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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 13, 2019 at 02:38 PM
Great question, Paul.
At the risk of being boring, however, I’d have to also say Dynalist. If pressed for a different choice, maybe TickTick… although I didn’t actually CRIMP that app, as I chose it in an attempt to solve my need for a Task Manager that works on Mac, iOS and Windows. I did try Diarly as a CRIMP and I’ve come to like it a lot, but can’t quite say it is indispensable, as I could just as easily use MacJournal, which I like very much.
So, Dynalist it is.
Steve Z
Paul Korm wrote:
>
>What app of yours started as a CRIMP and became indispensable—
>something in your menubar or dock that you use frequently?
>
>Mine is Dynalist.
Posted by nathanb
Jun 13, 2019 at 07:07 PM
>At the risk of being boring, however, I’d have to also say Dynalist. If
>pressed for a different choice, maybe TickTick… although I didn’t
>actually CRIMP that app, as I chose it in an attempt to solve my need
>for a Task Manager that works on Mac, iOS and Windows. I did try Diarly
>as a CRIMP and I’ve come to like it a lot, but can’t quite say it is
>indispensable, as I could just as easily use MacJournal, which I like
>very much.
>
>So, Dynalist it is.
>
>Steve Z
Steve,
Did you try Todoist before settling on TickTick? Todoist has been a mainstay for me for a while now but it has it’s annoyances and I’m constantly wondering if something would fit me better. I remember liking TickTick a few years ago as I was trying to transition from Wunderlist. Though I stopped using it after a few weeks because the notifications were out of control. First and last time I’ve had so much trouble with controlling notifications that I had to ditch a platform. I’m wondering if they’ve cleaned up some of that.
Posted by nathanb
Jun 13, 2019 at 08:39 PM
>The new version of Dropbox (the enhanced desktop app, the upgraded iOS
>app) is an intriguing option, mind you. More info here:
>https://www.dropbox.com/features/new
>
>I’ve got a test version running on my desktop. It’s not as terribly
>exciting as Dropbox are making it sound, but it’s quite neat, and very
>usefully expands Dropbox beyond basic file management. You can add
>comments to files, star and pin folders/files, write notes to yourself
>(in any folder), set up to-do lists, etc. If you’re a Dropbox user, it’s
>definitely worth the upgrade. It’s also potentially very useful in team
>situations, for sharing files/comments/notes. We use AutoTask (formerly
>Soonr) for our business file management, but this new iteration of
>Dropbox could tempt me to shift over to the latter.
>
>I’m still hoping Apple will acquire Dropbox. Although iCloud has some
>interesting new features (like folder sharing) which suggest Apple could
>be moving in the same sort of direction.
>
>Cheers!
>Bill
Thanks for the head’s up on the new Dropbox. I hope that’s a trend to bring more Document Management System features to consumer-level file management. Another alternative is TagSpaces.
Unfortunately, most users have been so conditioned with file and folder names as their only method of digital organization that it’s very difficult to get teams to help build the metadata when given a more advanced platform. What makes that difficult to accept is that most of these casual users routinely immerse themselves in better metadata activities all the time.
-They understand how tagging facebook photos gives the benefit of one picture appearing in many virtual albums…. yet can’t imagine adding metadata to files beyond a single hierarchy folder.
-They write product reviews on amazon, video comments on youtube etc…. yet can’t fathom the value of adding comments and notes directly on work/personal files/videos… yet are fine with guessing about a file’s purpose, context, and perception given only it’s name and last modified date…
-They refer to wikipedia and experience how linked webs of information are obviously better than hierarchies of un-linked files…. yet never want to make that leap from island files to anything like a personal or group wiki.
-Use facebook to organize events but still insist on work email for project management….
Sorry for the rant. It reminds me why I like this forum and other pockets of the internet so much. Because you guys GET IT. Everyone in my real life just can’t imagine information being outside of emails and file folders. This forum reminds me that I’m not alone.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 13, 2019 at 08:47 PM
Nathan,
I did try Todoist before settling on TickTick. I originally chose Todoist because it allows you to nest lists and TickTick only gives one level of folder structure. But I found that I didn’t like how Todoist handles notes for a task. TickTick looks and feels more natural to me. It doesn’t have the integration with Outlook that Todoist has, but I don’t need that. Todoist is a fine app, but TickTick just works better for me.
Steve Z
nathanb wrote:
>
>Steve,
>
>Did you try Todoist before settling on TickTick? Todoist has been a
>mainstay for me for a while now but it has it’s annoyances and I’m
>constantly wondering if something would fit me better. I remember
>liking TickTick a few years ago as I was trying to transition from
>Wunderlist. Though I stopped using it after a few weeks because the
>notifications were out of control. First and last time I’ve had so much
>trouble with controlling notifications that I had to ditch a platform.
>I’m wondering if they’ve cleaned up some of that.
Posted by satis
Jun 13, 2019 at 10:14 PM
nathanb wrote:
>Todoist has been a
>mainstay for me for a while now but it has it’s annoyances and I’m
>constantly wondering if something would fit me better.
Todoist is undergoing major changes with a new version coming in the fall with one-click Trello-like kanban view, among other things. I’m on the grandfathered-in $29/yr pricing, but if I find something that works better I’d switch. But the thing I most like about Todoist is being able to move a Todoist item that’s on my Google Calendar and having it sync back immediately to Todoist. I am inside my calendar so much that I really have come to depend on that 2-way-sync, and most other task managers only sync one-way onto a calendar (or they provide their own proprietary calendar view which you’d need to use and import everything else into). TickTick syncs one-way into Google Calendar, but many people have reported, for years, that the sync can take *hours* (and it’s not 2-way sync anyway).
https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/9gc303/todo_list_integration_with_google_calendar/
https://help.ticktick.com/forum/topic/372112/google-calendar-sync
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Nathan,
>
>I did try Todoist before settling on TickTick. I originally chose
>Todoist because it allows you to nest lists and TickTick only gives one
>level of folder structure. But I found that I didn’t like how Todoist
>handles notes for a task.
Todoist notes are still terrible. I use the app solely for actionable tasks, and put notes for things elsewhere.
Unfortuantely for those who like nests Todoist is deprecating that for the new version, so as to accommodate the kanban Boards view coming in the fall. Recent Reddit discussion here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/todoist/comments/bztmqq/new_todoist_subtask_format/