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> grep and sort tasks to make sense of things This. grep + sort + awk = unbelievable single person task management effectiveness. And it was right under my no
by gofreddygo 4y ago
> grep and sort tasks to make sense of things
This.
grep + sort + awk = unbelievable single person task management effectiveness. And it was right under my nose all the while.
I've dumbed my version even further, I just use numbers. every line starting with 1 is highest Priority and so on.
another important piece i needed was a pointer to where i last left off. I just use double underscores "__". next time just open and search for 2 underscores and start right off.
Works everywhere.
- 082349872349872 4y agoDoug McIlroy recounts how early use of egrep for personal calendars led to Al Aho improving its algorithm: https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2022-August/026336.html https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2022-August/026336.ht...
- gofreddygo 4y agoSide note: for weekly personal todos and tasks, I have not found a better way than a whiteboard or a piece of paper stuck on the wall. Paper on the wall is better in many ways (e.g. easy to rip off when guests are coming over, folds into the pocket to take it with you for shopping, scan it, etc) I use plain text files for longer term tasks and todos. One file per project.