1) RTM Tag Cloud

When you log into RTM, you’ll see a tag cloud on the right. This shows the size of different categories of tasks based on how many tasks are in that category. I think it helps somewhat, to give you a reality check of what your life is currently focused on and perhaps what you’re ignoring. However, I think what would be even better is (I’m giving away a secret here) an idea that I had for an application: you type in all your tasks, give them an urgency and importance (borrowing from First Things First), and then the tag cloud automatically arranges all your tasks right there in front of you. The largest ones have the greatest value of urgency + importance. When you finish a task, you can click “x” to delete it and the other tasks automatically adjust in proportion. Anybody out there willing to make this and give it to me as a birthday gift? :)

2) RTM & Gmail

You can connect your RTM to Gmail. For those of you who use Gmail regularly, and people like me who are almost constantly logged into Gmail, RTM can be displayed as a right-sidebar in your Inbox folder. You will see all of your tasks there and you can also type in tasks on the fly. It is synched with your RTM account.

3) RTM & Twitter

You can have RTM send you reminders on Twitter, and you can send tweets to the RTM Twitter account which will be sent directly to your RTM account (and then could also show up in your Gmail sidebar if you’ve got it installed).

4) RTM & SMS

You can have your RTM tasks sent to your Google Calendar, which can send you an SMS reminder for each task, or have RTM directly send you an SMS.

5) RTM & Browser

RTM also has browser extensions which can always keep you on top of your tasks. You can add a “Add to RTM” link on your browser which can send tasks to your RTM account.

You can find all this and more in the RTM help section.