I have used numerous tools over the years to keep on top of my tasks and projects.

Omnioutliner, Backpack, Stickies (digital not real) and countless others.

None every quite worked for me. They never felt right, too much overhead or took too long to get the info into them.

When inspiration and motivation strikes, you need to get it down fast, before the next distraction takes the thought away.

So, when Hog Bay Software released TaskPaper, I looked at the screenshots and quickly dismissed it as yet another to-do list.

How wrong was I.

As my week grew busier, I decided to give it a shot and see how it might fit into my workflow.

Much to my surprise, it began filling up fast and I found myself actually using it features. Not just staring at a window full of text.

The beauty of TaskPaper, is that it is drop dead simple on the surface, with just the right features under the hood.

You can use keyboard shortcuts to create a project, or simply type the title with a colon after it, adding tasks equally flexible and fast.

Marking something done can be accomplished any number of ways and the cleaning up your lists is so simple with “archive done tasks”.

Today as I was engrossed in our daily video chat, organizing the weeks priorities with my partner, I discovered a wonderful gem hidden in plain sight.

If you click on the project text, it create a tab of just that project! So you can filter down to one list and quickly go home to see everything.

TaskPaper gets 5 stars in my book.

Well worth the $18.95.

Grab a copy and support a wonderful independent Mac developer.