Serge the Concierge

TaskBin (India) versus GoPlan (Portugal)...Oh! Baby it's a Wide World!

July 30, 2007 by serge the concierge

If you are old or worldly enough you might have gotten the Cat Stevens connection.

I always have a number of projects in the works.

I thought it would be a good way to use a couple of them to test Taskbin from Mango Spring (India) versus GoPlan from We Break Stuff (Portugal). You know 'productivity' tools. I kind of hate the name.

It fits right with the theme of the August Issue of Business 2.0 of The 29 Best Business Ideas in the World as mentioned by USA Today.

I will give you a progress report, every Monday for the next 4 weeks, starting August 6 (2007 that is).

Related stories: Southern Europe offers more than sun

and On 'Productivity Porn', Marc Andreessen

Posted on July 30, 2007 in Consumer Products, Music, Personal Organizer, Serge the Concierge, To Do Lists, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

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