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I’ve tried them all. #Notion, #Todoist, #Things3, #OmniFocus, #Asana, #Trello, #AnyDo, #TickTick. I even built my own todo app once (spoiler: I never finished it). After years of productivity app hopping, I’m back to where I started: a plain text file called todo.txt

https://laravista.altervista.org/CatLink/links/326

hmmm #things3 is missing a proper api, yes, but perhaps i can #ansible my way out of dealing with other, possible electron, apps
(normally i would update on the host directly but normally nothing unexpected happens, so maybe i could try to trust the ansible way... maybe)

My primary platform is macOS, iOS. My primary #productivity tools are #Things3, #Fantastical, and #Obsidian. I've been a Things3 user for at least four or five years. Maybe more. I'm considering moving to #OmniFocus. Step one is to identify *why* I use a task manager. Here are the reasons, in order.

1/5

I can’t stop thinking about how complicated I made my tasks.

100% considering going back to todotxt.

Have you checked the tutorial on how to convert Things 3 to plain text?

https://plaintextjournal.com/articles/exporting-things-3-plaintext/

I have added a guide to exporting Things 3 tasks to #PlainText. To Markdown and Todo.txt.

Read it here: https://plaintextjournal.com/articles/exporting-things-3-plaintext/

@things between 0 and 10, how featured-packed will the next things be? #things3

I caught myself saying, "#Things3 isn't working as well for me lately as a #TaskManager."

Maybe that has less to do with #Things3 and more to do with my having lost my habit of reviewing my tasks and projects first thing each morning!

Sometimes, the issue isn't the tool. Sometimes, the issue is the process.

Wrote a couple of words on how I use #Things3.

How reading the GTD-book helped me get a hold of my inbox; areas and tags I use and how changing a setting made my Today list more pleasant to look at.

https://stefanzweifel.io/posts/2022/12/18/my-updated-things-3-setup

Planning your week with Things 3: https://curtismchale.ca/2022/11/23/planning-your-week-things-3/

My #firstpost on #Mastodon:

I am an Earth/climate scientist at the University of Arizona in #Tucson (southwestern US) focusing on the areas of #climate change, #paleoclimates, and #paleoceanography, with an emphasis on #ENSO, #monsoons, & #variability.

Our group uses #inorganic #geochemistry incl. measurements of #stableisotopes & #tracemetals in #carbonate rocks & #fossils (e.g., #foraminifera, #mollusks, & #speleothems) alongside climate #observations as well as #simulations to advance understanding of how the Earth's #climate & #oceans have changed in the past and can change in the future.

Some of my hobbies include:

#music: I am a fan of #metal and heavy music of all sorts, but tend to migrate towards #black, #death, #doom, #drone, #sludge, & #thrash. I also have a soft spot for #carnatic/#hindustani #ragas, #darkambient, oldschool-ish #hiphop, #triphop, and various forms of #electronicmusic.

#birds & #birding #photography bring me joy. Right now, I feel v lucky to be briefly back in my hometown of #Bengaluru, southern India, after three long years being able to see #oldworld birds I grew up with.

#GTD, #mindfulness, #organization, and (vs?) #producivity are things that I enjoy thinking about. Of late, I've been using #Things3, #Streaks, #Hobonichi w a #Lamy Safari, #Obsidian, #Overleaf, & #Bookends to get things done.

Thanks for reading!

[Updating my #introduction !]
Hi everyone! Great to see a lot of new people joining the Fediverse.

I'm a first-year math/ CS university student, use #DoomEmacs #Things3 #Obsidian , listen to music, and self-host some services on *.earne.link.

My #website is at https://earnestma.com, and you can see the #books I'm reading at @earnestma@bookwyrm.social (or https://bookwyrm.social/user/earnestma/) :)

I did a video on the Things 3 calendar integration.

https://curtismchale.ca/2022/11/16/things-3-calendar-integration/