The dangers of managing tasks with email

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Sun, March 23, 2014

I usually use iOS’s Reminders app for task management, but when tasks pile up without being completed, I stop looking at it as much, and it stops functioning as a task management tool.

Given this situation, I tried managing immediate tasks that needed to be done using Gmail.

However, right after I started task management with Gmail, I made a mistake with the recipient and sent it to the wrong person…

Fortunately, it wasn’t very important content so it was okay, but since it was a bit risky, I immediately stopped managing tasks with email.

Sometimes other company members also make mistakes and send memo-like emails to mailing lists, but that’s a bit dangerous from an information management perspective.

So in the end, I went back to the “Reminders” app.

iOS:リマインダーの使い方

Before complaining about task management tools, I should somehow organize the tasks that aren’t moving.

That’s all from the Gemba.