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I love ClickUp but it is seriously Over Powered
ClickUp is an app I seriously love. It has so many features that I find useful. I’ve you’ve read my earlier posts on the app (To ClickUp or ToDoist — That is the question & To ClickUp or Todoist — that was the question, THIS is the verdict) then you will know it is an app I have been back and forth on. I have realised why. I love ClickUp but it is seriously Over Powered.
It took an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to make we fully appreciate what had been bugging me about the app. Captain Sisko is telling his crew about the new Starship they have been given to combat the growing threat of the Dominion. The ship is the USS Defiant. Described by Sisko as over-powered and over-gunned for a ship of it’s size. She nearly tore herself apart when they tested the engines at full power.
This is ClickUp.
Over-Powered and Over-Gunned
Don’t get me wrong, the power of this app is impressive. To quote Sisko again — “she may have flaws…but she has teeth”. But let me illustrate my point of all the different ways that you can capture information into this app. I accept that some of them have different purposes, but across the board you will see that there is quite a bit of overlap.
- The basic task
- A reminder that sits in…