19. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising: (f) means for receiving a third input from said user, said third input indicative of metadata to be associated with said captured to-do item and comprises at least one of: a due date; a location; and a time; wherein said reminder includes at least a portion of said associated metadata.
15. A computer system for facilitating the quick capture and management of to-do items by an application persistent on the computer system, comprising: (a) means for receiving a first input from a user of the computer system to flag an item outside of the application, said first input indicative of a desire by said user to capture a to-do item for the flagged item; (b) means for receiving a second input from said user, said second input indicative of a desired input modality by said user to capture an additional input corresponding to said to-do item, the second input being distinct and separate from the first input and the additional input, wherein said desired input modality is one of: text, voice, photo image, video, and flagging preexisting content stored on the computing device; (c) means for capturing the additional input corresponding to said to-do item, via said desired input modality in response to said second input, and storing said to-do item in a memory accessible to the computer system, the additional input being distinct and separate from the first input and the second input; (d) means for associating said captured to-do item with a second application installed on the computer system for utilization by the user to complete the to-do item; and (e) means for presenting a reminder to said user, utilizing at least said second application installed on the computer system, wherein said reminder is presented to said user in a context-relevant manner.