I sympathize. Any of the the todo apps that have an Inbox feature that you can add to from anywhere would probably be most of what you want. I use Omnifocus, though something free/web like Todoist is probably sufficient. If you spend a lot of time on the command line, todo.txt type apps are nice and simple.
For me the main thing was: I want to hit a key, type something, and be done. Don't show me a bunch of other stuff or I'll get distracted. So like right now I can hit ctrl-opt-space and a little Omnifocus box pops up to capture my thought and then goes away. When I'm in the mind to sort through the list, then I'll look at all the gory details.
I've got a catch all Evernote notebook that I can email to. Evernote web clipper goes there too. Every week or two (when I remember...) I go through it, sort it into wherever it should go, and rip through the action items.
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I sympathize. Any of the the todo apps that have an Inbox feature that you can add to from anywhere would probably be most of what you want. I use Omnifocus, though something free/web like Todoist is probably sufficient. If you spend a lot of time on the command line, todo.txt type apps are nice and simple.
For me the main thing was: I want to hit a key, type something, and be done. Don't show me a bunch of other stuff or I'll get distracted. So like right now I can hit ctrl-opt-space and a little Omnifocus box pops up to capture my thought and then goes away. When I'm in the mind to sort through the list, then I'll look at all the gory details.
I've got a catch all Evernote notebook that I can email to. Evernote web clipper goes there too. Every week or two (when I remember...) I go through it, sort it into wherever it should go, and rip through the action items.