From 4b6c0e31385f5f27a151088c0a2b614495c4e589 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Duncan Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:47:50 -0400 Subject: initial commit, including theme --- ...7-04-04-catching-up-using-gtd-and-todo-txt.html | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2007-04-04-catching-up-using-gtd-and-todo-txt.html (limited to 'content/posts/2007-04-04-catching-up-using-gtd-and-todo-txt.html') diff --git a/content/posts/2007-04-04-catching-up-using-gtd-and-todo-txt.html b/content/posts/2007-04-04-catching-up-using-gtd-and-todo-txt.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..610094a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2007-04-04-catching-up-using-gtd-and-todo-txt.html @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +date: "2007-04-04T22:20:37Z" +title: Catching Up Using GTD and Todo.txt +--- + +

Last night I dusted off and started re-reading my copy of +"Getting Things Done" (GTD). I'm a bit overwhelmed +with projects and new ideas at the moment, so taking some time to +optimize my scheduling algorithm seemed like wise thing to do.

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A bit of Googling turned up a plethora of GTD-inspired applications, +including several desktop applications (no thanks), a ton of web-based +task managers (maybe!), and even a couple of Vim-based solutions plugins (neat!).

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On a whim, I decided to check out Tracks, a Rails GTD +application. Tracks was kind of a turd; the documentation +is sparse, there seem to be a couple of weird bugs, and it didn't look +so hot in my web browser (my guess is the stylesheet is pretty +Mac-specific, although I didn't poke around too much to see what the +problem was).

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The attempted Tracks install wasn't a total bust, because I used it as +an opportunity to upgrade my internal web/rails VServer. I've been +using VServers at the house for quite a while now and I love them; +there's even an entry my to-do list to write a VServer post which I +haven't gotten to. Playing around with Tracks also gave me +an opportunity to set up a Mongrel cluster, which, barring one minor +hiccup, is as straightforward to configure as the documentation implies.

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Next on my list was Todo.txt. Todo.txt certainly isn't for +everyone; it's a shell script and a text file, and that's pretty much +it. It's also exactly what I wanted; simple, unobtrusive, and +future-proof. I set up the AIM bot too, so I've got a couple +different interfaces for adding and viewing tasks. Google Calendar +integration would be nice, although that's probably been done too and I +just need to dig it up.

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Anyway, back to reading and trying to re-shoehorn my brain into GTD and +Todo.txt.

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