actually it is interesting you say that... writing up a todo list is a good way of procrastinating, but I find that if i have a todo list (assume it was "magically" generated), it helps me get through work a lot faster... atleast so that it helps me not loose the context when switching between tasks...

to this end ive found the MyLyn plugins for eclipse very useful.. creating the todo list is not too hard or tricky.. (though i found the creator page a bit clunky), and it even saves the state of the editor (ie open files, current line in the said open files etc) and loads the state as is each time you switch between items on the todo list (or tasks as mylyn calls it)..

I am sure there are much better tools out there like those widgets on google desktop and all but that is just another app you have to install..