Need Outliner + notes + scheduling + PDA sync

Posted by dlmesser
Feb 22, 2008 at 07:30 PM

Hi,

Great site, it’s very gratifying that I’m not alone in my search for the Holy Grail of “mental crutches.”

Maybe someone has some ideas for my particular search: I’d like to combine my hierarchical (nested, collapsible) list of what are essentially GTD tasks with a structured tree note database, plus sync it all to companion Pocket PC/Windows Mobile program(s).

I was using PocketThinker for the list, and while I loved that, I let my trial expire after it stopped being sold. Now my list is in ListPro on PC and Pocket PC, while I don’t like it as much as PocketThinker, that works. I need the ability to schedule these tasks as Pocket PC Tasks as well. I used to use ShadowPlan on my Palm before it (the Palm) died, and used that feature there. If it’s in ListPro, I haven’t bothered to find it, as I really am hoping PocketThinker will become open source, as mentioned elsewhere here.

Anyway, what I’d like to add to my list setup is rich text notes like one can make in TreeDBnotes or OneNote, and sync those to Pocket PC as well. These could by synced as Pocket PC Notes, Word docs, or they could be in another program, not even necessarily the same one that gets the list, but I’m thinking there’s a PIM or similar out there that does all this. I like OneNote, but I don’t think it does collapsible outlines. And I like EssentialPIM, but I don’t think it does longer hierarchical lists well, or can sync them (could be wrong).

One last requirement is that it have nothing to do with Outlook on the PC. That’s required at my workplace work, and while I will be using this software there, I want to keep personal info separate. Along that same vein, password protection or encryption would be a plus!

Let me know your suggestions!

Thanks,
Dewey