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I hate to-do lists. The worst are the ones where others can pile up things for you. The problem with most to-do lists is that they treat your time as infinite.
by zimbatm 14y ago
I hate to-do lists. The worst are the ones where others can pile up things for you.
The problem with most to-do lists is that they treat your time as infinite. You just have to take one item after the other and chunk trough it. You're just the CPU executing the tasks you've been handled trough like a puppet. Soon enough the list becomes a big graveyard of things you didn't have the time to do and it's depressing.
It's better if the system forces you to filter tasks upfront. Like a tweet, there is only so much you can fit in a day. Get over it, you won't have the time to do X, just forget about it. It's important to have quality over quantity.
- harshreality 14y agoIsn't that merely a case for periodic pruning and reordering of the list(s)? I'm not very dedicated in my usage of to-do lists (probably to my detriment), but I think people who use them consistently revise their list at lunch and again at the end of the day... perhaps at breakfast too. Unless they have an assistant who does all that for them.
- tedmiston 14y agoIf there were an easy way to determine the time required (or time box allotted) for every task, then this seems feasible. Asking the user without being cumbersome may be difficult though.