Comments on: VOTE: List Hysteria, Digital vs Handwritten

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:56:33 +0000

I make lists with reminders on my mobile phone. Side effect: the reminder alarm annoys everyone. Including me. So that’s an additional motivation to just get it done

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By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:58:33 +0000

I’m a big list-maker myself. It’s usually on sticky notes or in my notebook. Also, I saw a really cool exhibit in Washington, D.C. on the lists that artists make. Just wrote about it on my own blog.

Handwritten lists FTW!

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By: Meagan

Meagan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:55 +0000

I totally love the stickies application on my Mac. I used to cover my walls with stickies and it looked like a rainbow puked all over my room.
The virtual stickies are a great alternative because I can sling them all over my desktop then make the clutter disappear with a click of a button.
Great piece!

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By: Heather Carreiro

Heather Carreiro — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:58:40 +0000

I use both, handwritten for short term and digital for long term goals. Of course then I print them out and post them on the wall so I have to be reminded of them constantly…Looking around my office right now I’ve got a travel hit list for New England, a spreadsheet calendar of literary journal deadlines, a travel writing query list, a list of articles to write, a list of cliches to avoid (from Matador U), two lists for due dates in my grad classes, a list of verbs for annotated bibliographies and two separate to-do lists. Plus I have several manila folders full of more lists….it’s madness.

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By: maya

maya — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:16:34 +0000

handwritten… in my journal, so they never get misplaced!

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By: Gray

Gray — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:32:01 +0000

I am a near-obsessive listmaker, mainly because I don’t remember to do things unless I write them down. I’ve got lists at work, lists at home. My personal daily to-do lists are always handwritten–quicker, easier to jot things down without having to print them up. It gives me a way to recycle paper scraps. The other plus: Every time an item scrolls over to the next day, I have to write it out again. This gives me incentive to finish every item on my to-do list that day.

My pre-trip lists of things to do are always digital. Mainly because I re-use most of the items for each trip, so it’s easier to store and not have to reinvent the wheel every time.

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By: Candice

Candice — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:01:52 +0000

Good point, Lauren! I often write my shopping lists on the back of envelopes.

I keep meaning to pick up an agenda. But I keep forgetting, because I don’t have an agenda.

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By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:16:33 +0000

Handwritten all the way. For me, a list is the first step in a task that requires me to buckle down and just git ‘er done. Opening my laptop inevitably leads to distractions. Plus I’m a very visual person, so when I’m abroad (as I am now), I write lists (and notes, reminders, etc) then stick them on my wall with blue-tack, in lieu of a white-board.

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By: Lola

Lola — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:29:31 +0000

Great idea for a piece Candice!

I use both – OneNote on my main laptop (Evernote on the travel laptop) for every day items. Google Calendar just to email me important reminders and a small notepad for “must-dos within the next 4 hours!”

Yep.

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By: Marissa

Marissa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:30:33 +0000

I’m such a list maker. I prefer writing mine down on paper. This enables the satisying crossing off as well as any necessary doodling.

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