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Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

#31
Here's my project: https://www.contabulo.com.

It hasn't gotten any love via Show HN, but it's relevant to the thread, so :)

Basically I wanted something sort of like Trello, but more geared toward Knowledge and Content management and collaboration. I was unaware of the existence of Google Keep at the time, but it does look vaguely similar, doesn't it?

Oh yea, example (read-only) board: https://app.contabulo.com/boards/a5e413d1-8fe3-4b42-a8f1-b4f...

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

#32
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I've used https://trello.com/ for most of my projects even when I am working with a team. We love it. Here are some basics on how to manage a project with Trello: https://trello.com/inspiration/project-management .

If you guys also need time tracking along with KanBan be sure to check out Paymo (shameless plug) https://www.paymoapp.com/kanban-software/

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

#36
I design the workflow first. Starting sparingly with Github and G-Suite.

You can build your own webrtc-enabled video chat room in under 100 lines of javascript with PeerJS or the Twilio API. Or use Talky, Cyclops, etc.

If you need invoices, time tracking, and reports. You can always jump into something like Avaza

https://www.avaza.com/

Keep it simple. And don't be afraid to roll your own tools. Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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I wholeheartedly recommend WorkFlowy - https://workflowy.com For me, its focus on text and deep hierarchical breakdown, in combination with tagging is potent. You may need to figure out your own way to adapt to your PM style though. For example, some common tags I use are "#next", "#someday", "#2018-02-08" and such.

If you like this I'd recommend giving dynalist a try. It's like workflowy, but less purist, with enough bells and whistles to really make it viable day to day.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

#38
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I wholeheartedly recommend WorkFlowy - https://workflowy.com For me, its focus on text and deep hierarchical breakdown, in combination with tagging is potent. You may need to figure out your own way to adapt to your PM style though. For example, some common tags I use are "#next", "#someday", "#2018-02-08" and such.

I second Workflowy for reference, but I'd suggest using something else for todos. Having commitments and reference separated was a game changer for me coming from a GTD workflow without a dedicated reference tool. Personally I use OmniFocus for commitments, but that's neither particularly cheap or simple.

If you're doing client work or have other external stakeholders involved I'd recommend trello to keep things simple and transparent.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

#39
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I wholeheartedly recommend WorkFlowy - https://workflowy.com For me, its focus on text and deep hierarchical breakdown, in combination with tagging is potent. You may need to figure out your own way to adapt to your PM style though. For example, some common tags I use are "#next", "#someday", "#2018-02-08" and such.

It is good for Personal Workflows but lacks any feature that Org-agenda offers. It is a dumb down org-mode for web.

Its available everywhere and is smoother to use than org agenda. Org + fold comes close and I did use it for some time, but WF got me into the zone more easily than org.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

#40
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I wholeheartedly recommend WorkFlowy - https://workflowy.com For me, its focus on text and deep hierarchical breakdown, in combination with tagging is potent. You may need to figure out your own way to adapt to your PM style though. For example, some common tags I use are "#next", "#someday", "#2018-02-08" and such.

I second Workflowy for reference, but I'd suggest using something else for todos. Having commitments and reference separated was a game changer for me coming from a GTD workflow without a dedicated reference tool. Personally I use OmniFocus for commitments, but that's neither particularly cheap or simple. If you're doing client work or have other external stakeholders involved I'd recommend trello to keep things simp…

The problem with WF is external stake holders. While subtrees can be shared for read-only or edit, that makes me sorely miss change tracking. Basically I don't want to lose a history, period. So mostly I use it in solo mode.

But I do have a system that lets me use WF as reference as well as for task tracking and PM.

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