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Ask HN: What do you use for to-do lists and note taking at work?

1 pointsby benraskin92almost 5 years ago

4 comments

oldsjalmost 5 years ago
Currently Doom Emacs with org-mode [1]. I’m still very much a beginner but loving that it’s plain text but also so powerful with org-mode. I sync to beorg [2] on my phone with Nextcloud which keep all my todos in plain txt but gives nice iOS integration.<p>I have Nextcloud configured with a versioned and encrypted S3 bucket as the data store so everything’s “private”, constantly backed, up and synced.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DxygfqLrFSU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DxygfqLrFSU</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;beorgapp.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;beorgapp.com</a>
e_scapealmost 5 years ago
I use notepad on windows and on Linux text editor. It is fast and simple. It&#x27;s really easy to use during meetings and it&#x27;s extremely fast which is important for me. When task is finished I just delete the rows I don&#x27;t need anymore.<p>I use one line for one task. If I need to write subtasks or some points I use tabs under that task. For different days I use visual separators like ---- or ===.<p>Example:<p>===Today===<p>First task<p>Second task<p><pre><code> More info about task Subtasks 1 Subtasks 2 </code></pre> ===Tommorow===<p>First task<p>Second task
taninalmost 5 years ago
I use Sublime to edit text files and auto-sync to GitHub using my in-house go app (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tanin47&#x2F;git-notes" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tanin47&#x2F;git-notes</a>).<p>The text files contain both notes and to-dos.<p>I like that this setting feels that my notes will live forever.
rammy1234almost 5 years ago
Vim with auto save plugin. Always open and insert your todos for the day. Revisit and do some house keeping push them tomorrow and add few more.