As an alternative, if they introduced dropdown groupings, each Basecamp project could be made into a dropdown menu, and each nested list into a list inside the dropdown.

That's assuming dropdowns worked for both smartlists and normal lists =)

awsamuel - I'm well up for contributing to the bounty as it would be a huge bonus to me...

This is a huge feature for me. Basecamp sucks on the iphone.

+1 from me

+1 as well. I need a way to sync my work todos (managed through a group basecamp system in our dept) and my personal rtm account.

+1 more. true, two-way sync is needed.

+1 here as well. This feature would allow us to use RTM companywide.

Would pay for that

+1

yes please

+1 - Currently migrating some base-camp to-dos to RTM ... manually :(

I love to see some RTM and BC integration

Yes please - me too!

+1 this would be huge benefit for us!

+1 would definitely pay for this

+1

+1 for integration with HighRise (also by 37 signals). I love how HighRise has contacts, but the tagging system and task management pales in comparison to RTM. If they could be linked together, that'd be awesome.

+1 for RTM integreation

BC + RTM integration would make RTM even better. Way better.

Very much would love to have this feature. Huge benefit. I'd even be willing to pay for a pro account to have it.

+1 for RTM Basecamp integration!

+1

+1 this is a must have and will make or break continuing with RTM for me.

If this feature existed, my entire team (20 people) would be using RTM in a flash - and paying for it.

yesh please. me wanttee

+10 I manage several projects as one, and Basecamp's lack of Due Dates for tasks forces me to copy my to-dos into RTM

+1 - This would be enormous for me. I currently manage all my major projects in basecamp and use RTM for personal tasks. I then subscribe my RTM tasks and basecamp milestones to my google calendar (which is auto-synched to my outlook and therefore my iPhone). It's complicated, but so far works well, EXCEPT that I can't see my RTM tasks and basecamp to-do's on ToDo on my iPhone since I can't get my basecamp to-do's on RTM.

One thing I tried is to set my RTM dropbox email as my basecamp email and then mark my to-do's as milestones that get emailed. But then the email comes over as a generic inbox task without any info since I can't format the basecamp email into any RTM format.

Anyhow, this would be great and I would pay, I'm already a pro plan member.

bump, anyone have an update or suggestions?

+1 copying and pasting tasks cannot be the only solution...

Another bump - can someone from RTM team at least tell us if this is in the works?

+1 great feature

+1 (Integration with the whole 37 signals suite would be nice)

+1 agree with gmonty

I'm definitely going to extend my subscription to RTM if Basecamp integration was added.

+1 yes please!

bump here too. Any chance somebody from corporate monitors this thread, and can let us know if this is happening?

+1

+1 AGAIN - any word from RTM regarding this, is it on the development roadmap or is there an integration out there somewhere?

OK - I just wrote a quick Outlook macro that helps me out. I'll try to explain it here.

This macro runs in Outlook from a Rule. When I get an email from the notifications account of my basecamp account (which is the email notification of a ToDo item assigned to me), this script runs. It breaks apart the email and reconfigures it to a RTM email that then gets automatically sent to my RTM dropbox address.

Here is the example:
The email body I get from basecamp when I assign a ToDo item:

Company: Peak Process Solutions Group
Project: Our House Website

You have just been assigned the following to-do item by Mark Wiley :

Main List

* test this automatically

--
To view this to-do list, visit:
http://xxxxxxx.projectpath.com/L5269510

The script will reconfigure this email to this format:

Task: Our House Website - test this automatically
L:Project Work
Tags:Work

Basically - it takes my project name and adds the todo task text, assigns it to my Project Work list in RTM and adds the Work tag.

To create this, copy the following code and paste it into a Macro in Outlook:

Sub RunAScriptRuleRoutine(MyMail As MailItem)

txtBody = MyMail.Body
posStart = InStr(1, txtBody, "Project: ", vbTextCompare)
posEnd = InStr(1, txtBody, "You have just been ", vbTextCompare)

posStart = posStart + 9

txtProject = Mid(txtBody, posStart, posEnd - posStart)

posStart = InStr(1, txtBody, "* ", vbTextCompare)
posStart = posStart + 2
posEnd = InStr(1, txtBody, "--", vbTextCompare)
posEnd = posEnd - 1

txtToDo = Mid(txtBody, posStart, posEnd - posStart)

txtNewMessage = "Task: " & txtProject & " - " & txtToDo & "" & "L:Project Work" & "" & "Tags:Work"

Set MyItem = Application.CreateItem(0)
With MyItem
.To = "mark.wiley+dfc801@rmilk.com"
.Subject = "basecamp item"
.HTMLBody = txtNewMessage
End With

MyItem.Send

End Sub


Then go to Tools --> Rules in Outlook. Create a new rule that runs when you get an email from your notifications address from basecamp. Choose run a script as your action, and choose the macro you just created to run.

There are probably more elegant ways to do this, if so someone can run with it.

Hope it helps until the time comes for a proper integration.

One note - remember to add your RTM inbox address to the Outlook macro, don't use the one I stupidly listed! (which I've had changed now... duh).

