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Re: Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?

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Post by michielvoo » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 1:07 PM UTC

Do you use a Mac? If so, I recommend Things for Mac

http://culturedcode.com/things/mac/appstore ($49.99)

Edit to answer to ralfy's reply below:

I recommend it to Get Things Done [1], for its versatility (projects, scopes, labels, scheduling and repeated tasks), its excellent user interface and aesthetics, and the seamless synchronization across multiple devices (Mac, iPhone and iPad).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?

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Post by porter » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 1:10 PM UTC

I've used a lot of web and desktop based todo lists....

Turns out it's pretty hard to beat pen and paper.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?

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Post by ravin455 » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 1:11 PM UTC

Timely for iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id513332522. It's sophisticated enough to manage my daily tasks.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?

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Post by ralfy » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 1:13 PM UTC

michielvoo wrote: post #21

Do you use a Mac? If so, I recommend Things for Mac http://culturedcode.com/things http://culturedcode.com/things/mac/appstore ($49.99) Edit to answer to ralfy's reply below: I recommend it to Get Things Done [1], for its versatility (projects, scopes, labels, scheduling and repeated tasks), its excellent user interface and aesthetics, and the seamless synchronization across multiple devices (Mac, iPhone and iPad). […

Why do you recommend it?

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?

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Post by PeterisP » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 1:15 PM UTC

Two plaintext files in dropbox (todo.txt and priority.txt), kept always open in all my computers.

Search, editing and subtasks-by-indentation are convenient enough, as my text editor anyway is my main work tool.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite to-do list or task manager?

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Post by tbrownaw » Sun, Mar 03, 2013, 1:16 PM UTC

Google Docs, but any other text editor would work about as well. I have three bulletted lists, one (very short) one for things that are currently in-progress and really ought to be finished before I start something else, one for things that are blocking on something, and one for things I either haven't gotten around to yet or had to defer for some reason. For small/quick things that come from emails, I just flag them in Outlook.