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Re: The best todo list app for any developer

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Post by joemaller1 »

jvagner wrote: post #15
moron4hire wrote: post #10

Paper. just a single piece of 8.5x11 paper. Anything more complex means I'm trying to do more work than I can handle.

An old colleague of mine.. and CFO of our company.. used to manage his tasks on a piece of paper. It was always in his folder, and for each task he'd write a note on the paper and then draw a box around it. As he completed each task, he'd scratch out the box. It was crude and messy and reminded me of high school. A couple of years ago, I found myself migrating towards something like it. I use large index cards, but..…

Re-copying the list to a new sheet of paper is a feature. It forces you to regularly re-prioritize items or choose to drop them altogether.

I kept a digital list for a few years, but eventually it just became a crap heap of undone tasks and abandoned ideas that would get batch re-scheduled forward forever. Paper lists work really well for me.

Re: The best todo list app for any developer

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Post by PostingWithPSP »

mosselman wrote: post #23
PostingWithPSP wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand the argument against editing a file in /etc for something only one user is concerned about, but I've been the sole user of every computer I've had, so this doesn't matter to me. I think that's the case for a lot of people. The other arguments seem to be preference. Some people work better with paper. Some people only want system configuration in /etc. If you're a stickler for the Single Responsibility Pr…

I don't follow your reasoning. The comments provide great advice on how to achieve the same and still not messy up your /etc. You were introduced to the idea of todo's in your terminal, but then only accept the worst solution. It is as if one guy says "Hey guys, I have found a way to not have to shit in the woods any more, we just have a bucket next to our bed and in the morning we throw it out the windows." The seco…

Bad analogy. Treating your /etc/motd as a scratch space is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. It's not the difference between shitting in a toilet and a hole in the ground.

Re: The best todo list app for any developer

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Post by intortus »

Touche wrote: post #12
jmnicolas wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're storing a file on a public server that is beyond your control and you make your shell read it every time you launch it ? What could possibly go wrong ?! ;-)

head just prints the contents of the file, it doesn't execute anything.

and neither does my terminal emulator...

Re: The best todo list app for any developer

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Post by dkersten »

intortus wrote: post #35
Touche wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

head just prints the contents of the file, it doesn't execute anything.

and neither does my terminal emulator...

Pipe it through something that strips control characters before printing perhaps?

Re: The best todo list app for any developer

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Post by napoleond »

skrebbel wrote: post #37

Because "any developer" of course uses a system with a motd. Or wants to be reminded of all todos whenever opening a terminal. What's with this HN hype of turning "Hey, look, I do X" into "if you're a Y, like I am, you should do X"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_bait
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