Hi,
Currently I use Trello for everything, right from noting down my tasks to ideas, tracking progress everything.
Just wondered if y'all could help me out with other Free tools that you've come across or used.
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I recently moved from Trello to todo.txt and until now it's been a breeze. If this sounds boring, well that's exactly the point, because it actually makes you focus on getting things done 😆
Hell yeah ! Also on Android I use SimpleTask wich is perfect !
Oh that's cool! I was planning on trying it, so it's great to hear positive feedback beforehand 😉
I'd like to keep a single task list in sync between my desktop and my phone using a cloud storage but I'm not sure how I can do that on Android (I currently use Google Drive). Did you run into the same problem?
For my side I use Syncthing wich allow you to implement your own cloud storage system. Also I plan to sync using Git with Mgit but it require manual commit, push, etc..
I see.. thank you for your suggestion, will check them out 🙂🙌
Thanks a lot! I will definitely look into it 😀
Great! Will check it out 🙂
Will check it out🙂
I'm full on with the plain text productivity movement. Everything is stored as plain text in a git repo. Folder Structure is:
Tasks use the .taskpaper file format in to files, daily.taskpaper and today.taskpaper. Daily is for repeating tasks while today is my main list of tasks. I manage the files in Vim with vim-taskpaper, but there are extensions for Sublime Text and VS Code. Other projects and tasks may get a .taskpaper list, depending on the project.
At midnight I have a script that goes through the today.taskpaper file and collects the tasks that are marked @today or switch @due() on the current day to @today and then messages me the list of tasks over Telegram. This script also collects all the tasks that were completed the previous day and appends them to my journal.
Journal is %Y.markdown in a Journal folder.
The key is keeping everything in plain text, and write little bash scripts to notify me or add to them.
Just to be curious : why taskpaper fornat over todo.txt?
I found taskpaper first, so it had first mover advantage. 😄 I looked at todo.txt because it has the mindshare, but I don't like the format. Taskpaper makes better sense to me than todo.txt.
I believe it's a more flexible than todo.txt. Soon I'll release my CLI tool. 😉
Oh great!! 🙂🙂 All the best..! 🙂🙌
ForestApp forestapp.cc/. Android version is free, but iOS is paid ($1.99 I think). It's similar to a Pomodoro timer. You can use it in conjunction with other tools to help your focus. The funny thing about the app is the more time you stay without touching your phone, the more your tree grows. If you touch your phone and go somewhere else instead of the app, the tree starts to die. The "lock time" is up to you. You can see all of your trees over time :)
Yeah I've used this.. It helped me a lot! But there are moments where I would have to use the phone for work purposes or can also go unproductive on laptop. So I uninstalled. 🙂
Thanks for the suggestions 🙂
Use Rescue Time... It tracks pc, mac, phone, tablet... Everything rescuetime.com/
Oh that's great! Thanks🙂
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I use PageMarker for bookmarks. I can add markdown notes to my links (good for code snippets too!), organize in folders and tags and setup a personal email newsletter so that I don't forget the links I save for later. It also helps me see what's read and unread so I know where I am with my reading list
Wow! I got an amazing impression from the UI and features of the website. All the very best! 🙂🙌
Thank you so much 🙌🙌
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If you like an app which can track your time, you should try RescueTime at rescuetime.com
Thank you🙂 will download it now.
I feel like productivity tools are a really personal thing. There are an absolute plethora out there, so it might help to define some constraints or preferences.
For myself, I knew I mostly just wanted a note taking and Todo system, with the following constraints:
For me, that turned out to be Orgzly. I will note that this is android-only, and you'll need to set up your own synchronization if you want that data on other machines, as well as learn emacs + org-mode if you want to edit on a computer. It's powerful, stable, customizable and fast, but definitely has a learning curve if you want to do anything advanced with it.
That said, I've also used the following in various combinations, so if you have questions about them, feel free to ask:
Thanks a lot! 🙂 Will surely try
I really liked the combination of Toggl Tracker and Toggl Plan, until I unfortunately had to switch to different tools.
Back when I tried toggl plan, it didn't have a nice integration with it's own time-tracker.
Maybe they fixed that now, which would make it a powerhouse for small teams.
I have been experimenting with many productivity tools for many years now. Some of them have worked great for me. There was a time when I was into To Doist. I have always used Evernote to take notes from my phone. But these are apps from the previous generation. If you have a Mac, I would recommend the following
There are several great apps out there but I think it comes down to what is right for you. I don't think there's one clear winner of all.
Amazing answer! Thanks a lot for writing this valuable answer. I see many of them mention Notion. Will check it out first. Thanks 🙂
Just curious, but were there any paid products you considered? Which ones? Or why not? Productivity is valuable.
Hi Eddy, thanks for asking.
I came across tools that had a monthly/annual subscription.
As Im just a student now and doens't have a stable income, I don't prefer spending on someone now. That's the reason.
Yes productivity is valuable, but I believe it can be inculcated with both free and paid ones. 🙂 What is your opinion?
Makes sense of course!
Free tools can get you most of the way there for sure. I'd only pay for more advanced tools myself too. You wouldn't pay for a simple todo app of course.
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By the way, you're doing amazingly well on dev.to! Keep going! All the very best!! 🙂🔥
Thank you for your kind words.