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I've largely replaced long-term TODO lists with calendar reminders. That's what my TODOs were anyway, reminders of what I intended to do at some point in the f
by dkarl 14y ago
I've largely replaced long-term TODO lists with calendar reminders. That's what my TODOs were anyway, reminders of what I intended to do at some point in the future, and I was always seeing items too late (ahhhhh shit shit shit!) or too early (meh, ignore) so now I just stick each item on my calendar on a date that seems appropriate.
Most TODO lists that aren't reminders are just glorified brainstorming. For example, when I make a list of steps for getting something done, I consider it disposable. A task list I generate from scratch tomorrow will probably be more accurate than the one I was working from today. Like design documents, task lists are perennially stale, more harmful than helpful.
The one exception to the above two rules is my shopping list, because nothing sucks more than waking up in the morning and not having any coffee.
- codinghorror 14y agoI too find the calendar much more useful than the generic to-do list. For one thing, if you can't come up with a specific date you need this done by or on... YAGNI. :)
- icebraining 14y agoBut a calendar is just a todo list where the items appear based on a date. Your position is inconsistent, in my opinion.
- kamaal 14y agoCorrect, Precisely calendars are a very effective way of maintaining list of lists with deadlines(dates).
- kamaal 14y agoYou replaced nothing. Now your calender is a meta list carrying your to-do lists with a reminder feature added to it. In other words you just graduated to the next level of to-do list organization. You just don't realize you have.