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Posted by avernet
Nov 2, 2018 at 11:16 PM
MadaboutDana wrote:
> It is a good app, I must say, especially if you use subtasks for notes!
I am curious as to how you’re using subtasks for notes. Would you care to elaborate?
To provide some context to my question, I always feel that task managers don’t help me as much as I’d like to manage “notes” related to tasks. Those notes typically includes links, say to the relevant threads in Gmail, reference material online, but can also include an outline my analysis for the problem at hand, and more. In general, they take the form of a nested bullet points (aka outline). And once a project is complete, I’d often like to keep the notes around for longer, as I often refer to them, say when I encounter a similar problem, or some part of the thinking I did could be reused.
Of course, longer notes could be stored in a separate app, like Bear or WorkFlowy [1], but not having them directly accessible and visible creates what seems like unnecessary friction. Hence I’m looking for an app that is as good possible with notes, or in which I’m able to reuse some existing “data structure” for notes, even if it wasn’t originally intended for that purpose.
-Alex
[1] As a side note, I love WorkFlowy, but linking to a note in WorkFlowy from another app doesn’t work well on mobile as it opens WorkFlowy in the browser, instead of in the app, which is slow and doesn’t work if you happen to be offline.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 3, 2018 at 12:22 AM
I know what you mean. “Universal links” or URLs (in case of online notes) should help to link from tasks to corresponding external notes. I personally liked the Nozbe - Evernote integration https://nozbe.com/blog/evernote/ in this regard, though I’ve since abandoned Nozbe for a kanban approach.
Alessandro Vernet wrote:
>Of course, longer notes could be stored in a separate app, like Bear or
>WorkFlowy [1], but not having them directly accessible and visible
>creates what seems like unnecessary friction. Hence I’m looking for an
>app that is as good possible with notes, or in which I’m able to reuse
>some existing “data structure” for notes, even if it wasn’t originally
>intended for that purpose.
Posted by satis
Nov 3, 2018 at 12:41 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
> I know what you mean. “Universal links” or URLs (in case of online
>notes) should help to link from tasks to corresponding external notes. I
>personally liked the Nozbe - Evernote integration
>https://nozbe.com/blog/evernote/ in this regard, though I’ve since
>abandoned Nozbe for a kanban approach.
As an aside, I stumbled upon a Nozbe’s oddball podcast featuring the company’s CEO, and it’s a bit of a head-scratcher. The podcast barely discusses the app, but spends an inordinate amount of time on discussing ‘the nomadic lifestyle’, expensive ultra-minimalist packs, travel, and occasionally Legos. So weird.
Posted by Ken
Nov 3, 2018 at 02:04 AM
This post may answer a few questions about subtasks and notes: https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/8424 .
—Ken
Posted by satis
Nov 3, 2018 at 02:39 AM
Ha. Thanks Ken for reminding me of the links I posted. But those links do not provide keyboard commands for simple things like creating sister-tasks or a new subtask (or checklist) for a task/line I’m currently on.
Supposedly by pressing enter when entering an item Todoist creates a sister item below (like any outliner would) but instead it merely acts as if I’d hit the Save button. (And even that command doesn’t work in Chrome or Safari, for some reason.)