Drowning in things to do

'Don2' on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:23:52 GMT, sez:

Moleskine ftw!!

And I tried to read 'getting things done' but i didn't get through it.

'Alex Lyman' on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:05:16 GMT, sez:

I (try to) keep my todo list in Remember the Milk. It has very direct support for the apps I use the most: iGoogle, Twitter, and Google Talk. I use it so much that, in iGoogle it's literally the very first widget on my main tab.

I do have //TODO and NotImplementedException's in my source, but I'm usually fairly good at creating a RTM task for myself, too.

I'm not saying that it actually helps me "get things done" — my overdue list is much larger than my upcoming list :P

'Marko' on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:16:12 GMT, sez:

Nobody sais that the *system* has to be only one thing. The Wikipedia definition for system is "a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole."
So when the above entities make up your system that you trust that should be totally fine.

'lb' on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:30:42 GMT, sez:

@marko
cheers, that is reassuring.

it does make it harder to review your current tasks, when you have to fish them out of numerous places.

@alex
regarding //TODO and NotImplementedException's in source.
at work, i track these by using a plugin to the continuous build system that greps for tokens, and gives us a running tally. it helps to keep them down.

'David H' on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:32:23 GMT, sez:

I wrote on the back of my hand to ask this question in SO, got that done. Haven't got around to doing any of the things people suggested, yet ;b
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19155/how-do-i-become-a-programmer-who-gets-things-done

'Farmer Jeb' on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:03:11 GMT, sez:

I have only 3 TODO lists and they're almost independent:
1. Track-It! manditory task-tracking system at work - tasks entered by me and others.
2. Recycled envelope on fridge for add-it-as-it-runs-out grocery list
3. To do "feature" in my Nokia 6120c phone.
My only wish is that I had a better version of (3). It's so minimal. I just want a rank/priority. Categories would be nice too.

'marty' on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:41:08 GMT, sez:

I had a moleskine, and always wrote in it in pencil. It was great.

Until my wife washed it.

'Simon' on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:58:36 GMT, sez:

I have a load of lists too, but they usually expire. I guess there should be an úber list that collates the individual lists. They've all got APIs, right? My Moleskine certainly has.

'mike' on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:40:50 GMT, sez:

Leon, I think you have here the basis of a book/DVD/lecture tour/consulting business on the patented, copyrighted "Getting Quite a Few Things Done System"(tm), motto "Capture those tasks as they arise!"(sm).

aka "Getting organized for just ordinary people, sheesh." :-)

'Boyd Campbell' on Sat, 02 May 2009 22:11:47 GMT, sez:

I just recently rolled *everything* into OneNote. I've taken my list, similar to yours, down to shared Notebooks.

Dood, it rawks! I blogged about it here: http://tinyurl.com/c32vqd

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