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It would be interesting if there is a study that comprehensively measures if these pretty tools actually improves productivity in comparison to using simple text editors.

My guess is they don't. My guess is people might find them fancy and pretty initially but eventually recognize that they don't actually improve efficiency or effectiveness.

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My guess is that making it really easy to move things between lists, easier than dd and p in vim, makes it more likely for people to actually update the list(s) than if it were just a text file.

You probably also advocate using shared folders to collaborate on code development too? Those darn kids and their 'innovations' ...

Make no mistake, I'm not against real innovations. For example, I've been using git and advocating for it, while many of my peers are still with older CVS systems.

The point is if you masquerade a solution to a non-problem with pretty things, it just wastes everyone's time and energy.

Like I said, it would be interesting if there is a study to find out if any of these pretty task management tools actually increases productivity.

Did you wait for a study before you switched to git? Or did you simply start using it cause it made sense?

Let's be realistic here ...

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