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Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by grincho »

0xdeadbeefbabe wrote: post #30
marpstar wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, it's peace-of-mind. If I write it down, I don't have to keep it in memory.

Yes I can see that happening, but do you also get stressed out by a long list of things to do? This maybe leads to avoiding the todos and then you are worse off for making a list in the first place?

Yes. My strategy is to do a daily review. In the first few minutes of the day, I pull maybe 14 tasks out of the big list and into a Today list. Then I see only a manageable number the rest of the day.

Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by insensible »

0xdeadbeefbabe wrote: post #30
marpstar wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, it's peace-of-mind. If I write it down, I don't have to keep it in memory.

Yes I can see that happening, but do you also get stressed out by a long list of things to do? This maybe leads to avoiding the todos and then you are worse off for making a list in the first place?

Genuinely curious: how do you manage commitments etc. without a todo list?

Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by ISL »

spott wrote: post #39

I run into this every once in a while, but the sticking point is always the mobile picture. If I want to add a todo item using my phone, what are my options? Anyone have any experience with this?

Taskwarrior's mobile app is sufficient, though configuration for use of a taskserver is fiddly. There are cloud taskservers (I use https://inthe.am, but you can host your own, too.)

Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by zeroxfe »

spott wrote: post #39

I run into this every once in a while, but the sticking point is always the mobile picture. If I want to add a todo item using my phone, what are my options? Anyone have any experience with this?

I use Google Tasks for this and I love it. It's super simple and lightweight and I really hope they don't kill it.

Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by brunoqc »

spott wrote: post #39

I run into this every once in a while, but the sticking point is always the mobile picture. If I want to add a todo item using my phone, what are my options? Anyone have any experience with this?

On Android you can also use taskwarrior in a terminal with termux.

Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by brunoqc »

zeroxfe wrote: post #44
spott wrote: post #39

I run into this every once in a while, but the sticking point is always the mobile picture. If I want to add a todo item using my phone, what are my options? Anyone have any experience with this?

I use Google Tasks for this and I love it. It's super simple and lightweight and I really hope they don't kill it.

I wish they would add more features. I would love a full featured free TODO app from Google.

Re: Taskwarrior, where have you been all my life?

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Post by ISL »

I use taskwarrior, and it makes my life better.

Two things I wish I could configure it to do (stating here in case someone already knows how):

1) A view that surfaces only the next task for each project, with a little annotation like:

  Write chapter 1 (First Novel)
  Make grocery list (Juliet's Party)
  Collate transactions (Month-end reconciliation)
Without that culled list, a comprehensive task-list is overwhelming.

2) Integration with a calendar (Google Calendar, etc.), where adding events to the calendar automatically adds them to Taskwarrior.

Thank you, Taskwarrior team! ( I was about to ask for a donate link, but I finally found one. Thanks :)! )

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