Getting Things Done by integrating SMS, gCal, RTM, & Twitter

So last night I reached a new level of integration with my online productivity tools. I’ve never had much use for text messaging, most my friends and family call or IM, but with the huge potential for using SMS to manage my daily life I’m starting to become an SMS convert.

First off, I set-up my Google calendar to recognize my mobile and now I can create events via SMS. You can also have gCal send you notifications of upcoming events and query your daily schedule via SMS. Then I imported the Remember the Milk (RTM) calendar into gCal so my task lists show up in my daily calendar. RTM is a great web-based to-do manager that also has an iGoogle widget. Finally, I became friends with RTM on Twitter. This lets me send a direct message to RTM through Twitter to create and manipulate tasks (complete, postpone, query, etc.) via SMS and IM. So now I’m able to have a fully mobile productivity management system driven by SMS. No longer will I need to write notes on the back of my hand – SMS is my new best friend.