In Search of Everything All at Once

Google Calendar has been out now for over 2 years.

In that time, I have been a vocal advocator for a task-list feature to be added to Google Calendar, and I'm not alone.

Back when I used to use Outlook, I used the task list extensively. While most of that has been replaced by things like Unfuddle for my software projects and a paper notebook I carry around for notes, I really miss having a task list on my computer now that I use Gmail instead of Outlook.

Shortly after its release, ZDNet speculated on Google adding a task list to its Calendar product, and even found pieces of code in it that seemed to indicate one was in the works, but we're still 2 years out from that and no progress has been made. Many improvements have been added, like little weather icons, public events, Outlook sync, etc., but not one mention in Google's Calendar blog about the addition of, or even plans to add it.

Having a task list just makes sense. Sure you can create events on a calendar and then set reminders, but that's not really a clean way to do it. You can also add the task-list widget to iGoogle, but I don't use iGoogle. Even if I did, I'd like that in my calendar, not on my start page.

Please Google, add a task list!