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Since we're talking about todos, I built a screensaver todo list the other day, and it has helped me a lot. my main issue with todo lists was that I forget to
by roryisok 10y ago
Since we're talking about todos, I built a screensaver todo list the other day, and it has helped me a lot.
my main issue with todo lists was that I forget to look at them. Once I'm at my desk I get my head stuck in work and forget to call dave or email chris or whatever. So I built a screensaver, set to 1 minute delay, which displays my todo list. It simply reads a text file from dropbox with some UTf8 icons at the start of each line.
Every time I go for tea or take a toilet break its the first thing I see when I get back. I wish I'd done it years ago
- amorphid 10y agoA screen saver todo is a good idea! Is it open source? Care to share it? Heh, asking if the code is open source in this context feels like panhandling :)
- roryisok 10y agoYeah, I can open source it. I'll reply back shortly UPDATE: Here it is! https://github.com/roryok/todoscreensaver https://github.com/roryok/todoscreensaver (uses WPF/.NET, GPL, based on a WaveSimScreensaver source by Sean Sexton) Planning a few updates already, mostly just extra settings (change font size, theme etc)
- amorphid 10y agoThanks!
- cuchoi 10y agoThanks! Do you know if it is possible to implement this in OSX?
- roryisok 10y agoDon't see why not? It's just a screensaver that opens a text file EDIT: found this blog entry on creating OSX screensavers in Swift if anyone wants to give it a go https://whichline.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/os-x-screensaver-swift-2-part-1/ https://whichline.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/os-x-screensaver-...
- lighttower 10y agoGreat idea!! Sometimes I don't look at the list or update it for a while when I get busy or negative mood funk.
- fixie 10y agoNice, that's a new one. As an alternative, there are a number of Chrome add-ons that add tasks to your new tab page. That one works well for me as a good reminder before I steer off course.