![]() ![]() Pagico at times feels like a mix of IQTELL, OneNote, MS-Project and KanbanFlow. ![]() Pagico has some unusual features: it lets you manually rearrange your tasks on a ‘dashboard’ that looks like a Gantt chart and it can turn your project steps into a slideshow. It took me a while to find my way around the app and how workspaces can be configured, but it was worth the effort. It is rich in features yet also somewhat idiosyncratic. Pagico is a desktop app that has been around since 2007. It supports individual planning as well as team collaboration and is available for Mac, Windows, Ubuntu, iPhone and iPad. The developers describe their product as ‘a comprehensive planner that manages notes, tasks, files, projects and contacts’. Pagico is the handiwork of a small development team based in Japan. The odd bon mot from the irrepressible Stephen Fry or, in this case, stumbling upon a little productivity gem. Continue reading → Posted in productivity | Tagged iPhone, pagico, productivity, project management, to do app pagico’s productivity platformĮvery now and then, good things can come from checking your Twitter account. Read on for more information and screenshots. The iPhone app requires IOS 6 and is compatible with the iPhone 4, 4S and 5. Pagico Plus was developed for the iPhone from the ground up and offers a clean and colourful user interface, fast data entry, searching and syncing. It is available from the iTunes Store for $9.99 and complements Pagico’s iPad and desktop versions. Pagico has a unique take on task management - see my recent review of the desktop app for more information - and its special character has survived the transition to the iPhone very well. Today’s launch rounds out a productivity suite that already included task and project management apps for Mac, Windows and Ubuntu desktops and the iPad. Pagico launched its iPhone app today, a to-do list with a difference. In addition to individual task and project management, it supports team collaboration. There was one more, but I cannot read my own handwriting… I am happy to give Pagico 6 a ‘tick’ against all of these features (except handwriting recognition). I came up with these: structure, ease of use, flexibility, reliability, informative, completeness, collaboration, portability, tracking, visually attractive. I decided to start things off with a one–minute brainstorm about features that matter to me in selecting an app for managing complex projects. Now I have never met Ryo, but the persona emerging from his emails is a kind one, with a commitment to excellence - not the sort of person I would want to disappoint. ‘Lift your game, Ozengo’, I thought, and share the news about Pagico 6 with the bloggerocracy. So what spurred me on to put mouse to wordpress again? An email from Ryo, my software developer pen pal in Japan, who politely enquired how I was going with my review of Pagico 6, the latest upgrade of their productivity flagship for desktops, which was launched on 20 February 2013. Maybe it was Leo Babauta’s zenhabits injecting a healthy dose of productivity agnosticism into my life. Maybe it was quitting my job and setting up a little business of my own. Maybe the Christmas pudding was too heavy. As Shakespeare (almost) wrote: ‘I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth ’. I have had a serious case of blogger’s block. Granted, my illustration is a bit of a spoiler, but please read on if you want to find out which other apps made it into my top ten. My ranking is exactly that: a personal top ten, reflecting my preferences (I like a nice UI), my approach to productivity (David Allen’s GTD®), my hardware (I am a Mac user), my needs (as a sole operator I have no need for team collaboration features or enterprise–based software) and my experience (I have tested ~30 task management apps over the past two years). Only ten apps will fit into a top–10 after all (I was reasonably good at maths at school). Despite meeting those criteria, Things, a sana, FacileThings and several other pretty solid apps did not make the grade. They are all compatible with David Allen’s Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology, capable of supporting basic to complex project management and with at least one mobile app (iPhone or iPad, ideally both). This time around I am opting for an unashamedly impressionistic approach: these are the task management apps I like best. The first time, in a quest for ‘objectivity’, I got bogged down in a treacly mix of scoring apps against criteria that were of my own choosing anyway. This is my second attempt at writing this post. ![]()
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