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December 11, 2007

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Anxiety actually helps you manage tasks

Posted Dec. 11, ’07, 9:00 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software

AnxietyThose of you who have been reading MacUser for a while have probably picked up a few things about the people behind the scenes. Derik, for example, is a font of technical knowledge; Dan P. is a renowned wit and master of letters; and I’m a total and utter mess when it comes to organizational skills.

With my upgrade to Leopard, I’ve vowed to start making better use of iCal, but one thing that I haven’t quite gotten into is managing my To Do lists. Both iCal and Mail have the ability to handle To Do’s, but neither of them integrate very well into my workflow. I just need a quick painless little application, no bells and whistles.

Besides being perhaps just what Doctor Organization ordered, a new task manager called Anxiety that has the perfect name to boot. I’ll admit it: I’m a neurotic bundle of anxiety on most days, so why not embrace it? Anxiety is a lightweight To Do app that lives in your Dock or menubar; trigger it and it’ll show you a list of your To Do’s. You can create new ones with a matter of keystrokes. It even integrates with iCal and Mail if you want to go that route.

My only complaint is that I’d like a little more keyboard control for Anxiety, especially some sort of global keyboard shortcut I could use to open it or hide it, a la Twitterrific. But at a price of $0 (donations accepted), Anxiety’s still a pretty nifty app for those who like to manage their tasks without a lot of overhead.

[via Hawk Wings]


1 Comments

Sam said:

If you use Quicksilver, you can go to Triggers -> Add New Trigger, and bind Anxiety with the "Toggle Application" action. AFAIK, this action is not checked by default in the actions list, so you may have to go into Preferences -> Actions and check it. One hit of the trigger will hide it if it is currently revealed, and another hit will hide if it is active.

December 12, 2007 11:08 AM

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