We are very happy to announce that the next version of FruitfulTime TaskManager has been launched today.

FruitfulTime TaskManager 2 is a major product release with many improvements and new useful features, such as grouping, advanced filtering, and search as you type functionality.

To learn more about FruitfulTime TaskManager 2, click here.

It has been a busy time over here making sure we develop a product that people will love to use and find useful.

We are now going out to celebrate this launch after months of hard work

FruitfulTime TaskManager 1 was our first product launch. A simple, lightweight, powerful to do list management tool, that helps people get things done.

Following that release we continued to look into ways of improving the product to make FruitfulTime TaskManager more powerful and easy to use. We believe that software should just work, i.e. help you carry out whatever you want to do without getting in the way.

Based on that belief we reviewed the whole product to enhance the current features and add new useful capabilities. We received a lot of positive feedback and feature requests. We thank you all for your feedback. It is indispensable for us to get your feedback to improve the product further and make it more useful for you.

The following is a brief rundown of the new features in FruitfulTime TaskManager 2.

• An always visible search as you type box allows you to easily search through your tasks, subtasks, or notes.
• Filtering has been extended to include new task details such as priority, status, and progress, and also subtask details.
• Organizing tasks through tags is now very easy to do. Multiple ways to tag tasks have been included, such as right-click context menus and shortcuts to simplify and fit the way you work.
• Progress on tasks and subtasks is now more granular, in increments of 10% instead of 25%.
• Due Date and Start Date can include both a date and time.
• As before, multiple reminders can be specified, but now reminders on the same day are supported, such as 12 hours before, 1 hour before, 30 minutes before and so on.
• A popup dialog is displayed to remind you of upcoming tasks and subtasks. You can snooze or dismiss reminders.
• You can optionally choose to chime a sound when reminders are displayed to draw your attention.
• Contact details are now stored and managed in one place so you do not need to retype data when adding the same contact to different tasks.
• Tasks and subtasks can be assigned to a person from your contacts list. You can then filter your task list to view the tasks assigned to John, for example.
• Password protection is now optional. At any time though you can specify a password to encrypt and protect your task list.
• Menu items, shortcuts, toolbar icons, and context menus have been introduced to allow you to work the way you are most comfortable with.
• The main area where the tasks and subtasks are viewed has been redesigned to make it cleaner and more functional.
• Columns in the task and subtask lists can be hidden if you do not use them, to create more space and reduce clutter.
• The tasks and subtasks can be viewed in list mode as is right now, or else in group mode. For example, in group mode tasks could be grouped on the due date under headings like today, tomorrow, this week and so on.
• In list mode, tasks and subtasks can be ordered manually by dragging and dropping tasks and subtasks in the list.
• Simple reports can be generated with clean graphs to show you statistics, such as how many tasks you have according to priority or status.
• Tasks can be archived to clean up your active task list.
• Accidentally deleting tasks into oblivion is a thing of the past thanks to an integrated deleted tasks list. When tasks are deleted from the active task list or the archived task list they are moved to the deleted tasks list. From there you can permanently delete a task or else restore it.
• As mentioned above, three views are now available: Active Tasks List, Archived Tasks List, and Deleted Tasks List.
• Printing of tasks and subtasks has been enhanced to include more combinations.
• Tasks can be duplicated, making it easy to enter repetitive tasks.
• Hotkeys are provided to quickly and easily minimize FruitfulTime TaskManager to the system tray to carry on with your work, to add a new task, and to view your task list.
• From the installation you can choose to add a shortcut on the desktop and to load FruitfulTime TaskManager each time Microsoft Windows starts.
• When you close FruitfulTime TaskManager, the current display status and settings are saved so that the next time you load FruitfulTime TaskManager it will look exactly the same as you left it.
• Tasks and subtasks can be exported to CSV, XML, and HTML.
• Various tweaks to improve the stability, robustness, and efficiency of FruitfulTime TaskManager.

As you can see from the above feature list, we were quite busy lately, and therefore we are now very proud to announce the release date of FruitfulTime TaskManager 2.

FruitfulTime TaskManager 2 will be released on the 1st of July 2008.

Just in time to celebrate Independence Day with one more triumph. Your ability to conquer your to do list and with it stress, to live a more balanced and independent life.

Users who bought FruitfulTime TaskManager 1 will be able to upgrade to version 2 at the special price of $14.99, a whopping 50% discount to thank you for supporting us.

If you buy FruitfulTime TaskManager 1 during the month of June you will get version 2 for FREE. So what are you waiting for? Download the 10 day free trial of FruitfulTime TaskManager 1 now. Try it out and then buy it for $29.99 only. We will then send you a license key and information from where to download the new and improved FruitfulTime TaskManager 2 on the 1st of July 2008.

Below you can find a preview screenshot of FruitfulTime TaskManager 2.

In the coming days we will provide more in depth information and screenshots on FruitfulTime TaskManager 2. So come back often or subscribe to the blog to watch this space for more information on FruitfulTime TaskManager 2.

FruitulTime is pleased to announce the release of FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro. FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro is set to take to do list software to new high heights thanks to its innovative productivity enforcing feature.

Apart from being one of the most easy to use to do list software, with a polished and good looking user interface and a very smooth learning curve, FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro can detect which application program you need to use in order to complete tasks in your to do list. This is achieved through a patented algorithm that scans your to do list and compares it against your installed software.

By constantly monitoring the software you are currently using, FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro is able to determine whether you are procrastinating or not. For more details about how FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro works, visit the FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro information page.

On the 19 of February we announced a special limited time offer on our to do list software, FruitfulTime TaskManager, whereby you could buy the software for the incredibly low price of $29.99, a 40% savings on the normal price of $49.99.

