Unsolicited Micro.blog/Twitter/Mastodon poll (might delete later 😜):
Which, Task manager, if any, you all playing with these days? GO!
Unsolicited Micro.blog/Twitter/Mastodon poll (might delete later 😜):
Which, Task manager, if any, you all playing with these days? GO!
@paulopinto This was my forst ever, underused but effective, but been PC based at work, it's hard to stick with it.
@TimeAffluent I have been playing with this one lately and enjoying it, just wish they either had a Windows app or at least a web app
@paulopinto yeah, but it’s hmm, I have tried it but I didn’t enjoyed it. Has it gotten any better? Maybe I need to revisit.
@Gabz todoist because I use a PC at work and being able to see and access all my tasks no matter what machine matters to me. If I wasn’t, I’d probably use reminders or maybe things. I think I could get away with Just reminders at the moment.
@Gabz oh... I also use Notion and that kind of does some task management (well project management).
@ChrisJWilson yeah , I feel like my only two options at this point are either Todoist or TickTick. They both have a windows app. I like how tick tick has a widget that can be always present on the desktop. I don’t think todoist has one 🤔, a widget I mean.
@Gabz a bit late to this one, and it’s been talked about, but Things 3. Love it, it’s beautiful, pay once use forever, syncs amazingly,.. was on Todoist before that.
@maique I have owned Things for a long time but wasn’t until recently that I really got into it. My problem is, for work I use PC. Part of me it’s considering using either tick tick or todoist for work related stuff and things for everything else
@rexbarrett I use Notion, rather, I under use Notion. Mostly to keep track of important notes and small project for work.
@Gabz I saw the PC part, but felt I had to chime in. I was a Todoist user for many years, and it worked very well, keyboard shortcuts for everything. I gave the other one a try, free tier, felt much like the same, or close, experience for me. Maybe more advanced users could use this or that special feature, but I saw no need to move to it. Then I remembered Things, got back to it after many years (my Todoist phase) and never looked back. I still think Todoist is a great service, and it works everywhere.
@Gabz to add my opinion. Workflowy and bullet journal in a notebook. Workflowy helps you digitise this if you so want or just have your own system.
@Gabz Workflowy is very cool. But it's protean: an awesome framework for setting up your system the way you want it, but you might wish for some imposed structure.
@Gabz I also use Notion. It’s great for setting up databases to crossreference each other, both for scales of planning and information and notes. It’s great.
@Gabz I’ve drifted back to Reminders, due to location based reminders and it’s straight forward Siri support.
@Gabz I use Trello for work stuff and reminders for everything else. Trello is simple and really intuitive and there’s some fancy functionality there if you want. Personally, I keep it simple and it works great for me!
@Zacb this is an approach I am considering. Maybe one system to rule them all isn’t as troth as most people think? I very much like Things 3 on iOS but honestly for personal stuff , reminders is more than enough. I work on a windows PC for my joby job so maybe I can have an app/system just for work.
@sproutlight I ahve been using Notion for work related stuff, still leraning how to properly use it or making work for me.
@sproutlight I seem to find it slightly overwhelming but want to give it a go. Any good tutorials?
@Munish Lovely. I really like it. It looks good, syncs good, great keyboard shortcut support, couldn’t be happier.
@Gabz I've tried them all. I do like Ticktick, but I've been actually using bullet journal in a physical notebook recently and just using iOS Reminders because it's easy and built in.
@Munish The YouTube account for "August Bradley : Notion Productivity" has a bunch, but to the degree of being overwhelming in and of itself, I think. What I did that's maybe less stressful was make a database, and just add or remove fields until it seemed to be working. Eventually, I realized that some of the fields I had as multi-select options would be better referencing another database, so I made that database, searched for the appropriate items to link as a "roll-up", and then once I had done so, I deleted the old multiselect field I wasn't using anymore. Right now I have two big sets of interlocking databases that developed through that gradual add method:
For work/student stuff, I have databases titled "Learning" (with lists of classes I'm taking toward my requirements), "Discovering" (with lists of potential research projects), and "Practitioning" (with office projects). Those are crosslinked with a "Doing Scholarship" database that tracks individual steps. So, I can look at my lists of projects, and because on each project page I embedded a "linked database" view of the Doing Scholarship database that only includes items that are linked to that project, I can easily add/edit steps. But, I can also look at the big list of all the things I want to do with deadlines, and also use the calendar view to set "do dates" (something August Bradley talks about in his videos). Sometimes those individual actions are linked to multiple projects, like an article that I got permission to do for an assignment for a class AND that I'm submitting to a journal.
I have the information in Notion for a novel I'm writing with a friend, which has a complex timeline with multiple POVs, where events need to be thought about both in terms of section/reader order and actual dates. So, I have one database for the events themselves cross-referenced with one for the POV sections, where the events then can both have dates and easily pull in the reader order from the sections and I can see them in various list and calendar formats. I also made databases for plot ideas, character lists, organizations, and places, which can then cross reference each other via roll-ups. So, for example, I've embedded inline database views on each character's page that pulls in all linked events, organizations they are related to, places linked to them, etc. Then I only have to enter the information in one place, but it all carries over to find it easily again by multiple references. When I recently added the organization database, I just created the database and linked it as a roll-up to the characters database; then every time I added a link on the organization side, it showed immediately on the character side as well.
Sorry that got a little long, but hopefully that's helpful about how you can start small with one database and add other databases that link in as you realize more pieces would be helpful.
@sproutlight What a thoughtful response.With such detail in this,how can I not have another look at Notion.I really appreciate this. The more I see people make the effort and treat others with respect and kindness on Micro.blog, like you have done, the more I am glad I joined🙏🏽
@Gabz that’s what I use Trello for - a “work only” tasks list. I keep it fairly simple with Ideas, Queue, In Progress, Completed, Paused, and Cancelled lanes for my tasks. It’s helped me a ton at work to stay organized and not lose sight of things.
@Munish You are very welcome! I hope that whatever system you land on works well for you!