A few months ago, squaresarebetter asked "What are the things that you have automated in your personal life?" [1]<p>I have a related, but different question. I'm currently juggling a lot of systems like Trello, a static site generator, email, Google Drive, online banks and Facebook to get things done, write, keep track of my relationships and so on. But I never feel quite at home, and whenever I want to do something custom so I'm considering making my own "personal API" in order to organize my life.<p>Have you done something like this? If so, I'd love to hear about it.<p>1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17385291
I developed Centask [1] to integrate, in one view, everything I need to complete a project/task, (Gmail emails, files, links, notes etc.) organize it in any way I want, and declutter my task list by scheduling single and nested items to appear only when I need the<p>Since it is Gmail centric I can email myself links and notes from any app.<p>It can take Gmail Inbox emails into Centask Inbox so email is just one more task treated exactly the same as todo items and links etc.<p>Since most of the third party tools I use are online I use Centask bookmarklet to add links to tasks in other apps/sites to Centask Inbox.<p>What made it stick for me was to process my Gmail inbox within Centask so I must use it, thus my agenda may get longer when I am busy but never gets out-of-date.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.centask.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.centask.com/</a>
It is a project I am thinking about myself and have made some progress on.<p>One angle is something like "Lotus Notes" based on modern document databases and with some document classifier capability for automation.<p>Another angle is IOT, controlling lights and music, using sensors, having weather radar maps already downloaded and instantly visible.<p>If I could eliminate web browsers from the mix I would but it will be a while... Right now I am looking for a UI framework that <i>never</i> blocks.