I downloaded it and tried it and I'm not super interested in it. I've tried a number of different task/to do tools over time. What's working for me now is the following Google Doc that works as follows. If today is 4/10/22:
4/10/22
>Write Article
>Go Shopping
* Milk
* Cereal
>Pay Plumber
If I only paid the plumber that day and bought cereal, on the next day you'd have:
4/10/22
>Pay Plumber
>Go Shopping
* Cereal
4/11/22
>Write Article
>Go Shopping
* Milk
That's basically the whole thing. Of course there's a standard calendar app too. After a few months it gets long and you roll over into a new doc. I can always scroll to the bottom and I have a nice diary of things I accomplished. I don't know how you could improve the implementation over a google doc. The good thing about a Google Doc is if I get stuck on some todo I can brainstorm right in the doc. That's the hardest part with a to do system. Some To Dos stay on there for a while and need a lot of context, creativity and brainstorming to get done.
Done the same for over 10 years with a local "@Worklog.md" file on a light text editor (to get syntax highlighting). Can be synced with Dropbox or Obsidian too.
Recently switched to do the same on Notion, moving items in a "Worklogs" database at the end of each month (with one entry per month) to keep the Worklog size manageable. If a task gets too long I can just create a sub-page for it (or a toggle), put all the context information there, and just add a link to the TODO item.
For me, adding items/tasks to time bound columns/lists does not work for me. Sometimes I have inspiration to clear my list and sometimes I do not.
I made https://easylists.app to solve my own problem. I want to make lists fast and essentially to treat them as throw away (just like pen and paper). Sometimes I have a "today" list. Sometimes I have a "Top 3" list. I change it up all the time.
Not exactly the same but similarly I made https://quicktodos.com for my wife and I to quickly share lists with real-time updating for things like going to the store or a daily task list.
Funny how so many of these exist with slightly different takes on the problem!
Just some random feedback - I like the look and feel, but if I type quick enough, the order of my keystrokes doesn't match the order of operations.
For example, if I focus an empty text field to start entering list items, and I type this quickly: "1 (Enter) 2 (Enter) 3 (Enter)" I get something like "1" as the first item, "23" as the second item, and two empty items below, as if I had typed "1 (Enter) 2 3 (Enter) (Enter)".
Nice work. This isn't your fault, but it's inspiring a tangent.
It's so strange, but I hate being so spoiled for choice.
The main thing I miss about software from 20 years ago is that there were rarely more than two or three answers to the "which software should I use?" question. By today's standards, the tools we had were subpar. But it was easier to tell the best of the "worst" from the worst of the best.
I recall it being more of an issue with file size, stability, and RAM usage. The question of "does this have everything I need?" didn't often occur to us, because that seemed like a ludicrous proposition in a "hey, this thing is less than a meg to download!" environment.
These days, without a substantial amount of (sometimes dubious at best) preliminary research, you don't get to find out if something meets your needs until you have invested enough time to feel somewhat trapped in the new ecosystem.
Ultimately, I'm not saying things used to be better. The tools we have now are miraculous. It's just for those of us who got to experience web search before Google and web search after Google...we will always be searching for that next hit of finding a tool that is so dramatically and obviously better than its predecessors.
Just installed it to play around. Really nice to have a purely offline app in this space.
What did surprise me is the unskippable 'splash screen' with the sponsor message before the app is usable (several seconds), this would really annoy me if there's no way to get rid of it.
I really like the app. To be honest the sponsor message didn't bother me that much, but it's real that it's there for several seconds. Is it intentional or is it loading the app?
More than one product can exist in a space (and todo lists are a dime a dozen) and maybe this was a completely original idea and GMTA, but wow it sure looks like a note for note copy
It's a very simple weekly planer. There is going to be columns with weekdays and in those list items. There are a lot more than these two apps in this space. I personally enjoy https://tweek.so/
The privacy and locally hosted angle seems like plenty of differentiation.
Other than that I'd have to squint very, very hard to make it look "exactly" like TeuxDeux (which I find a lot less appealing, visually)
I knew this app looks exactly like something else I've seen before, but I couldn't recall the name.
However, I don't consider this to be a copy of TeuxDeux because there's nothing particularly revolutionary in either app's design — they're both just digital versions of paper planners.
As far as todo apps go, I've tried them all. The problem I have with most of them is that they don't separate deadline with do-time. I want to plan a task such that deadline might be on Friday, but I intend to actually do the thing on Tuesday. Apps don't allow me to record that information.
When I first heard about TeuxDeux about an year ago I realized that the old fashioned and obvious weekly planner strategy could work. Since TeuxDeux wasn't free (I could be wrong because I now see a free version in their website), I just used a Google Doc to write down what I intended to do every day of the week.
And it worked reasonably well.
I'm happy to see WeekToDo come out. And it's open source!
I swear, teuxdeux is the most laconic and functional planner I've ever tried and it looks stunning. I'm so happy I found this comment, thanks @jeffkeen
A benefit of teuxdeux is that they charge $2 a month with the intention of putting the funds to maintaining the site and not having to sell the company.
