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At work I use Outlook Tasks, because we use Outlook, Office and Sharepoint and it's easier to work within all that instead of fighting it.

Tasks are basically a customized Outlook message, so you can dump all manner of Office artifacts in a task to keep track of stuff. Copy anything from an Office or Outlook doc, or embed an entire document in a Task.

So the existence of the Task is part of my ToDo list, and what's in the Task object is stuff i've been keeping track of on a long running task. Simple tasks are just a Task with a title and a due date.