![]() ![]() It can instantly filter your entire list to show only items of interest. Feels like a magic piece of paper TaskPaper has a magic trick. TaskPaper doesn’t force a particular system on you it provides you with basic to-do list elements and then you use them as you see fit. From the website: Works like a text editor Type your lists into TaskPaper and each line is formatted into a project, task, or note. Taskpaper works like a simple text editor. Jesse is also the developer behind Writeroom, a minimalist writing environment. Which brings me to Taskpaper, which was developed by Jesse Grosjean. ![]() I started a plain text file for daily tasks out of a need to see just the bare content without the distractions of other stuff. I suppose part of it is feature overload - there are SO many great apps out there with all kinds of cool features, but sometimes I find myself spending way too much time fiddling with the settings. While I like Things, in the past year I've found myself relying more on a plain text file. Recently I've been using Culturedcode's Things, which syncs between a desktop version and my iPhone. GTD aspirations (which are coming down to the context / tagging system) are also a plus.I'm a big fan of lists, and have been experimenting with various To Do list systems for quite a few years.it’s so simple than even a child could use it for simple task management.As David Allen said about GTD: “it’s just common sense applied”. Our life and all the situations we need to solve are complicated enough, so the solution for making us organized need not to be complicated too. And, to be honest, this is the thing I like most at it. Or, you can alternatively use the mini-check-box on the left column, which will basically add the context to the action without having you typing it.Īs you can see, TaskPaper is really simple. ![]() When you tag an action with it basically mean that you’ve finished that action: One context deserve special attention and that is the context. In a very small and lightweight task management system you can get along with that, and thus implement the GTD workflow, but keep in mind that this is not pure GTD. You can “swallow” the tags as real GTD contexts, if you really want, but they aren’t. The main use of tags in TaskPaper is putting all the actions from within one tag together: Once a context added, it is automagically selected if you want to add contexts to other actions: The contexts I added are and You can have multiple contexts assigned to a single task. You can do this by putting in front of the tag / context, whenever you want in the body of the task: Each task can be assigned to a context (and now we are starting to borrow some concepts from GTD) or tag. Once a project added you can add tasks to it, by using “Option + Enter”:Įasy as pie, as you can see, and you can go like this forever, adding as many tasks as you feel comfortable with. Adding a project is achieved by “Alt + Option + Enter”. You can use TaskPaper with your keyboard if you are, like me, a keyboard and shortcuts fan. In that file you can have multiple projects, each project with its tasks. When you open TaskPaper you are presented with a screen like this:Ī paper is just a file that could be managed in one instance of TaskPaper. The workflow is structured in papers, projects, and tasks. So, here we are, trying to have a short review of TaskPaper. I am not a huge fan of plain text lists, most of the time I tend to implement all the concepts in GTD, including Next Actions, Contexts and Projects, but having a lightweight task management system could be useful sometimes. I discovered the application several months ago, when it was included in a bundle at MacHeist , and that should point from the beginning that TaskPaper is a paid application. TaskPaper has a long history of reviews and good reactions. When it comes to lightweight task managers, on Mac, especially, you think immediately at TaskPaper, an application provided by Hogbaysoftware. ![]()
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