The to-do list problem
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The to-do list problem
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Re: The to-do list problem
#2> To build an intelligent to-do list it will take more than polished pixels, so please start putting more intelligence in your to-do tools. Your users will be thankful and will hopefully have much shorter to-do lists.
After trying many things, I have now switched to Trello. Using it I've become convinced that "intelligent to-do lists" are a fallacy, what we need are dumb todo lists. Something not much smarter than a whiteboard or a piece of paper.
For reasons I don't understand, those just work.
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#3The problem is that there are multiple workflows people use and dont want to change. I for instance rely on invox zero and calendar, so they function as todo list. Many people i know use other methods.
On the other hand, some people argue that if tou cant keep your todos in your head, you have a bigger problem ;)
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#4> To build an intelligent to-do list it will take more than polished pixels, so please start putting more intelligence in your to-do tools. Your users will be thankful and will hopefully have much shorter to-do lists. After trying many things, I have now switched to Trello. Using it I've become convinced that "intelligent to-do lists" are a fallacy, what we need are dumb todo lists. Something not much smarter than a…
Totally agree. I have used index cards as a planning tool and a to do list for a long time. Trello, in all its nothingness, is the only thing that has come close to the efficiency of a pencil and stack of cards.
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#5> To build an intelligent to-do list it will take more than polished pixels, so please start putting more intelligence in your to-do tools. Your users will be thankful and will hopefully have much shorter to-do lists. After trying many things, I have now switched to Trello. Using it I've become convinced that "intelligent to-do lists" are a fallacy, what we need are dumb todo lists. Something not much smarter than a…
Trello is too big for "pick up bananas at the grocery store".
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#6Slightly off-topic, but never auto-play video (or audio) content on a website. If I want it to be played, I click on it, otherwise it's just annoying.
Re: The to-do list problem
#7> To build an intelligent to-do list it will take more than polished pixels, so please start putting more intelligence in your to-do tools. Your users will be thankful and will hopefully have much shorter to-do lists. After trying many things, I have now switched to Trello. Using it I've become convinced that "intelligent to-do lists" are a fallacy, what we need are dumb todo lists. Something not much smarter than a…
Totally agree. I have used index cards as a planning tool and a to do list for a long time. Trello, in all its nothingness, is the only thing that has come close to the efficiency of a pencil and stack of cards.
Agreed. I have used the same method since about 1985 and it works wonderfully. The only optimisation has been change to a mechanical pencil.
I've lost my card stack a couple of times in those years and there has been no negative effect.
I've played with and written various bits of software but it just doesn't make it any better either.
This problem is solved already.
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#8Slightly off-topic, but never auto-play video (or audio) content on a website. If I want it to be played, I click on it, otherwise it's just annoying.
This is one of the two benefits of flashblock for me. If I want to watch a video, I click on the circled F, otherwise it's just a box that takes up space.
The other benefit is that I don't give my cycles and peace to flash advertisements.
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#9I hate to-do lists. The worst are the ones where others can pile up things for you.
The problem with most to-do lists is that they treat your time as infinite. You just have to take one item after the other and chunk trough it. You're just the CPU executing the tasks you've been handled trough like a puppet. Soon enough the list becomes a big graveyard of things you didn't have the time to do and it's depressing.
It's better if the system forces you to filter tasks upfront. Like a tweet, there is only so much you can fit in a day. Get over it, you won't have the time to do X, just forget about it. It's important to have quality over quantity.
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#10> To build an intelligent to-do list it will take more than polished pixels, so please start putting more intelligence in your to-do tools. Your users will be thankful and will hopefully have much shorter to-do lists. After trying many things, I have now switched to Trello. Using it I've become convinced that "intelligent to-do lists" are a fallacy, what we need are dumb todo lists. Something not much smarter than a…
"what we need are dumb todo lists" so right. However I found Workflowy even dumber than Trello and having used them side-by-side Workflowy also did it for me usability wise. In Trello there were just too much sub categories and sub windows and too much navigating around for my liking.(note: I use it as a todo list/note taker only. I don't share anything or try to make it act like a bugtracker)