re: What's your go to app for managing to-dos, notes, clippings etc. and staying organized?

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work in the field a good bit so it's nice to use OneNote on my Surface Pro or iPad for writing notes as I'm walking around.

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Yep I do too and I've just been using pen and paper but I am getting the new Lenovo Duet as a little sidekick for when I do site surveys for wifi, VoIP, etc. It'll be a lot nicer, and I can more easily take pictures of racks, demarcs, AP mount points, etc. to integrate into my notes. I can also then get screenshots from Google Maps and draw right on the map rather than drawing out what im seeing in person on paper then translating that to Google Maps. My hope is it'll make things clearer for my install teams because right now I'm doing a site survey on my own to design then before install they do their own with the info I give and there's invariably things they're confused about.

I'm excited about the Duet. People seem to really like it, considering the price point.

I use a combination of Todoist (I migrated over when Wunderlist notified me that were no longer supporting the app) and Google Sheets.

On Todoist, I have a shared grocery list with my wife; I have a "maintenance" list to remind me to check oil on vehicles, change AC filters, odd and end things around the house; I have a "bills" list that reminds me when bills are due and I check them off as they are paid and I've entered into our budget spreadsheet; a home project list; and lastly just a running list of restaurants we want to try and local outdoor/entertainment ideas. I like that I get an email every morning from the app telling me what bills and projects are due today. I've found that email reminders make me more productive because it makes me want to compete the tasks so I can get rid of the email and keep my inbox clean.

I use Google Sheets for bigger ideas, links that I want to go back and reference, list of recurring replacement parts for the house/vehicles, and stuff like that. There's better solutions for this, but this is part of a larger master spreadsheet for maintenance and budgeting that I keep so I just use it to have everything in one place and quick to reference.