Akbar Ji believed no single religion could claim a monopoly on truth and came up with a way-ahead-of-its-time solution – ‘Din-e-Illahi’. Radical dude

I believe no single application can definitively help manage complexity and so, I use a cocktail of tools and techniques to organize my day. I call this approach ‘Whatever It Takes To Get Things Done’.

Like a fickle lover, I constantly switch allegiances to GTD apps. Over the years, I have used iCal, OmniOutliner, OmniFocus, Merlin, and xTime Project to manage teams, assess progress, and get stuff done.

As my needs changed, I switched to VoodooPad primarily because it’s lean, has a lite/free version and functions as an offline wiki – so, lots of hyperlinking love. I loved being able to hit Command-Option-K and seeing a line go straight through a task, indicating it was done. It was great for a while until I discovered TaskPaper. Despite my fickleness, I stayed true to TaskPaper for the longest time. But I’ve sort of dumped it now essentially because of the lack of an iPhone version.

I’ve been evaluating Cultured Code, as an indie Mac software company for over a year now. Their core product, Things, is a stellar app that conforms to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, is fun to use, and takes an innovative approach to GTD. Mumbo jumbo aside, it’s awesome and is proving to be instrumental in my “Save Sabeen from Sabeen” project.

I will post a detailed review soon, but for now, I can’t recommend Things enough. It syncs seamlessly with my iPhone and it’s been a long, long time since I had so much fun with an application.