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Is it just me or is the space of project/organization tools getting really swamped these days? Seems like every day I hear of a new one.

I guess it is something that comes down to preference alot, and some are too opinionated to be flexible and offer all the options (i.e Basecamp), others too simple. But maybe they're all the "MS Project" of this generation.

(Oh, and personally use Pivotal Tracker and love it)

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MS Project is the MS Project of this generation. All of these new offerings are in response to that obese, demanding, high maintenance bitch.

I still haven't found an ideal solution. The problem with most, including Flow, is that companies won't allow you to put data on the Internet (e.g. my office blocks Dropbox), which cuts most solutions. So you have to convince your IT to install it locally (for large corps don't try, you can't). What I'm looking for is a nice personal proj/org tool that would interface with email and calendar and would give a snapshot of my multiple projects.

Do you know anything like that?

I use Workflowy and paste in Google Docs/Drive links to any file I need to reference. I love Workflowy's flexibility - it's amazing for everything from task management to taking meeting minutes to brainstorming... and then organizing it into one cohesive system.

+1 for Workflowy. I started using it a few weeks ago; I like it more with every passing day, especially 1) the simple UI, 2) easy tagging, 3) easy searching, and 4) the ability to click on an outline level to make it "the page." Yeah, this is off-topic, but I really hope the Workflowy crew prospers so they can keep improving the service.

I think that companies are just trying to be too broad about project management. It appears that they all want to be the "go to" tool for task management. However, I feel that there's opportunity in the project management space if some of these apps would cater to more of a niche audience. Think, "Task management for dog owners"

I built Planscope (http://planscope.io) - very specific (freelancers) and so far successful after only being live two months.

Most products, including PM apps invent the tool and then try to find a customer, which ends up resulting in generalized products. There's a lot of opportunity for products to capitalize on a specific customer and their workflows.

It is getting swamped and not just by little guys: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-busin...

They've always been popular, I suspect a big influence from the well publicized success of 37signals in this area. And still it seems there's never a final answer to what the "best" option is. (That's why I'm making one myself!)

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