Hi everyone - thanks for your suggestions re: Basecamp integration. I don't have any info on possible implementation at this point but will keep you posted.

thanks

ill be waiting

I would pay for this as well.

same here

+1

Me too

Hey Krissy - anything new on the integration with basecamp? Seems like there is a large user group who desperately wants this...

Any possible timeline would be great!

I have not seen seen Krissy here since April, I think, so I am very curious if she replies, Ryan. I thought she'd moved on from RTM.

+1 please please

+1 yes please. I would love for this to happen

Just to let you know that we have tried to implement this as an application for all of you to use. Unfortunately Basecamp doesn't timestamp it's to-do's which means that we have no way to determine which application was the last to create, edit, or complete a task.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but until 37 Signals put a timestamp on their API stream, this is impossible.

I'll keep you posted if anything changes.

http://dropp.co.uk

+1

+1
I'll see if we can contact 37signals to have this added.

Any response from 37signals? As a heavy user of both basecamp & RTM I find myself yearning for this on almost a daily basis...

+1

I wish I knew if it was in the roadmap or not. Then I could know if I should build a little webapp that does just this.

Maybe you should.

+1 from me too btw.

They've just addes due dates on todo's don't know about timestamps though. Anyone know?

I would be interested and would upgrade to a premium account for Basecamp integration.

+1 for pgilmore's message and question.

Its unbelievable that until now you haven't made this possible. Hurry up. Keep on making my life easier ;-)

+1 for the integration idea, fwiw

+1 this would be awesome

+1 on this!!

+1 i would also love to see this, what about integrate it with basecamps milestones to start off with.

I would love to be able to use it with the time tracking function aswell

+1 would love to see !

This would be a nice integration in my opinion.

+1 more - would love to see this. Do we have any timescales for this now?

+1 to Basecamp integration the many already here. This would be super useful.

+1 That would be a bit like when RTM was introduced to my life. Or when Basecamp was added to my work habits. I won't know how I managed before without that :)

+1 Yes, that would be sooo helpful

+1 would be enough alone for me to go premium...

+1 and i would pay for it

+1

+1

+1

I would definitely like to see this! I need to start seeing my tasks in a unified location and I'm loving RTM at the minute! In fact, I'm gonna go pro soon

+1,000,000,000,000 from me

Yes Please! As a long-time RTM user and new Basecamp user, would LOVE to see integration.

RTM rocks my todo world but Basecamp is a must for bigger collaborative efforts.

Thanks for listening :)

+1

Count me in!

+1

+1 !!!!

+1

+1 Would Pay for this.

+1 Please YES YES YES!!!!!! I would love not to have to look at bascamp again!

+1

yes please

+1, I really need this too!

+1 If you're taking votes on feature requests, count me in.

+1 just started using basecamp and RTM. Having them integrated would be fantastic.

What's up with the integration?

How is this project going on? Just found out that there's a php library for RTM (http://code.google.com/p/rtmphp/). There's also one for basecamp... If right now no one is working an this project, I'll give it a try...

Maybe right now any suggestions what should be possible?

+1

id like the whole 37sig task suite to sync imho

+1 yes please, big thumbs up for this one

+1!

+1

+1

the community is still hoping ... another vote from me.

+1

+1

+1

Yup, for now, having information in two places is painful. Switching over to BC until we can get some synch rollin' love this app but have no choice about using BC for my job.

One way synch would be nice (from BC to RTM). Their API isn't all that technical, and I'd be more than fine with BC todos living in the inbox as they are generally action items. The only problem I forsee is how/when to update and authenticate between the two. Getting a list of todo's in xml format is easy as pie:

https://YOURBC.basecamphq.com/todo_lists.xml (post auth)

Count me in for this one. I love BC but nothing does todo management as RTM...

+1

do it +1

+1

+1

I'm hooked on rmilk, yet need to start keeping my todos in basecamp for work. I don't want to abandon rmilk though. Hook up a solution.

+1

Please please add this!! I want RTM to be my aggregator of to-dos of all my work / life areas. Havn't to double entry in basecamp and RTM sucks eggs.

+1 I don't care for basecamp...but have to use it :(

nice

Not sure that adding another +1 will help but I will do so in case it does.

+1

+1 Any update on this???

+1 this would be great now make it happen

+1 this feature would be amazing for me. doesn't seem like there has been much traction though in the past 4 years.

+1!

+1

+1

+1

+1

integration with basecamp would rock harder than superman's kneecap. a hearty +1 here.

+1 get it done....

where are we standing tpday on this?

+2

Please make it happen.

What the heck? This seems like such a simple request that takes 4yrs to update. New Pro member not so happy about this. Double entry is NOT an option for me in 2012!

+1

Please!

+1

+1

+1

Definitely a great thing. Would love to use it.

+ 1

+1

+1 from me as well gonna tweet this thread to RTM see if they will retweet

Or even look at

+1

+10!

I just joined a group using Basecamp and integration would complete my life.

+1 and nested to-dos

need this.

Would be perfect to have! ;-)