Re:Best Online To-Do Lists
by huherto on Thursday July 02, 2009 @11:06AM
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I have tried different approaches over the years. The best seems to be to have a todo.txt file and use my favorite text editor. It is very flexible, I indent to show subtasks, I can make notes anywhere. Use - as a bullet for uncompleted tasks and + for completed tasks.
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If you are using emacs, give org-mode a try. I also keep this todo lists in git repo to sync among various machines that I work with.
Re:Best Online To-Do Lists
by zacharypinter on Thursday July 02, 2009 @09:45PM
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I use org-mode and symlink ~/org/ to my dropbox folder. I love this setup, though I really wish Dropbox had an iPhone app and a public API. Both have been promised for quite some time.
I've written a web-thingy for this. I enter a bunch of tasks in the text area and then I can either continue editing them from text field or use GUI. Bonus: it understands (with some restrictions) natural language ("due two days from now", "project blablabla.blehblehbleh", "high priority"), unlimited nested projects and is available from anywhere :)
I have tried RTM on and off, but I usually end up back at this method as well (though I use x for completed tasks). Add sync with something like Windows Live Sync, SugarSync or Dropbox and it's portable enough, too.