The tastes and work approaches for task management tend to be quite different. One person simply needs a sheet of paper or a long document in a word processor to jot down what's important. Someone else might carry around a thick planner or use software with a fixed structure to keep track of activities and tasks.

Nitro [1] is a task manager that differs from other programs in many ways. A few years ago a new approach called "Getting Things Done" (GTD, [2]) began to win favor in task management.

This approach proposed categorizing tasks by solutions appropriate for them, or even by location, instead of assigning priorities to the tasks themselves. Thus, to get professional and private tasks under one roof, they need to go on separate lists.

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