The idea of the slow web is quite simple. When an idea has more time in which to incubate, it becomes higher quality. Most of what we encounter via the "fast web" is information bits that are released as close as possible to real-time and without much time for reflection and meaning. Naturally, the alternative is to take things slower.
This sounds similar to spaced repetition, which is a practice of revisiting memorization of facts with increasing intervals instead of over-drilling with repetition. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition for the theory, and http://memrise.com for the practice.)
I respect the idea of trying to offset our common diet of interactive and distracting social media and news trolling. But in the context of a "To Do" list, I prefer the immediacy of something like Trello -- an endorphine fueled feedback loop encouraging people to get things done seems more practical for me.
