I hate to say it, but I’m waving a stern goodbye to my Backpack account…at least, for the interim.

Part of what was so great about Backpack was that I can access it from just about any internet connection – my PDA/phone included. I’ve been able to send e-mail updates to my lists, and work fairly comfortably from them in conjunction with my GTD effort.

Unfortunately, the single biggest problem with Backpack is the inability to move items between lists. It’s one of the most fundamental tactics of Getting Things Done, as everything is supposed to start in the inbox and propagate its way through your system (even as it becomes actions). It’s difficult to do that without retyping everything, on Backpack.

For now, I’ll be using Outlook on my Windows machine (in conjunction with my MDA) to categorize to-do list items. It’s not what I want to do…but my GTD implementation is suffering on account of my hesitation to re-type items as they move between lists.

Sorry, 37Signals. I’m still a loyal Basecamp user, at least.

GTD, Backpack, 37Signals