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Sort of a poll: What is your favorite task manager/to do app?
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Posted by steve-rogers
Jan 8, 2019 at 10:57 PM
I am always interested to learn how people manage their task lists and productivity planning. I’m invested in the Apple ecosystem and have settled on Things from Cultued Code for several reasons. First, itt syncs flawlessly across devices. Second, its well-thought out aesthetics and ease of input. I also like that it lnks into my calendar, providing a unified task and schedule dashboard. It also supports repeating tasks like a boss with superior options for intervals and things like “repeat on completion”. There is another app I like called 2Do which shares many of the same strengths and is, arguably, more powerful with a robust search and tagging system, but was perhaps a bit too complex for me.
One problem that I have, however, is the need for long-term storage of projects and completion dates. I am a bench scientist and need to record this information, as well, and this is something that Things fails at. I have been testing Curio as an environment to plan experiments, projects, etc to use its project planning and due date assignment. These dates sync to Reminders which can, in turn, sync to Things.
I’d be interested to hear how others archive their task lists for future reference.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 8, 2019 at 11:24 PM
I work on Windows, Mac and iOS, but the inquiry is meant to be broad and not restricted to any platform. I just want to know what people here are using for managing their tasks. I am just curious… although there likely will be insights revealed that will be helpful to me (and others I hope).
satis wrote:
It would help if you first stated the platform you work on - Windows?
>Mac? iOS? Android? Chromebook? - and what you want to use it for.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 8, 2019 at 11:44 PM
It’s a combination of Google Keep and WorkFlowy for me. Google Keep is a recent adoption, as discussed here:
https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/33769
Posted by Jeffery Smith
Jan 9, 2019 at 12:30 AM
I have bounced all over among Things, OmniFocus, and ToDoist, and usually stay in ToDoist longer than the others. What I am trying now is Bullet Journal (analog) because it just seems like too much of a bother to go to a full-fledged task manager for tasks. I think where I will eventually end up is in Notetaker, with one outline being my task list. If Notetaker is always open on my Mac, it is less of an ordeal to check into.
Posted by Paul Korm
Jan 9, 2019 at 01:15 AM
Which Notetaker? Aquaminds? Google?
Jeffery Smith wrote:
I think where I will
>eventually end up is in Notetaker, with one outline being my task list.
>If Notetaker is always open on my Mac, it is less of an ordeal to check
>into.