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What productivity apps or workflows do you use?

Inspired by this blog, My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file, which was posted by the hn bot a few years ago, I'd like to systematize some the dreary things I do.

I like single page documentation, so I figure that I might like single page notes too.

Having used Obsidian for about a year now, my main hesitation is feeling the need to keep the single text file tidy. But the tidiness is probably what allows one to overload the text file with task keeping. Also, I'd probably want to use markdown, and should I follow single txt file guy's approach, I would need a calendar app that I didn't hate.

Which apps or workflows do you use? Anything you'd recommend?

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 2h

Sending texts to myself in telegram

Trello when I need to socialize items

Pen and paper at night when im avoiding screens, contents usually end up in one of the above

Calendar only for meetings/appointments

Raw text files in relevant folders for reference docs, but sometimes notes in a password manager if sensitive

... Basically a shit show

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 2h

I use obsidian for journaling and doing actual work. 10/10, I don't need anything else there, markdown is a breeze. I couple that with Google Calendar as a sort of "digital agenda", in the sense that I take notes right in there, next to events and etc (no "keep" nor any other app). It's horribly cumbersome (for it's not what it's made for), yet 110% effective at making sure I don't forget anything, both because everything is in just one same place, and because I can move important notes forward so that they appear right in my face at the right time (be it when I start working, or when I estimate I will arrive home, etc). Plus that same ordering capability (in a same day and along days) serves as a sort of kanban, to classify and establish priorities of the notes, right in the same place I organize the tasks they relate to (if even, sometimes it's just the notes). It makes it impossible to miss anything, and that lightness and peace of mind greatly offsets the cumbersomeness.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 1h

I also use “notes” on my phone with a long note

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 4h

vimwiki which has evolved over the years in a single text file with occasional one-level deep off-branching.

And focusmate during office hours in silent mode.

I've tried many others, but these are the ones that consistently stick.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 4h

Two giant text files in org mode -- one for transient daily thoughts, one as a permanent store of concepts of lasting importance. Have some other auxilliary stuff, but they pale in comparison and account for 5% of my mental cycles, or less.

44 sats \ 0 replies \ @winteryeti 4h

I agree, Google Calendar is probably my biggest go-to. It's availability across devices and ability to manage multiple calendars works great for different life aspects, especially for seeing things together all at once for the next few days as well as for activity tracking and reporting later on.

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5h

I have nothing but a Google Calendar shared with my wife, and a Google doc that I just use as a running journal / to-do list. I just throw everything in there.