I wrote a bunch of command-line apps a while ago that let me control my Outlook task list. As a big GTD devotee, everything that I do revolves around my task list. And as someone who spends a lot of time at the command prompt, these apps mean being able to add something to my task list when I think of it – without interrupting what I am doing. It means not needing to Alt-Tab to Microsoft Outlook, waiting for it to wake up, opening a new Form… all of which takes me away from what I was doing when I thought of whatever task needed capturing on my list.
But recently, Outlook started throwing up security warnings when I use them… which means I have to Alt-Tab to Outlook anyway to tick the box telling it it’s not under attack. 🙁