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John Allen
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Posted by John Allen, Bellevue, Washington | Nov 19, 2008

Subscribe to Community-wide general discussion Checklist Manager? Modern Ecco Pro??

Anyone ever remember a program called Ecco Pro?? Man that was such a great checklist manager! When I worked for The Man, I called it my virtual brain, since I put everything that I ever needed to remember in it, in some kind of priority order, categorized and cross-referenced. People were amazed at the information I had at my fingertips.

But alas it has been "abandonware" for over ten years now, and (surprisingly) nothing has come out to replace it.

So I thought I would post my quest up here where someone else may have found something close to what Ecco once was.

I have several 1000+ item checklists for my clients that I would rather not maintain in MS Project, and was on the lookout for a Checklist Manager program that could do simple checklists w/categories?? Something like Ecco would be ideal. Something Ecco like as a SaaS or running under Linux would be even better :) And yes, I know I could still install EccoPro, but I want to get something that my customers could also use.


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  • Dennis Dilday
    Posted by Dennis Dilday, Everett, Washington | Nov 19, 2008

    I used to use NowContact in the same way and it was spectacular. Now, everyone else has copied as many of the features as they could and I only use NowContact as an address book/subject index for my DayRunner. Even that is old school, which is probably why no one bothered to copy all of it's address book features, I guess.

    It works for me though and keeps me from having to rely on electricity/batteries and digital gadgets on a day to day basis.

    I don't know what NowContact is up to now, but it may be worth checking into.

    DD

  • Willem Heesbeen
    Posted by Willem Heesbeen, Seattle, Washington | Nov 19, 2008

    First of all, 1000+ checklists !? Are you working on a space program ?

    If yes .. ok. When you're not, it seems out of proportion to me.

    Alright - now to my recommendation - have a look at the approach David Seah is taking : http://davidseah.com/ This might not be your all-in-all answer but you could find guidance and inspiration here.

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