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Listening to episode 19<\/a> of the Generational<\/del> Technical Difficulties podcast last night made me laugh out loud. The guys were discussing task management tools and one of them came out with this gem:<\/p>\n

Using Microsoft Project to manage your task list is like using a cheese grater to shave your legs. It probably will get the job done, but in the most painful possible way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exactly!<\/p>\n

(Listen from 44 minutes in for the exact quote.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Listening to episode 19 of the Generational Technical Difficulties podcast last night made me laugh out loud. The guys were discussing task management tools and one of them came out with this gem: Using Microsoft Project to manage your task list is like using a cheese grater to shave your legs. It probably will get […]<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-podcasts","7":"h-entry","9":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/13\/the-project-management-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":724,"position":0},"title":"The Project Management Podcast","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"13 April 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Since I first heard about podcasting I had been looking for shows that interested me. 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