To-do-list for Google Apps

What is the most requested feature at Google Apps? A to-do-list of course. While we are eagerly waiting for Google to introduce one, here is a solution that gives you complete Gmail and gCal integration.

Meet Remember the Milk (RTM). It's a task manager that can be integrated with many different platforms including Gmail even offline with Google Gears, gCal, iGoogle, iPhone, Windows Mobile (not that you would ever use this one), Twitter, Netvibes, etc. It of course has a Mac OSX Dashboard widget, a Quicksilver plugin and you can even communicate with it through an instant messenger. This list is not even full, but you get the idea. How and where you want to manage your task list is up to you with RTM. But let's look at Gmail specifically.

For me integration with Gmail is the best part. I can display and manage all my to-do-s within Gmail in a right sidebar that fits the layout perfectly and doesn't slow the page down noticeably. You can even set it to add new to-do-s by starring emails or by adding a tag to them, besides other options. After you registered with RTM installation is just a click of a button. The to-do-s themselves are arranged by priority and by date. Most importantly you can share to-do items among your friends and colleagues.

I won't list all the numerous features you can use with RTM, I will let you discover them for yourself, but let me just point out a few interesting things:

• You can email yourself a to-do item through a dedicated RTM email address
• Through jott, you can add tasks by calling a phone number
• You can subscribe to your to-do-list from iCal, which means you sync it with your mobile devices and iPod
• You can receive reminders through SMS, IM, Skype or email
• You can tag your to-do items
• You can create tasks that repeat peridically

I have tried many different to-do-list services, both on-line and off-line to stay organized and RTM is by far the best solution out there in my opinion. Another service with a completely different approach to task management is worth mentioning too. While it integrates with email it does it in a different way. I want Sandy is a virtual assistant that you communicate with via email. It takes some time to get used to it though.

If you have experience with RTM or Sandy please share in the comments. Also, let us know if you have other solutions for task management that worked well for you!