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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 vinceguidry »

tjr225 wrote: post #88
lawn wrote: post #73

While technically awesome I've tried using it several times but always end up dropping it. I find it difficult to maintain and over time it's left to rot until I finally give up on it. For me I don't actually need the complexity. A simple text based todo list would basically do the same job. The main issue is actually maintaining it. This is why I like habitica more: https://habitica.com/ It's basically a gamified to…

I find a physical notepad and a pen to be perfect for prioritizing and recording to-dos. Not sure why it needs to be "optimized" any further.

You have to carry it around if you want your task list to be anywhere but in just one spot.

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

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Post by lawn »

toyg wrote: post #96
lawn wrote: post #73

While technically awesome I've tried using it several times but always end up dropping it. I find it difficult to maintain and over time it's left to rot until I finally give up on it. For me I don't actually need the complexity. A simple text based todo list would basically do the same job. The main issue is actually maintaining it. This is why I like habitica more: https://habitica.com/ It's basically a gamified to…

I used habitica for about a year and loved it. However, at some point my character was maxed-out and there was no incentive to continue (quest-events were a bit lame). I tried starting from scratch with a new character and quickly got bored. Maybe I should try it again, if they have improved it.

This happened to me as well. I just recently started again, for my 3rd time?

Unfortunately I think the key is to find a good active party to keep you busy. So far I haven't really found one unfortunately.

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

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Post by daftao »

psychedelic wrote: post #81

Am I the only one still using a #2 pencil and a piece of paper for my 'to do' lists???

I carry a Mead memo book and a pen in my back pocket at all time, it's great for taking notes, recording stuff I don't want to forget, doodling, etc..

Added bonus: I can take it out to write a to-do and not accidently spend 20 minutes on Twitter or HN. Beats any other productivity app I ever tried in that regard.

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

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Post by TeMPOraL »

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 org-mode + orgzly on Android, synced via Dropbox.

Obviously, orgzly gives you only a small fraction of org-mode features, but you're still able to edit org files, view & search through tasks, display somewhat customized agendas and get reminders on tasks with scheduled dates and deadlines. That's enough to get me through the times when I don't have access to a computer with Emacs (or terminal & SSH, which I can use to connect to Emacs instance running on my home desktop).

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

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Post by craftyguy »

chiefalchemist wrote: post #36
craftyguy wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It helps some folks stay organized and manage their time effectively.

True. But it's also easy of falling into the trap of getting things done, but failing to be productive. Doing things and doing the right things are two different things.

Sure, but you can still 'do things' that are not productive without any sort of task tracker involved. That's a different issue entirely, and not one that software like this is even trying to solve.

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

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Post by js2 »

matte_black wrote: post #4
LeanderK wrote: post #2

offtopic, but I really like the fresh minimalism of the website. The colors and the choice of the monospaced font are quite unique. It captures the feel of using a terminal without being boring.

Don’t know about you but on iPhone Safari it’s terrible. No momentum scrolling makes it exhausting to scroll through, and there’s a broken horizontal scroll.

It appears to have something to do with the web font. If I block web fonts via Firefox Focus's content blocker the page scrolls fine, but it also doesn't render with any style applied.

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

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Post by pmarreck »

Was immediately turned off by his devotion to the ridiculously overrated Inbox Zero.

Inbox Zero is a gross waste of time and essentially OCD masturbation. Using tools (like filters, or a better email client with smart prioritization such as https://sparkmailapp.com/) to prioritize important emails is far superior and has zero ongoing maintenance cost in time:

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/worlds-dumbest-time-manag...

If you want to actually get productive, get RescueTime: https://www.rescuetime.com/

There is a very good reason why the Spark iOS app doesn't even bother showing your unread count.

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

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Post by jecxjo »

tonyarkles wrote: post #91
jecxjo wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At one point I was the sole engineer on two very large hardware/software projects. Projects that often didn't have dedicated marketing, sales, tech support, internal/external training. So I was wearing a LOT of hats, and I needed a way of figuring out how to be one of the most productive people in the company (for my own reasons) while also only doing the bare minimum of work. Then one day the company decided they wo…

> That is when I decided to change jobs. I was really hoping that was going to be the conclusion, for your sake :). That sounds like an incredibly demoralizing experience.

Actually, because I was at the point where so much stuff was automated, and I had taskwarrior deciding just how much work to do every day...I had a lot of free time to do whatever I wanted to do.

Mostly I left because the pay was lousy and I had been doing it for almost a decade and a half. That was the final straw when I realized I couldn't ask for a raise because they weren't giving me enough work.

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

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Post by falcolas »

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?

todo.sh has a mobile app (paid) that syncs with the files produced by the command line tool using Dropbox.

Worked well when I wasn’t just using vimwiki.

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