I recently published my current OmniFocus/GTD workflow, which has been working really well for me. http://johnny.chadda.se/the-2016-omnifocus-setup-and-workflo...
that's a nice write up and very helpful.
The Search for the Perfect To-do List
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#102I have yet to meet anyone who kept and followed a todo list over the long term. Can anyone say otherwise?
It just doesn't seem to be human nature to do it consistently beyond short bursts of focus, like dieting and following step-by-step procedures.
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#103I have yet to meet anyone who kept and followed a todo list over the long term. Can anyone say otherwise? It just doesn't seem to be human nature to do it consistently beyond short bursts of focus, like dieting and following step-by-step procedures.
I've seen Project Managers who are all about GTD and follow it consistently. Not my cup of tea, but it works for some I guess.
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#104When I moved into my role at an ad agency we went through a series of software to keep track of to-do lists. Things, Wunderlist and what seems like a dozen others. The problem for me was always that it is so much easier just to write something down on a piece of paper or in a simple text file—software isn't the best solution to every problem.
EDIT: I have a very simple system for my tasks:
- One sheet of paper each day with all of my projects and related tasks under those projects.
- Pending items get a check—these are actions you've completed, but require someone else to take action.
- Completed items get crossed out.
- At the end of the day, I create a new list for tomorrow and transfer any pending items of items not finished over.
For further explanation I wrote a bit about my habits last year: http://solomon.io/todo-list-framework/
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#105I haven't found a decent ToDo list with this killer feature: dependencies. I want to mark a task as dependant on another being done. I want to add time estimates to those tasks, and see a gantt chart. I want tasks to show the sum of their dependencies estimates next to their own estimates. I want priorities to also flow through dependency chains in this manner - if a high priority task is dependant on a low priority…
Actually, Just found a thoughtstream item I dumped a bunch of Todo list manager features I'd like to see, obviously I've thought too much about this o_o; https://thoughtstreams.io/Chris2048/design-ideas/5907/
Sounds like you're looking for many of the same things as I am. I tried all the usual suspects (including Trello, per the article), and none did what I wanted. I have actually been using Jira for personal task management for the past 6 months or so. It's pretty good, but it's Jira: slow, too many features, etc. It's still better than anything else I've tried.
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#106I'm obsessed with task management. I have read Getting Things Done many times. I've used a lot (~50) of different task management systems over the years, and haven't found one that's good enough. Todo lists and task management software won't ever solve the problem. The problem has to do with the way the system works, how the society is modeled. The application paradigm (where we have disconnected apps that do few thi…
> Make the OS your task management system Can anyone who is more familiar with orgmode describe how it might play this role?
> > Make the OS your task management system
> Can anyone who is more familiar with orgmode describe how it might play this role?
Emacs, full screen (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FullScreen), auto-starting org-mode, and do everything you can in it (http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/3996068979/the-levels-of-em...). It helps if you already use Emacs, such as writing software in it.
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#107I have yet to meet anyone who kept and followed a todo list over the long term. Can anyone say otherwise? It just doesn't seem to be human nature to do it consistently beyond short bursts of focus, like dieting and following step-by-step procedures.
I've used a todo list, in some form for over 10 years. I'm currently using WorkFlowy and have used it nearly every day for 2 years now. I'm one of those 'minimal GTD' types that just needs to get everything down so in the morning, I can make sure I'm focusing on the right things. Nothing heavy, just a simple way to reflect and focus.
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#108Nobody has mentioned Any.do? I've used a day planner, 2Do, Clear, paper, plus looked at a half dozen others.
The one tool, Any.Do, has really helped me grind away at life priorities. When I decided to migrate from 2Do to Any.Do, I had around 180 tasks in 2Do. Today I'm at 24 and the only reason it's over 20 is because of tax season, Chinese study, and an investment project.
The list will be back down under 20 soon enough and heading to 10.
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#109I'm surprised no one here has commented that they just use the iOS Reminders app that's native to the iPhone. I've found it to be more effective than any other system out there, and it's also significantly simpler.
That's what I use. I have a web app I built for the purpose, and gradually found an equilibrium whereby certain tasks go in Reminders, others go into the app. After awhile I stopped using the app. I need to build support for getting stuff into and out of Reminders programmatically so I can do recurring tasks without cluttering up the interface too much. I want my own interface for managing them.
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#110To-Do Lists is one of those things that bugs me a lot. There are hundreds of apps out there but none of them seem to do them particularly well. I think the perfect To-Do list would have - the ability create (and allow others to create, subject to black/white-listing) a task by sending an email to my list - the ability to delegate tasks to others (whether they're users of the app/service or not) - order in a way that…
It sounds a lot like you are describing Asana. It is designed with teams in mind but the personal workspace can easily be used for personal stuff and allows delegating including to guest users. It has an inbound mail feature that works well. The only thing I don't know about from your list is the mailbox style app. Their app doesn't seem to use many swipe features.
I have messed wit trello. I live the way it looks but Asana fits how I think better. I think that is a big part of why people get wrapped up in the tools they like - it works with their way of thinking. If you process things differently, you'll have different feelings about it.