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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 yodon »

grincho wrote: post #112
yodon wrote: post #69

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Can you click on a created task in Things and get back to the mail message in the iOS Mail app (as opposed to just seeing a copy of the message as text in the todo app the way most todo apps handle email->task connections)?

Absolutely. The links even resolve on different devices, as long as you have access to the same mail accounts.

Looks like I just blew $10 on this.

The iPad version allows you to create tasks truly linked to emails but the iPhone version doesnt let you create them you can only open them (from what I can find, hopefully I’m wrong as I’ve been looking for this feature for YEARS and would love to make this app home)

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

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Post by jecxjo »

stewbrew wrote: post #113
jecxjo wrote: post #65

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I actually wrote my own in Haskell, but really I just mean the structure. I no longer need huge ordered lists of blocking dependencies. I loved that taskwarrior did that, but once your life becomes less complicated, all the cool features seemed to get in my way. I wanted burndown charts. I wanted an app to figure out what tasks were highest priority based on how much time they could take and deadlines. But once you n…

There are some extensions that bring task dependencies to todo.txt. IMHO outlines are a quite natural extension of the original format that can be used for that without making things too complicated.

I totally agree. I am currently trying to figure out how to best do that with todo.txt with the minimal amount of dependencies. I liked in taskwarrior how all the tasks were numbered and could be referenced, but it required a big infrastructure in taskwarrior, which is more painful in todo.txt.

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

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Post by avip »

softawre wrote: post #130
tjr225 wrote: post #88

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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.

A physical notepad is pretty easy to forget or lose.

Make it task #1 not to lose it.

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

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Post by rconti »

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…

Yup. I'm great at putting items on RememberTheMilk or Outlook or Google Calendar or Google Tasks or iCloud Notes or a whiteboard, but REALLY BAD at using the same system consistently, let alone actually checking the list ("hey, I'm bored, what should I do now?")

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

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Post by bdcravens »

rconti wrote: post #134

It always blows my mind when people who claim to have issues with focus or task management then go on to talk about how they've automated tons of trivial tasks. That sounds like the OPPOSITE of someone who has issues with focus.

I think some people just need to put the work into something they enjoy (and hope that doesn't become just a distraction)

Myself, I suck at budgeting. So naturally I'm building a Rails app to do it for me ...

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

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Post by keslert »

Shameless plug for https://heyhabit.com (I'm the dev). It's meant to be used as a chrome extension that takes over the new tab in Chrome, but you can try it from the website. I've been using it for ~2 years now and it works really well off and on. I've discovered that it's really helpful for getting me back on track when I fall off the horse. Because the calendar maintains what a "successful" week looks like for me, it eliminates some of the mental energy required to regroup.

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

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Post by city41 »

Google essentially implemented FollowUpThen and Taskwarrior in Inbox via snoozing and reminders. I can honestly say Inbox has significantly changed my life. I have to use email every day already, so overlaying task management has been a huge boon. I have a recurring reminder every Sunday night to take out the trash. I set up reminders to go off in 1 year (like when I sign up for something and don't want it to auto renew). I basically setup a reminder for everything I have to do. And since I have Inbox open all day long anyway, I never forget anything anymore.

Hey Google, thanks for making Inbox!

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

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Post by karmajunkie »

rconti wrote: post #134

It always blows my mind when people who claim to have issues with focus or task management then go on to talk about how they've automated tons of trivial tasks. That sounds like the OPPOSITE of someone who has issues with focus.

"focus" problems very often are "hyperfocus" problems where we can get really zoned into whatever we're doing but make poor choices about where that focus lies. Think of it as a difference in executive function rather than a focus issue.
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