Archive for the ‘todo.txt’ Category

The Hunt for the Project List – Part 3

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Some time ago, I discovered that I didn't really have a projects list. So, I decided to do something about it. I did some searching to see what other people did with their projects lists, and then came up with my own solution. Basically, I kept a ...

Introducing Remind – A Text-based Calendar

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Before I can continue with my Super-Duper Personalized Productivity Desktop background series (see intro and stack), I need to introduce you to the software required to get your text-based calendar onto your desktop background. First, for you folks that are living in Windows, you need to make the acquaintance of ...

The Case of the Missing Projects List

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

I've recently come to the realization that I don't actually have a real projects list. According to David Allen, in Getting Things Done, The "Projects" list is not meant to hold plans or details about your projects themselves...it's just a comprehensive index of your open loops. You actually won't ...

Text Fetish: Mechanics

Monday, December 4th, 2006

The Story So Far So far, we've covered: introducing the text fetish todo.txt system, describing the format of the next action line, how to retrieve information, how to do basic editing, and how to work through the next actions. Note that this last doesn't actually help you in the ...