![]() What I like about this is that the data is stored in the cloud, but I’m not 100% dependent upon it as there are local copies of all of the data. This synchronization setup is pretty much overkill and I’m curious to see which interfaces I end up using the most over time. This is perfect for the times I’m on someone else’s computer and I want to grab a code snippet or command-line script for them without having to resort to mail. DropBox offers a web interface as well, but it’s for dealing with files, not for managing and editing notes. Not absolutely essential to using the three previous products, but the interest is that ubiquitous web access to my notes, in an efficient way. A minimalist interface and there’s an iPhone application that auto synchronizes as well. SimpleNote is a web enabled text editor similar in form and function to Notational Velocity on the desktop. While the TaskPaper app makes the presentation and manipulation of these files very easy, you can still open them directly from Notational Velocity or any other text editor. The very nice part is that underlying the TaskPaper interface are straightforward text files that are structured with hyphens for indicating todo items, at the end of lines for tagging, etc. TaskPaper is a nifty little app to keep track of various projects, lists and todo items. I have to admit that since moving to DropBox, I don’t use my iDisk at all other than for sharing large files with clients that won’t pass via email. I really wish that Apple would use some of its war chest to buy them out and replace iDisk to get rid of the clumsy disk image synchronization process that we’re currently stuck with. A transactional, cross-platform, highly efficient means of synchronizing a set of files and folders. DropBox is what the iDisk should have been. Amusingly, I still find myself reflexively hitting Command-S every so often even though I don’t need to. Now it’s not going to replace BBEdit as my script development tool since there is no color syntax highlighting, no sftp for updating files on remote servers, but for content and information it’s really slick. It fits my needs for keeping track of little command-line snippets, small useful scripts (perl, bash, etc.) and the like. I’m just starting out with it, but am very happy so far. Notational Velocity is an excellent note manager - lightweight, fast with almost no overhead and something I can imagine easily as an iPad application. As an old command-line kind of guy, I like having as much of my content in plain old text (granted, UTF8) since it’s the most portable and safe format available. Now I know that there are some people that swear by a Evernote for this kind of thing, especially since it can handle various types of files, but I find the interface too heavy. You can tag anything you want, like for tasks you want to tackle today or for high-priority tasks.This has become the perfect storm for tools that can all work together seamlessly to meet all of my text management needs from pretty much anywhere/anytime/any platform. These don’t use hashtags but use the symbol instead. Any line of text that doesn’t start with a dash or end with a colon is considered a note.Īnother way of organizing your tasks comes in the form of tags. To create a task, start a line with a dash. To create a project, simple end a line with a colon. The main hierarchy of a TaskPaper document comes in the form of projects. Easy task entry is part of the appeal, but then TaskPaper will still function like many task apps, showing you what you need to know when you need to know it. Using TaskPaper is as easy as editing a text file, but that doesn’t mean that’s all it is. Plus, as we’ll look at later, the TaskPaper app isn’t the only way you can use TaskPaper-formatted text files. The developer may discontinue the app, and the syncing service you use may shut down, but you still have your file with your tasks. Unlike the syncing backends of big, complicated todo apps, you don’t have to worry about TaskPaper shutting down and taking your data with it. Using standard Unix tools found on Mac, Linux, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux, you can manipulate your todo list in a myriad of different ways. ![]() Take the file, put it on a cloud service like Dropbox or Nextcloud, and it’s available anywhere you want.īecause of its simplicity, plain text is also extremely powerful. ![]() There’s no need for a complicated back end to handle syncing. One of the main advantages of storing your tasks in a plain text format is how easy it is to move around.
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