons beneath some long-forgotten Romanian castle, it didn't work .

[Adam]

I use my google personalized home page. I added the same module five times for different lists... If you search for "to-do list" in the addable modules, it is the very top one.

Right now, I have my life goals, 5 year goals, and short term goals, as well as my daily planning and a to-do list, that way, I can keep track and edit each one on one page.

[WanderingOak]

Originally Posted by Adam

I use my google personalized home page. I added the same module five times for different lists... If you search for "to-do list" in the addable modules, it is the very top one.

Right now, I have my life goals, 5 year goals, and short term goals, as well as my daily planning and a to-do list, that way, I can keep track and edit each one on one page.

D'oh! I signed up for Google Calander a few weeks ago, but haven't really had time to monkey around with it. I could spend days customizing my homepage there! I know it's not blocked, because I can already bring it up at work. There goes my productivity, trying to make myself more productive by spending hours adding modules to my Google homepage .

[febflake]

rememeberthemilk.com is nice.
Personal and small business information manager: Get organized, Backpack too.

But I strongly suggest you only use web apps for web related content (bookmarks, rss feeds etc.. no text files, phone numbers, todolist or notes etc). Simply because these are things that are useless if you are offline, while the others must be available being at any time being offline or not.

That's the reason why i dropped google docs.

[WanderingOak]

Originally Posted by Adam

I use my google personalized home page. I added the same module five times for different lists... If you search for "to-do list" in the addable modules, it is the very top one.

Right now, I have my life goals, 5 year goals, and short term goals, as well as my daily planning and a to-do list, that way, I can keep track and edit each one on one page.

How does that work? I am trying to add a 'new item', yet when I enter something in the field and hit 'add', absolutely nothing happens. The return key deletes the contents of the field and moves the cursor to the google search box. I am working on a Mac running Tiger and Safari. Does this only work with IE or something like that?

[Adam]

I'm using Firefox... To tell you the truth, I haven't tested it with IE at all.

The module seems to be using javascript pretty heavily, so if javascript isn't enabled (or Macs/Safari implement javascript differently), you'll likely have a few problems with it.

[Waffle]

I use NetVibes to for my ToDo list.
I use Google Calendar to plan when to do the items...

[febflake]

Just a word to tell you rememberthemilk added support for google calendar some days ago. Can be used on google homepage as well.

[Markus74]

Tada Lists are useful for certain kinds of lists.

[Brutha]

I like Online Productivity Applications, Web Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentations and More for online documents.

[Horizon'sEdge]

For my lists:

TRACKS::Login

Very nice GTD inspired context-based list service, only £1 or something silly per month, in terms of time saved it's very profitable!

[The Protagonist]

I use the gmail thing with my sidekick so I can access anywhere

[bodhiavttas]

Yes--if you sign up for a gmail/google account you get all these wonderful things you can use to keep track of your plans, to-dos, etc.

They have a calendar, a Docs and Spreadsheets section (which you can access anywhere anytime) and all sorts of other neat things.

If you use Gmail you can access it very quickly as you check your email. I keep my plans, propositions, tracking sheets with Google Docs and Spreadsheets. You can even collaborate with others (gmail or non-gmail users)

I think you can sign up even if you don't want an email account, but ask me if you want an invitation code.

[Erik Mazzone]

Originally Posted by Adam

I use my google personalized home page. I added the same module five times for different lists... If you search for "to-do list" in the addable modules, it is the very top one.

Awesome idea, Adam! I've been using Google homepage and it never even occurred to me to add the same module multiple times. I just read your post and started switching my stuff over from TaDa Lists.

Thanks!

[Markus74]

Originally Posted by Erik Mazzone

Awesome idea, Adam! I've been using Google homepage and it never even occurred to me to add the same module multiple times. I just read your post and started switching my stuff over from TaDa Lists.

Thanks!

I think I'll do the same. Thanks too!

[akapulko2020]

I use Google calendar combined with Rememberthemilk -they work nicely together.
Used to use NextAction when tried to implement GTD -it's a great tool too ,but it's not online which was a limitation -also I didn't keep up with the GTD at the time.
I use Google spreadsheet from time to time ,but not too much.

[Markus74]

As for free online storage:

Check out GMail (mail.google.com), they give you around 3 Gb of space. Couple that with this Windows explorer extension here and you've got access to a 3 Gb online hard drive right away!

It's super easy.