Re:How Jeff Atwood works
by jsdalton on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @05:23PM
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The counterargument is that all of these tasks are better suited for a calendar rather than an open-ended to-do list.
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A calendar is basically a meta to-do list with reminders and deadlines.
Most people using calendars for this purpose don't realize that they are actually using to-do lists.
If I'm managing tasks, I'd rather use a UI designed for managing tasks (whether they be scheduled/due or not).
The point is that it's easy to dismiss the usefulness of todo systems if you characterise them as a manual-append-only-bucketlists. But unless you're Doing It Wrong, or using a terrible one, that's simply not the case.