I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
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Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#2I am not a fan of Emacs whatsoever (I find it a buggy mess where everything works only 80%), but org mode is absolutely fantastic for this.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#3I use Microsoft TODO as a reminder and to not lose thoughts, but I primarly use text files to organise work backlog.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#4Spreadsheet programs such as LibreOffice are the next level. These are the most advanced and easily customized text files yet. Think of these as multidimensional text files that are all connected in an endless grid. Text files may seem ok, but managing tens of thousands of pages across sheets and books seems more straightforward with the spreadsheet format. But Vim is a great fallback when sheets are overkill.
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Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#6tl;dr
Ready to ditch the productivity app hamster wheel? Do this:
Create a file called todo.txt
Write down what you need to do tomorrow
Do those things
Add notes as you work
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#7I've used a TODO.md for years. I prefer it to a .txt as I can get some syntax highlighting in Vim.
About a year ago I merged my TODO with my work journal. So now, instead of two files I just have LOG.md with the TODO stuff at the top, a horizonal line and the journal of what I've been doing each day below.
I also copy the file (e.g. LOG-2024.md) each year and clear out the journal to keep the number of lines down.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#8For short-term (next few days), TODO.txt on my desktop is superior to every fancy solution I've tried.
For longer term stuff/backburner items, I use Google tasks.
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#9I made my own. I needed to have a calendar that showed every todo item per day, and a text editor to edit the tasks just like in a todo.txt. Used it all day every day for over 15 years. I still have it installed on nearly all my Win systems, just because it opens instantly, has priority and colors. I also used it to produce reports for work, so I eventually added export options for HTML to paste directly into an email.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#10I am not a fan of Emacs whatsoever (I find it a buggy mess where everything works only 80%), but org mode is absolutely fantastic for this.
Calling one of the most mature software projects on the planet a buggy mess is something, but yes, I would opt for TODO.org instead of .txt