I've switched my calendar to start on Monday (as a USAian) because I prefer to not have my weekends split across two different rows. This became especially important as my kid's activities would fill our weekend and needing to ensure nothing else of importance was missed in planning out our upcoming week(s).
Readit News
4/10/22
>Write Article
>Go Shopping
* Milk
* Cereal
>Pay Plumber
If I only paid the plumber that day and bought cereal, on the next day you'd have:
4/10/22
>Pay Plumber
>Go Shopping
* Cereal
4/11/22
>Write Article
>Go Shopping
* Milk
That's basically the whole thing. Of course there's a standard calendar app too. After a few months it gets long and you roll over into a new doc. I can always scroll to the bottom and I have a nice diary of things I accomplished. I don't know how you could improve the implementation over a google doc. The good thing about a Google Doc is if I get stuck on some todo I can brainstorm right in the doc. That's the hardest part with a to do system. Some To Dos stay on there for a while and need a lot of context, creativity and brainstorming to get done.
Recently switched to do the same on Notion, moving items in a "Worklogs" database at the end of each month (with one entry per month) to keep the Worklog size manageable. If a task gets too long I can just create a sub-page for it (or a toggle), put all the context information there, and just add a link to the TODO item.
I made https://easylists.app to solve my own problem. I want to make lists fast and essentially to treat them as throw away (just like pen and paper). Sometimes I have a "today" list. Sometimes I have a "Top 3" list. I change it up all the time.
Funny how so many of these exist with slightly different takes on the problem!
For example, if I focus an empty text field to start entering list items, and I type this quickly: "1 (Enter) 2 (Enter) 3 (Enter)" I get something like "1" as the first item, "23" as the second item, and two empty items below, as if I had typed "1 (Enter) 2 3 (Enter) (Enter)".
It's so strange, but I hate being so spoiled for choice.
The main thing I miss about software from 20 years ago is that there were rarely more than two or three answers to the "which software should I use?" question. By today's standards, the tools we had were subpar. But it was easier to tell the best of the "worst" from the worst of the best.
I recall it being more of an issue with file size, stability, and RAM usage. The question of "does this have everything I need?" didn't often occur to us, because that seemed like a ludicrous proposition in a "hey, this thing is less than a meg to download!" environment.
These days, without a substantial amount of (sometimes dubious at best) preliminary research, you don't get to find out if something meets your needs until you have invested enough time to feel somewhat trapped in the new ecosystem.
Ultimately, I'm not saying things used to be better. The tools we have now are miraculous. It's just for those of us who got to experience web search before Google and web search after Google...we will always be searching for that next hit of finding a tool that is so dramatically and obviously better than its predecessors.
I consider things like:
* Does this synchronize to other devices?
* Does this support the device(s)/OS(es) I want to use it on?
* Does this integrate to other applications I use?
* Is this likely to contain malware, or could it in the future?
* Does it require me running my own infrastructure, or can I pay someone else?
* Am I comfortable with the extent I'll be locked into this ecosystem, if any?
* Is it a worthwhile cost to me? Is the price likely to radically change in the future (after I'm locked in)?
* If free, why? (Am I the product? Are there or will there be ads?)
* If open source, is it likely to stay that way? Is there a community around it? Am I capable of maintaining this if I need to?
* What new security threats does this open me up to?
Granted, I don't always care about all of these (sometimes depending on answers to others), but it's a way bigger list than I'd have had 20 years ago.
What did surprise me is the unskippable 'splash screen' with the sponsor message before the app is usable (several seconds), this would really annoy me if there's no way to get rid of it.
My issue is that the tasks often overflow and I rarely clean them up consistently.
How does this app solve the problem of overwhelm?
More than one product can exist in a space (and todo lists are a dime a dozen) and maybe this was a completely original idea and GMTA, but wow it sure looks like a note for note copy
The privacy and locally hosted angle seems like plenty of differentiation.
Other than that I'd have to squint very, very hard to make it look "exactly" like TeuxDeux (which I find a lot less appealing, visually)
I knew this app looks exactly like something else I've seen before, but I couldn't recall the name.
However, I don't consider this to be a copy of TeuxDeux because there's nothing particularly revolutionary in either app's design — they're both just digital versions of paper planners.
As far as todo apps go, I've tried them all. The problem I have with most of them is that they don't separate deadline with do-time. I want to plan a task such that deadline might be on Friday, but I intend to actually do the thing on Tuesday. Apps don't allow me to record that information.
When I first heard about TeuxDeux about an year ago I realized that the old fashioned and obvious weekly planner strategy could work. Since TeuxDeux wasn't free (I could be wrong because I now see a free version in their website), I just used a Google Doc to write down what I intended to do every day of the week.
And it worked reasonably well.
I'm happy to see WeekToDo come out. And it's open source!
Edit: we're kind of both right. $3/month, or $24/year.
Frankly it’s a great concept and I might use it myself.
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Btw, I didn't realize vast majority of the world outside Americas have week starting on Monday.