does it have to be landline?

Yeah , I use a cheap cell plan without many minutes. or I guess it could be on Google voice or something since I have a good broadband connection.

Installed Google voice - only to find out that it only records *incoming* calls.

Also, separate question, if the person consents on the recording at the beginning of the recording, that is sufficient legal CYA yes?

Depends on the state.

And, if memory serves, the states both participants are in. But that bit is memory from long ago J-school.

typo for my research, I record calls on skype. on a mac, I think the program is call recorder.

I am not good with notes/reminders/programs like Evernote for myself. My brain just doesn't work that way. But I'm looking for an app that I can use with the two other people at my officer where I can put tasks on other people's lists and then look to see when they've been done, etc.

Does that exist?

Bugnotes.com is one possibility--it's a project-based task list.

I am about to snap with regards to task list replacements. I thought I was close, for free. Maybe not free is the way to go. But how to evaluate the paid ones? Play Store is crap for that. I need long enough to set a reminder and ignore it, amongst using other functionality. That's tense in 15 minutes.

This is where I am so far:

Key features (all items weighted 2 unless specified): 


  1. Recurring tasks
    1. From date completed (haircut) (3)
    2. From date due (rent) (3)
    3. Range of intervals (1)
  2. Reminders
    1. Pop ups (1)
    2. System tray (3)
    3. Emails
    4. Nag (1)
    5. Before due date as well as on and after (1)
  3. Attachments (1)
  4. Background syncing (3)
  5. Widgets
  6. Simplicity
    1. Single gesture to add task (3)
    2. Single gesture to close task (3)
    3. Two gestures to delete task (1)
7. Cross-device compatibility (3)



Apps tried:
Any.do: fails on 1.1/1.2. Excellent at 2. Lovely UI.
Toodletasks:  fails on 4,5, 2.1,2.2. Excellent at 1
Task List: Good at so many! Fails at 6.1, Weak at 5, Fails at 2.4. So good at 1.3!
Tasks Free: Google tasks overlay. Fails 1 entirely. Fails 3. Passes 6

I've tested more than that, actually, just not written them up. Yet.

Can you tell I'm in the middle of not one, but two, vendor selections at my day job? Hmm.

I am not good with notes/reminders/programs like Evernote for myself

Evernotes isn't primarily a reminder program (it just got hybrid in a recent release)--are you looking for something like Google tasks/Toodle Do/Tasks List/etc? I don't have group tasks as a requirement for myself so I'm not noticing where it's featured, but I am pretty sure Task List has it, for instance.

Or a note app?

Depends on the state.

Both people on the recording consenting, me and the other person consenting, is not sufficient? What other consent is needed?