Todo apps are meant for robots

Re:Todo apps are meant for robots by kkfx on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:05AM (#36747809)

The issue with app apps is that are isolated stuff, we have a single brain, we need integration. That's why I live in Emacs, where org-mode alone can integrate next to anything.

A simple example, jut note about a payable bill due before a certain date:

- we need the bill, for instance a pdf file

- perhaps the email where so send a payment confirmation to be polite

- a note with the date and the amount

- annotating after the payment the payment reference from the bank

- ...

Only in an integrated system such simple task can be done. No isolated todo app can.

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Re:Todo apps are meant for robots by ablyveiled on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:10AM (#36754391)

I've personally been enjoying this sane, profit-free system so much I'm going to be adding RSS feeds and email to it.

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Re:Todo apps are meant for robots by merlincorey on Monday July 17, 2023 @05:30AM (#36755883)

With org-mode capture templates[0], the OP could make a single command where they implement their 13 steps for each task as a template that expands to a task with the thirteen subtasks predefined.

With further plumbing they could even have several different templates for the different types of tasks they regularly have such as those small every day tasks which don't need 13 standard subtasks.

[0] https://orgmode.org/manual/Capture-templates.html

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