It's a 'remembering' tool - but 'forgetting' is also a valid and productive activity. Some things should be remembered, e.g. important bugs, but other things qu

It's a 'remembering' tool - but 'forgetting' is also a valid and productive activity. Some things should be remembered, e.g. important bugs, but other things quite often benefit from being forgotten, like irrelevant feature requests. It is surprising how many problems can be solved by simply ignoring them - the trick of course is knowing which ones to ignore. To-do lists tend to preclude this strategy entirely though.