Maribeth alerted me to a nifty new online resource called Vitalist. It’s a free platform for organizing your life.

According to their site, “Vitalist, is a web-based application designed to work with the ‘Getting Things Done’ system.” The Getting Things Done system is a time/task management approach that emphasizes recording necessary tasks as means to completing them. At the most basic level, it means writing something down to prevent it from falling down the memory hole. (Because it’s hard to complete a task if you don’t remember what it is. And if you’re at all like me [memory of a goldfish], you need to be reminded on occasion.)

Think of Vitalist as a tricked-out To Do list. Or an interactive day planner—one that sends you a text message or e-mail when something is due.

I signed up for a free account today (you can also pay to get more bells and whistles), and I can already tell that it’s going to be a huge help. Now, I know that the time-saving promise of technology often turns out to be a sham. But so far I have reason to think differently about this application. For starters, it’s really easy to use. The interface is clean and intuitive, and best of all, it can incorporate iCal and Google Calendar, and has RSS capability.

OK, by now you probably think I’m on Vitalist’s payroll (not so). So I’ll stop shilling and let you decide for yourself. Check it out.