I keep a list of things in teuxdeux (teuxdeux.com) which I quite like, but also frequently use a little "list notebook" I keep in my pocket because there's something about pen and paper I find stimulates my neurons better.
Ask HN: How do you keep track of daily tasks
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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of daily tasks
#12Simple kanban board. Todo, Doing, Done.
Why do you need to track doing and done if it is just you and mostly small tasks?
Because it's probably not just you and even small tasks can be useful to know the status and history of.
Boss: So what all did you do this year, including things that I wasn't directly involved with (like I've done in the past, working as support or internal "consulting" for other projects)
You: Well, I don't know, I didn't track it.
That's not the answer you want to give. Similarly, unless it's a solo project you'll want to be able to answer questions from colleagues. Since not every piece of data shows up in a git repo or JIRA tasks, your own log can be very helpful. Or just for yourself, "Wait, did I actually finish that thing or did I just scratch it off the 'todo' list?"
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of daily tasks
#13i DM myself on Slack and set reminders that pop up in Slackbot.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of daily tasks
#14You will want to do things at certain times that are not meetings, and for this an electronic todolist is really, really nice. I like Apples but only because it is built into their ecosystem anything but MS will do.
Never feel guilty about marking things of your todolist you didn't do. You don't put things on your todolist because you want to do them, you put them on your todolist because you don't want to have to remember them. If at a later point you decide you don't want to do them, you don't have to.
Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of daily tasks
#15I personelly use Trello and making a tick helps me to follow up on many stuff. I create diff. boards for diff. categories and I found this to be the best way.
I can see what I need to do, what I need to follow up on, etc. Using checkboxes also helps.