{"id":14639,"date":"2016-03-30T11:48:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=14639"},"modified":"2016-03-30T11:48:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:48:50","slug":"the-search-for-the-best-to-do-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2016\/03\/the-search-for-the-best-to-do-app\/","title":{"rendered":"The search for the best To Do app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Allen weighs in on Wired.com&#8217;s search for the best To Do app. Could it be that low tech wins the race? Read\u00a0Wired&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/03\/best-to-do-list-app\/?mbid=nl_32816\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s 2016. 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