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I use Trello, then it gets messy, switch to Keep to start over, that gets confusing or messy, I have a txt file with my todos, that gets messy, I try a project
by dpcan 7y ago
I use Trello, then it gets messy, switch to Keep to start over, that gets confusing or messy, I have a txt file with my todos, that gets messy, I try a project management tool like Basecamp, doesn't do the trick, start over fresh on Trello, that gets messy.... I think you see where I'm going with this.
- jrhurst 7y agoCould you elaborate on how things get messy?
- cabaalis 7y agoFor me: Trello: boards get stale Txt file todos: more todos are added each day, none get removed because of new ones added! Basecamp: same issue as Trello. In this second half of my career I've dealt mostly in startup development. MVPs just pivot too much. It's a ride.
- huydotnet 7y agowhat do you think about auto delete tasks?
- osrec 7y agoI actually settled on 2 text markdown files. One for short term and one for long term tasks and notes. I usually have a list pending tasks and a list of done tasks in each file somewhere (usually at the top). Sometimes I include some very detailed notes in there too, giving each one it's own h2 title (##) and new sections almost always get added to the top of the file rather than the bottom. I also never delete anything, but I have an '## Archive' section at the bottom where I'll periodically move stuff to. I'll also rearrange the sections sometimes to make them all hang together better. It gets messy, but it's flexible, and when I run it through a markdown formatter it looks fairly nice.
- knrz 7y agoI’ve been using Notion to integrate the kanban board, free form notes & references, client proposal documents, etc. all into one place.
- productmaster21 7y agoI use Restyaboard to integrate the kanban board, probably the best looking and working kanban out there.
- huydotnet 7y agoI also use a text file to keep a daily development note, like a blog post but keep it in the project’s root just for me to see what’s I’ve done and what I’m planning to do in the next day.
- gremlinsinc 7y agoI do this in all projects usually.
- poxrud 7y agoDo you add a new entry every day to the top of the file? Do you check this into git?
- huydotnet 7y agoAlmost everyday, or days when I work on the project. To the bottom of the file.
- pezo1919 7y agoSame happened to me. For me outliners were a good enough solution. (Like moo.do)
- DougWebb 7y agoI have a very similar process, except I also insert "Let me start (over) building something to manage this properly" into each cycle.
- jamil7 7y agoAllocate a few minutes everyday to clearing up and planning the trello board. Same as you would a kanban board.
- OGWhales 7y agoSomeone else mentioned using a little post-it notes. I do that at work but never considered the extent to which it helps limit how much I can write, forcing me to more pragmatic about my list. I sometimes try to plan things on a bigger piece of paper or on my computer in txt file but it always gets super messy. I usually prefer to use a post-it note anyway, so I never really thought it about it.