Dating Other Task Managers • Hacker News Board

If anyone serious want to go down this rabbit hole I recommend https://www.outlinersoftware.com/ for a discussion of outliners, task managers, note taking apps etc.

Also (tooting my own trumpet) if you want to try something a little different look at https://www.hyperplan.com/, a card-based task manager for Windows and Mac that allows you to visually slice and dice your tasks in multiple dimensions (e.g. due date vs assign to, or assigned to vs urgency).

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Post by tta » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 8:57 AM UTC

I'm working on an app that focuses on the "rituals" you mentioned, so I've been thinking a lot along these lines too.

Things and other similar apps are great for one-off tasks that possibly need to be done in the future ... the power to say "I want to do this in 3 weeks" but not have to think about it until then is hard to beat, and hard to properly articulate until you've experienced it. At the same time they aren't as good for routines where you want to tick off the same set of tasks every time, especially when the routine doesn't happen very often.

The app is in _very_ early alpha at the moment, but I'd love feedback if you're willing to give it a shot: https://checklists.fyi

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Post by mywacaday » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 9:47 AM UTC

I've always wanted to try Things and omnifocus but am Windows based. Are there and windows functional equivalents?

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Post by bskan » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 10:00 AM UTC

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Post by usrme » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 10:02 AM UTC

bskan wrote: post #28

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Actually, we're right in the same ballpark as our son takes his sweet time to fall asleep, and we are in bed by 22:00 at the latest ourselves, so we want to start the process earlier to have some time of our own.

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 10:14 AM UTC

sigmonsays wrote: post #16

i have the most simple note taking solution, which also doubles as my knowledge base. I have a git repo, filled with folders. Organized organically. Sometimes I put "tags: todo" at the top.. so I can grep for it. Other than that, I'm well aware of what i need to be doing without looking. If i have a lot of tasks I can't manage mentally, put make a todo list in org or just plain text and plug away at 'em. I've wanted…

I have a fairly small (but important) set of daily practices, like a 5K walk, every morning, combined with a slightly larger set of “heuristics,” like drinking water all day, standing at a desk, working in small, discrete steps (about hour-long chunks), etc.

But my “to-do manager” is a small Post-It note pad on my desk. It’s a live-action Kanban board.

WFM, YMMV.