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Using RTM to capture ideas

thomaskeene says:

I do a lot of public speaking and writing, and often an idea will occur to me at an inconvenient time--that is, when I don't have pen and paper handy. No problem, though, RTM makes a great idea-catcher! (Ideas can be anything, by the way, like "I need to do such and such of Friday").

The best way to catch ideas is through your phone. I have a special drop with drop.io that I can call and leave myself a voice message. Any internet-based voice messenger will work, though. I call my voice-messaging service and leave myself a message with my idea. I have it set up so that anytime I get a voice message it sends me a little notification in my email.

So how does this get added to RTM? Easy: using Gmail filters and RTM's awesome Gmail plugin. RTM lets you automatically create tasks from a Gmail Label, and Gmail in turn lets you automatically label incoming emails based on a set of preconditions. So I have Gmail set to automatically label all my voice-mail messages with the label "Task," and I have RTM set to automatically create Tasks from any email with that Label. Presto: instant automatic idea catcher.

Posted at 3:12pm on November 19, 2009

davidbwagner says:

You could make this even simpler: set up your gmail filter to forward the task to your rtm email inbox.

Posted 2 years ago

mehardin Pro says:

Or, you could just leave them in gmail labeled "ideas". It seems to me they are already "caught" once they get there. I don't see how moving them to RTM helps. As a matter of fact, they are pretty much caught when they get to your drop. Seems to me like you are catching the same idea three times.

Posted 2 years ago

thomaskeene says:

Yes, that is also a great idea. But I like have a gmail label for Tasks, so then I can work out of RTM or Gmail.

Posted 2 years ago

kmoss11 says:

Very creative use of filters there! You might make it a bit easier if you set up a free account w/ Dial2Do, which works directly w/ RTM. Then you can just call their number, say "Remember the Milk" and dictate your idea directly into your RTM account.

Posted 2 years ago

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