What app does less wrong recommend for to-do lists? I just started using Workflowy (recommended from a LW friend), but was wondering if anyone had strong opinions in favor of something else.
P.S. If you sign up for workflowy here, you get double space.
EDIT: The above link is my personal invite link, and I get told when someone signs up using it, and I get to see their email address. I am not going to do anything with them, but I feel obligated to give this disclaimer anyway.
If I’m making a todo list for a project I’m working on, Workflowy is good because its simple and supports hierarchical lists.
For longer lived stuff where I add and delete stuff like grocery/shopping lists or books to read, I use wunderlist because they have an android app, a standalone windows app and it looks pretty. Browser-based apps annoy me so I like the windows app and the android app is nice to have when I’m actually in the grocery store.
I use a paper notebook, inspired by bullet journal and autofocus for daily/weekly goals when the list stays under 20 or so items. Recently a project started ballooning into more items than this system could handle, so I picked up todo.txt a month ago. I’ve been very happy with it so far. The system works with just a regular text editor and keeping all the lines in the file lexically sorted, but it’s also a markup format that can be used with specific tools. I keep the project-specific list synced with a symbolic directory link from the project directory tree to Dropbox, and currently use the Simpletask app to update the list on my phone. Seems to work well for everything I need.
I like Complice for having a daily to-do that allows you to track how much time you’ve spent on each of your items (if you’re using its pomodoro timer), and to see which goals you did (and didn’t) meet on past days. However, I know the founder through CfAR so I may be biased.
I’m using workflowy as well, and it’s the only to-do list software I’ve ever actually used for more than a few days.
One feature that I’ve wanted for a while is dependencies. Let’s say you need to print out a form, but you need to purchase printer ink first. Being able to hide “print out form for xyz” until “buy printer ink” is completed would be great.
What app does less wrong recommend for to-do lists? I just started using Workflowy (recommended from a LW friend), but was wondering if anyone had strong opinions in favor of something else.
P.S. If you sign up for workflowy here, you get double space.
EDIT: The above link is my personal invite link, and I get told when someone signs up using it, and I get to see their email address. I am not going to do anything with them, but I feel obligated to give this disclaimer anyway.
It depends on why I’m making the list.
If I’m making a todo list for a project I’m working on, Workflowy is good because its simple and supports hierarchical lists.
For longer lived stuff where I add and delete stuff like grocery/shopping lists or books to read, I use wunderlist because they have an android app, a standalone windows app and it looks pretty. Browser-based apps annoy me so I like the windows app and the android app is nice to have when I’m actually in the grocery store.
When I’m making a list because I need to be productive and not as a way to plan, I use a paper todolist: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006HWLW2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Checking things off on paper does wonders for productivity and having the printed thing helps set the mood.
I use a paper notebook, inspired by bullet journal and autofocus for daily/weekly goals when the list stays under 20 or so items. Recently a project started ballooning into more items than this system could handle, so I picked up todo.txt a month ago. I’ve been very happy with it so far. The system works with just a regular text editor and keeping all the lines in the file lexically sorted, but it’s also a markup format that can be used with specific tools. I keep the project-specific list synced with a symbolic directory link from the project directory tree to Dropbox, and currently use the Simpletask app to update the list on my phone. Seems to work well for everything I need.
I’ve tried a bunch, but Todoist is the only one that’s powerful, flexible, quick, and easy enough for me to want to use.
I like Complice for having a daily to-do that allows you to track how much time you’ve spent on each of your items (if you’re using its pomodoro timer), and to see which goals you did (and didn’t) meet on past days. However, I know the founder through CfAR so I may be biased.
I’ve found success with OmniFocus.
I’m using workflowy as well, and it’s the only to-do list software I’ve ever actually used for more than a few days.
One feature that I’ve wanted for a while is dependencies. Let’s say you need to print out a form, but you need to purchase printer ink first. Being able to hide “print out form for xyz” until “buy printer ink” is completed would be great.