Interview with Abdul Mahdi

• How do you manage all of your tasks? (word document, personal calendar, planner, etc.)
I use a combination of all the above but mostly google calendar


• What do you like about your current task management system?
It alerts me when it’s time for a different task and keeps me very organized



• What do you dislike about your current task management system?
Because of the alerts it at times disrupts meetings



• What parts of task management are easy/difficult?
Google calendars are very easy to set up and most importantly, it syncs with all my calendars….no difficulties yet


• What would be the ideal task management service/app?

I am a bit torn because I like the alerts of Google Calendar but dislike the fact that it disrupts other meetings…So some kind of silent alert (which I’m not sure how it’ll work) would be nice.

Interview with Cannon Peterson 
Restoration Manager at NorthStar Cleaning & Restoration

• How do you manage all of your tasks? (word document, personal calendar, planner, etc.)
Memory and excel sheet with list of tasks and when I need to do them


• What do you like about your current task management system?
Everything is easy to read and check, and is always available to me at my desk.


• What do you dislike about your current task management system?
Adding significant information can be hard, as excel is not the best medium for keeping track of long text.



• What parts of task management are easy/difficult?
Adding new entries and removing old ones takes longer than it might, and I do not get reminders.


• What would be the ideal task management service/app?

Ideally everything would be done for me somehow, but realistically I like my current way. If I were going to improve something, I would like to have reminders and be able to access my plans anywhere.

John Pergrossi
Regional Actuary at Travelers Insurance

• How do you manage all of your tasks? (word document, personal calendar, planner, etc.)
I made my own desktop application. I add tasks and times to it on my desktop, and it reminds me with a noise when something is coming up.


• What do you like about your current task management system?
It is quick to create tasks and anything that I do not like I can change myself.


• What do you dislike about your current task management system?
Nothing currently, although I haven't played with having it alert my phone.



• What parts of task management are easy/difficult?
Since I am near my desk consistently, having my to-do list on my desktop means I never forget. However, when it gets full, my desktop can get cluttered.


• What would be the ideal task management service/app?
I need something that isn't clunky. Most of the bigger calendar applications online like Google Calendars are hard to use for me because I have to learn their system, download them or open a browser and load their page, so having it on my desktop at all times is nice because I know exactly how it works. The only thing to change would be presets, so adding common tasks is immediate.