I use the tasks that come with my email account/calendar. It integrates well with thunderbird and android-apps.
I am surpised, that no one here seems to use it, since it seems like an obvious choice.
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
#632Reading through the comments under this thread, there are many users who swear by a plain text file, but who then build quite a lot of snowflake software to regain functionality offered by more structured TODO applications. That includes: - having your computer alert you to things that come up - being able to tag notes - being able to add events to a calendar - being able to set priority of tasks - expecting prioriti…
> I would encourage everyone to try out emacs with org-mode.
You can even do that, _and_ do stuff from your unholy list.
I have my org folder synced via syncthing to every device I care about. I used to do automated git commits on that folder, but eventually stopped it years ago as commit messages like "daily automated commit" are not better than regular backups.
But thanks to LLMs I went back to that - now I have a systemd timer which calls a script that calls Emacs (because I have all the LLM bindings set up in there already) with the git diff to generate a commit message. That does a pretty good job at summarising my changes.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#633Earlier quoted context omitted.
I strongly agree. I think it's a form of procrastinating. I read about all these complex systems for notes and second brains and whatnot. All procrastinating imho.
Same. I dabbled in the second brain fad for a while, until I realized I already have a first brain. It was helpful to create new mental models, but I now much prefer using my actual brain to organize my thoughts.
My first brain forgets things quite often. My second brain which is a terribly organized Obsidian Vault does not.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#634> tried every
Mentions just 5
Does not mention Markdown once.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#635Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What this shows to me, as someone who has committed some of the unholy crimes above, is that people want their system, however esoteric, to come naturally to them I think this is a vocal minority. Outside of internet comment sections, most everyone I know doesn’t care that much about their todo list software. The most productive people I ever worked with all had really minimal productivity software. For one person…
So much of it is empty productivity, all prepping for the work but never actually doing it. Like the old joke about the programmers spouse who died a virgin because every night all the programmer did was sit at the edge of the bed talking about how awesome it was going to be when they finally did it.
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Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#636Reading through the comments under this thread, there are many users who swear by a plain text file, but who then build quite a lot of snowflake software to regain functionality offered by more structured TODO applications. That includes: - having your computer alert you to things that come up - being able to tag notes - being able to add events to a calendar - being able to set priority of tasks - expecting prioriti…
All that you write is not necessary for me. I use a plain text app on phone for TODOs. I hate notifications, do not use full text search. I have been using it for 5 years now and I hate the notes apps with their clunky buttons, limiting software, where you cannot write or do what you want to. I see apps often as regressions toward freedom of note apps.
You do understand that org-mode is plain text, yes?
You are basically losing nothing, if you write an org mode file. You don't even have to use org syntax. The point is you can and you can do things faster, if you do. Like inserting a new heading, or changing the order of text blocks, or inserting a quote or a table.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#637Same here. I have Writeroom (in a terminal-like theme) always open next to Gmail on my mac, and I keep all my notes and to-dos there – for some years now. The only challenge is that Writeroom has proven to be a bit sluggish with the latest MacOS versions.
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#638I 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 emai…
No source code?
This is a Xojo project, you can load the source code and all the UI objects by opening the binary project in Xojo (free).
Re: I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
#639Simple is best. I prefer writing it down on paper. I write my todos for the day, and if I write too many things, I rewrite a stripped down version below.
The more things I have in my todo list, the less things I accomplish. If I'm in a rut, I just write down a single thing. It works for me.