Event listening integration in a collaborative electronic information system

A computer system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media coupled to the one or more processors and storing sequences of instructions which, when executed using the one or more processors, cause performing:
• in a collaborative electronic information management system that is hosted using a collaboration computer, establishing operation of a plurality of event listener units, wherein each of the event listener units is configured to communicate with or listen for a plurality of application events that have been generated by a plurality of external applications;
• automatically correlating two or more of the plurality of application events to a particular content item from among a plurality of content items that are managed in the collaborative electronic information management system based on an identifier specified in the application events or a substantive content value;
• and
• generating and causing displaying, in a graphical user interface, a set of notifications comprising a first notification generated from the collaborative electronic information management system and a second notification that is based upon the application events from the external applications;
• receiving a first input indicating selection of a notifications-task control in the graphical user interface, and in response, generating and displaying, in the graphical user interface, a personal tasks list that includes a set of tasks;
• receiving a second input indicating selection and movement of a particular task in the set of tasks to a different ordinal position in the set of tasks thereby changing a priority of the particular task;
• receiving a third input indicating selection of a checkbox that is associated with the particular task in the set of tasks, and in response, updating the personal tasks list to indicate that the particular task in the set of tasks has been completed.