Andrew Conkling

Technical Support Engineer at Remember The Milk.

Kalamazoo, Michigan
Andrew Conkling
Bob T. Monkey reviews his rolling list

Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keep your tasks rolling with a rolling list

If you like to plan your tasks very specifically, organizing and prioritizing them can feel like enough. With this week’s tip, shared by keithhen, it actually is: once the tasks are prioritized and dated, this Smart List will keep you apprised of your current tasks, and will automatically update

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Bob T. Monkey and his 'Now' list

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Priority Smart Lists for quick planning

We’ve had a few tips lately for planning your time, but we’re always interested in how many ways this is possible. This week’s tip comes from catyr, who shows a super-simple way of using priorities to decide what gets done (and, let’s be honest, what doesn’

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Bob T. Monkey with emojis

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Adding emojis to your tags and lists

Emojis are fun. We all know this. But they can also be a helpful visual cue for working with your tasks, as gstoel demonstrates in this week’s tip. I love nice visual and appealing apps and tools. RTM made large improvements in this last year, so I am very

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Bob T. Monkey thinks about his four 'Today' Smart Lists

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Plan the right amount of work for today

Making a list of things you can do today is a balancing act: you don’t want too much, or too little, and you don’t want planning to be a chore in and of itself. This week’s tip comes from tvjames, who has a unique approach for pulling

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Bob T. Monkey enjoys his weekend at the beach

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Weekend tasks in one Smart List

Weekends can be a nice time to plan all sorts of things, from housework to projects to errands to fun trips. In this week’s tip from quam, pull all your weekend tasks together in one Smart List to get started on your weekend feeling. During the week, managing tasks

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Bob T. Monkey with a tomato

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Thinking of your tasks in Pomodoro time

The Pomodoro Technique can be really helpful for breaking down your time and helping you make the most of it during your day. This week’s tip comes from mcaneted, who applies the Pomodoro Technique to your Remember The Milk tasks so you can have everything set to go for

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Bob T. Monkey works on his laptop

Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Automatic prioritization with dates and priorities

Having your list just so can help you keep organized, productive, and stress-free on top of it all. However, sometimes keeping your list organized can feel like a job in and of itself. This week’s tip comes from martingchapman, who lays out a straightforward setup using just dates and

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Bob T. Monkey waters his plants, one of his daily tasks

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keep track of completed tasks in Google Calendar

Using iCalendar is a great way to keep track of your tasks in Google Calendar, but once they are completed your upcoming schedule clears. hashnuke liked the idea of keeping track of completed tasks too, so this week’s tip is a novel approach using the IFTTT integration to tie

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