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Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by blahblah12 »

owenwil wrote: post #10

RIP Wunderlist, a shame they've decided to sacrifice a product with a good loyal following and brand for their own branded one, but alas. :(

It's the same exact ppl working on it. The CTO now runs a ton of teams at MSFT. They just cloned the app with a different backend and a few new features. The only thing that changes is the brand. It's like accompli. https://www.linkedin.com/in/fowlerchad/ - runs a ton of things now

Christian is an EIR - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianreber/

The rest of the accompli and sunrise teams are around, too.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by davejamesmiller »

manigandham wrote: post #18

A simple text file has always been far faster and more useful to me than any of these to-do apps. Lately it's migrated to a text file on dropbox, or using google docs or box notes for cloud sync. There's also TaskPaper which is nice but only on Mac https://www.taskpaper.com/

There is TodoPaper, which seems to be a clone of TaskPaper for Windows. http://widefido.com/products/todopaper/

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by badminton1 »

My todo app of choice is asana (http://asana.com).

You can start from a simple todo list... but each task can have sub-tasks, dates, attachments, etc. Meaning that you can add hierarchy and additional information if you need it.

It also has mobile apps, at least for iOS and Android.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by garretraziel »

welanes wrote: post #14
owenwil wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is built by the Wunderlist people, and that's now dead :(

For real? Wow, that's super lame ( he says, while frantically beginning to code an 'import-from-Wunderlist' feature ).

Microsoft's To-Do lets you import from Wunderlist.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by blahblah12 »

owenwil wrote: post #11
welanes wrote: post #8

Don't Microsoft own Wunderlist? My theory is that if you observe a large cluster of developers for long enough, todo apps simply manifest into being. None as good as Lanes though, https://lanes.io . Obviously ;)

This is built by the Wunderlist people, and that's now dead :(

Dude this decision was by the Wunderlist team, they're all still at the company.

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Post by Pxtl »

manigandham wrote: post #18

A simple text file has always been far faster and more useful to me than any of these to-do apps. Lately it's migrated to a text file on dropbox, or using google docs or box notes for cloud sync. There's also TaskPaper which is nice but only on Mac https://www.taskpaper.com/

I've been using Google Keep - it has a list of checkboxes for this, they hide when checked. The upside is that you can drag-drop reorder then and you can add to the list from voice on the homescreen ("okay Google add book my vacation time to the Todo list").

But it fails one power of plain text rule - I can't copy and paste into and out of it. Sucks when I want to send snippets of my shopping list to my wife over sms.

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Post by johnlbevan2 »

welanes wrote: post #8

Don't Microsoft own Wunderlist? My theory is that if you observe a large cluster of developers for long enough, todo apps simply manifest into being. None as good as Lanes though, https://lanes.io . Obviously ;)

It seems they do, but are shutting it down; see related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14154378

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by gorbachev »

blahblah12 wrote: post #21
owenwil wrote: post #10

RIP Wunderlist, a shame they've decided to sacrifice a product with a good loyal following and brand for their own branded one, but alas. :(

It's the same exact ppl working on it. The CTO now runs a ton of teams at MSFT. They just cloned the app with a different backend and a few new features. The only thing that changes is the brand. It's like accompli. https://www.linkedin.com/in/fowlerchad/ - runs a ton of things now Christian is an EIR - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianreber/ The rest of the accompli and sunrise teams are around, too.

"The only thing that changes is the brand"

That's not quite true. Microsoft To-Do doesn't implement nearly the same set of features than Wunderlist does.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by ckluis »

maaaats wrote: post #17

I've never quite found a TODO-app I like. They are all too constrained. Kinda like using jira/trello instead of a physical board with post its. It limits the creativity. I use OneNote and just add things everywhere I feel like it. Different folders, pages and scattered across a single page. Full freedom, instead of a simple list.

try workflowy? It’s beyond awesome.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by ckluis »

maaaats wrote: post #17

I've never quite found a TODO-app I like. They are all too constrained. Kinda like using jira/trello instead of a physical board with post its. It limits the creativity. I use OneNote and just add things everywhere I feel like it. Different folders, pages and scattered across a single page. Full freedom, instead of a simple list.

try workflowy? It’s beyond awesome.
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