We must admit that the response was overwhelming, with hundreds of people downloading their own free 10 day trial version of FruitfulTime TaskManager and many of them joining the ever growing happy customer base of FruitfulTime.

We thank you all for your trust and the support you are giving us. We are very happy to see our product making other people’s life’s more enjoyable, manageable and happy.
The simple act of offloading your task list from your mind into a task management system like FruitfulTime TaskManager will immediately reward you with peace of mind and better stress management.

Since a lot of people downloaded the 10 day free trial version of FruitfulTime TaskManager near the end of the offer period, we know that there are a lot of people out there who are still evaluating the product.

For this reason, and to allow even more people to take advantage of this incredible offer, we are now extending the 40% discount special offer by a month. So until the end of March 2008 you too can buy FruitfulTime TaskManager for the incredibly low price of $29.99, saving 40% on the normal price of $49.99. More information available in our news section.

Once again thank you all for your support.

As you might be familiar, FruitfulTime, apart from offering free content on this blog to help everyone make every second count, is also the developer of one of the best to do list software on the market.

FruitfulTime TaskManager helps you organise your tasks efficiently and effectively. This in turn will help you finish and deliver your tasks on time. You will thus successfully reach your goals and live a happier life.

Check out what other real customers had to say on our testimonials page.

FruitfulTime TaskManager usually sells for $49.99, but for a limited time period until the end of February 2008, we are offering FruitfulTime TaskManager at the special price of $29.99.

Buying from FruitfulTime is completely safe since we encrypt all information. For complete peace of mind and to guarantee your satisfaction, all purchases are covered with a 30 day money back guarantee.

The price includes, FruitfulTime TaskManager, free technical support, and free updates to all future improved versions of FruitfulTime TaskManager, including major builds.

So join hundreds of other satisfied and productive customers today by buying now.

The Stop Procrastination Now ebook we launched a week ago has been hand picked and suggested by the lifehack.org editors. As most of you are probably aware, lifehack.org is a leading blog featuring tips and tricks of how to get things done. Quoting directly from the about of lifehack.org:

“This blog is endorsed by many major newspapers and publishers, and it is rated as the #40 most popular blog in the blogosphere by Technorati.”

This goes to show that the free Stop Procrastination Now eBook published by FruitfulTime is a quality book full of useful tips that every one of us can use to help fight procrastination and get things done.

This is inline with our mission statement to help people “Make every second count!”. FruitfulTime is committed to continue providing completely free quality content, like the free Stop Procrastination Now ebook, both for its hundreds of satisfied customers and to the community at large.

So join thousands of other people, just like you, who have taken the first step in fighting procrastination and have downloaded the Stop Procrastination Now ebook. Grab your free copy now by clicking here.

FruitfulTime is pleased to announce the release of Stop Procrastination Now, a top notch FREE eBook which covers every aspect of procrastination. Stop Procrastination Now is bundled with FruitfulTime TaskManager, which together can help you eliminate procrastination and live a better life. Click on the poster below to download the Stop Procrastination bundle.

Although a lot has been said about procrastination in the blog sphere, we keep on getting email from our readers asking us to write about procrastination. In our prepared blog posts we had a series of posts (7 blog posts to be exact) about procrastination which were to be published in one week time. But since we kept on getting readers asking us about procrastination we decided to go big.

We are not going to publish the procrastination series but instead we decided to write a complete ebook about how to deal with procrastination. The ebook is called Stop Procrastination Now! and we will be giving it away for FREE. It is jam packed with information about what procrastination is, why you procrastinate, what are the effects of procrastination, how to deal with procrastination and ends up with how FruitfulTime can help you completely eliminate procrastination from your life.

We felt that procrastination is a subject that must be given attention for two reasons. First of all because as our readers you are asking about it and secondly to help you eliminate procrastination is inline with FruitfulTime’s mission statement that of “Making every second count!”

The ebook will be released next Wednesday the 23rd January. We will publish a blog post to announce the official release of Stop Procrastination Now! Subscribe to this blog to make sure you will not miss this free ebook and be the first to download it. You can subscribe to this blog by filling your email address in the form below or by using one of the methods available on the right under the Free Subscription section.

A to do list software helps you keep track of your to do list in a more elegant way than pen and paper. There are two main variations of to do list software:

• Web to do list software: A web to do list software is a hosted service, where a company offers to host the to do list software for you. There are various web to do list software. Please refer to our previous post about why you should not use a web to do list software.

Desktop to do list software: A desktop to do list software is software that runs on your desktop PC. The most important advantages are:

• Desktop to do list software is cheaper than web to do list software: Once you buy a desktop to do list software, there are no more running costs. Most of the desktop to do list software have a fixed cost which you pay once. This is unlike web to do list software where you have to pay a subscription fee every month or so. This advantage helps business to reduce cost of ownership and faster return on investment.

• Desktop to do list software offers maximum Security: Security should always be given maximum importance especially in a business environment. Businesses must definitely avoid using web to do list software. If the hosting server is hijacked, the business plan may be revealed leading to disastrous situations.

If on your desk you have a task list raise your hand!

I am sure that most of you will raise both hands since they have more than one to do list lying idle on their desk with half of the tasks marked as ready and with the rest either postponed, changed or needing further splitting and clarification. Such an approach to keep track of your to do list is not scalable. That is, writing down tasks in the form of a to do list on a piece of paper works well for a small number of tasks, but as the number of tasks to be managed increase, the solution becomes unfeasible.

To do list software is a simple application that helps you handle your task list. With a to do list software you can enter all your tasks in a list and manage them through a polished user interface. Such an approach scales, you can change tasks’ due dates, task priorities and add and change associated notes. Some to do list software also supports reminders. The to do list software would then remind you of impending deadlines.

With today’s busy lifes, to do list software has become a necessary application to keep up with your tasks.