My simple surface is like a big white board for quickly and easily organising lots of things. When there's too much going on, you need space. You need a surface to put things on. Move things around. Step back. Organise, and re-organise.

My simple surface is fast and designed to manage lots of things in a semi-structured environment. Especially when you don't know half of what you've got to do. Capture points quickly onto a surface. Organise, and re-organise later.

Task lists are good when you have a list of tasks to complete, but are limited. Sticky notes are good for remembering random or urgent things, but are more limited. Project management software is good if you need gantt charts and critical paths, but is slow and cumbersome to use.