Toodledo wins hands down as best todo list

This may seem an over the top title when you realise that I haven’t done any research but when someone takes your information this seriously then you have to take notice.

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I started using this about 3 months ago; at that time my todo list was fairly small and I didn’t really think I needed it. Then I discovered that I could start collecting todos into folders, or projects. Not that I wanted to start project managing this way but it opened me to how I could think about how I was going to do something – I could just list the actions in order.

It also synced directly to my iPod (my poor man’s iPhone) this meant I could tinker while away. Brilliant.

Then one day (last week) I opened the site to find a white screen with an error. Hmm. Not thinking too much about it I was able to wait. I understand that for others the wait was a little more nail biting. For me I’m not too worried as I have a copy on my iPod.

Then I got thinking – what if I can’t sync again? Is this going to mess up? Have i lost everything? I remember once putting all my CD collection into CDspot.com – I didn’t log in for a while but when I did it was only to find that they had been sold and my entire collection was lost as I hadn’t gone through the download action.

Anyway, to cut a long story short. Toodledo came back up and everything worked and synced fine. There was also a very big explaination and apology from the owner. He took full responsibility in the failiure and the recovery – this is the type of person we need to safeguard our information.

Todo#15: Write about Toodledo – complete :)
Note to self: Try completing Todo#1-14 first!

On-line backups

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I have stumbled across an on-line backup service called “Mozy” who offer a very affordable backup for the rest of us.

They do have a demo. I’ll rephrase this as they have a starter service that is absolutely free; with 2GB of backups space and a piece of software that helps you to backup. They also run a referral option and if you use this link https://mozy.com/?code=R4D4HH both you and I will be awarded an extra 256MB.

This may not sound much but if all you want to do is back-up a small documents folder like me – this is probably okay.

Of course they have a paid-for service; which is not too badly priced. I will try the starter pack first and may upgrade later.