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Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by frou_dh » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 10:30 AM UTC

xavdid wrote: post #17

I feel for the author. The space is so wide that an app needs to be either: - totally customizable, which means a less cohesive UI, or - extremely opinionated and you have to find the one that shares your opinions. --- I wrote about my (similar) experience a few years ago: https://xavd.id/blog/post/my-perfect-task-app/ Things 3 has bar-none the best UI of any app. It's not perfect, but I surprised myself with how muc…

Agreed about Things. On the whole it has absolutely incredible... err I guess it's called Interaction Design

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by iansinnott » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 11:06 AM UTC

Regarding not being able to adequately query Things 3, I'd point out that the full Things 3 db is a SQLite file on disk. So if you're happy to write a bit of sql you can query anything you want. Since the author already explored JavaScript for automation that might be an option.

Scripts can also use the things URL scheme to open items back in the GUI.

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by ekianjo » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 11:12 AM UTC

davidhaymond wrote: post #2

I initially thought the title referenced OS task managers a.k.a. system monitors.

Yeah, nobody really calls "to do list" software task managers...

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by subpixel » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 11:34 AM UTC

gexla wrote: post #18

chucky123 wrote: post #4

Is it just me or are people massively overthinking note taking.

The article is about task management.

The routine he shares is very notes-specific.

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by CharlieDigital » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 12:42 PM UTC

121789 wrote: post #13

it's amazing how much I just end up using apple notes and a paper notepad every day. everything else ends up being too heavyweight over time

I'm working on a concept at the moment which basically extends this.

The idea is to simply convert notes into work lists.

All the speed of working in plain text with the output being collaborative task lists.

Still a proof of concept at the moment:

https://app.usetempo.io

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Post by Telemakhos » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 12:50 PM UTC

gexla wrote: post #18

chucky123 wrote: post #4

Is it just me or are people massively overthinking note taking.

The article is about task management.

The author is strongly influenced by bullet journaling, which merges note-taking with task management. See https://bulletjournal.com/pages/book

The original bullet journal method is paper-based, and its creator lays out reasons why it should be—the "friction" of the physical activity of writing and the time it takes is a key part of the method.

The Agenda app (https://agenda.com) comes close to bridging the notes-tasks gap in the same way as bullet journals. Emacs org-mode is the best simulation of bullet-journals, as far as I know, and there are are iPhone and iPad and Watch apps for org-mode.

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by bobbylarrybobby » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 12:54 PM UTC

63 wrote: post #5

I've been passively on the hunt for a task manager for a couple weeks now. It seems everything points to Todoist for me. I love the idea of org mode but it's too much for my use case and I think a mobile app would be pretty helpful for me, given how often I'm away from a computer. I don't use Apple products so Things 3 is out. Obsidian is an interesting knowledge management tool that I'm looking into separately but i…

My issue with Todoist is it doesn’t recognize the concept of start dates and due dates — there are only dates. Many tasks can be open to be started before they’re technically due, but Todoist can’t model this.

I recommend 2Do.

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by als0 » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 1:04 PM UTC

viraptor wrote: post #9

davidhaymond wrote: post #2

I initially thought the title referenced OS task managers a.k.a. system monitors.

I wished that was the case. I'd love a sane, modern replacement for the windows task / resource monitor.

What’s insane about the current one?

Re: Dating Other Task Managers

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Post by foobarbecue » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

I'll plug my favorite, https://taskwarrior.org/

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Post by viraptor » Sat, Oct 01, 2022, 1:30 PM UTC

als0 wrote: post #38

viraptor wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wished that was the case. I'd love a sane, modern replacement for the windows task / resource monitor.

What’s insane about the current one?

The standard task manager is extremely basic - the only reason I use it is to select a process to kill. The resource monitor on the other hand is clunky in behaviour (why are the handles not updated when I select an entry? why the extra step of a checkbox?), often confused (I've had multiple systems with CPU usage not adding up to the total, services missing from the list, etc.), and missing some behaviours (why can't I copy text/data from it?)

The Process Explorer from sysinternals is way better, but I also don't find it intuitive. Most sysintrnals tools seem to be a kitchen sink of awesome tools with no UX. Especially the Process Monitor filter setting dialog is annoying every single time.