Which Productivity Tool Do You Use?

[Evander]

Getting sick of watching click-up ads before every video on YouTube. I wonder when their ad budget will run out.
Though I've tried notion before, I find Google tasks to be sufficient for my daily tasks.
As for projects, I'll stick with Excel and Spreadsheets.

Which tool do you use? What do you think of those tools?
I look at them more as tools for collaboration rather than productivity.

 

[sklavier]

Interesting question - I'm still trying out different task manager tools. For awhile I was using MeisterTask and it was working out really well for me. But the problem is I need something that's more of a mix between Kanban and calendar view, whereas MeisterTask is more of straight Kanban.

I don't like Google knowing my stuff, so I don't use that as a productivity tool, although I'm fine with Google Docs etc as collaboration tools.

I almost never use spreadsheets except for financial stuff or other things that are highly numerical. I like LibreOffice for spreadsheets, and as an added bonus it's free and open source.

Since most of my workflow is done by me, and only specific things are outsourced, I don't actually need an online solution, which is another thing I don't like about MeisterTask or Google.

A one-person productivity tool, if it's used from just one device hence no syncing needed, should not require an internet connection. So I'm trying out some local-use software in my workflow, but I haven't definitively settled on any specific one software yet.

 

[davids355]

todoist is great for basic tasks. For projects I use an old-school file system setup with folders and files (text files or word documents) then I add in office 365 sharepoint to the mix, so that it’s all available in the cloud, backed up and also word documents can benefit from real-time collaboration.

 

[Daniel from Linxact]

Apple Notes and Timer on my iPhone

Sincerely,
The Data Scientist

 

[Roger Marquez]

todoist is great for basic tasks.

Ever since I found Todoist I just LOVE IT!!

So simple and powerful it has surely made my life a hell lot easier when it comes to keeping on with datelines and stuff I need to get done on a daily basis.

Besides Todoist, I also love using Trello. I know there are other PM tools out there far more robust and featured-rich than Trello but, honestly, I love the UI and how easy it is to use. I´ve used Asana, Clickup, and Jira in the past but I prefer using Trello.

For what is worth, if I was going to change I would pick Clickup among those other platforms.

Cheers and stay safe!

 

[pocketttt]

atavi speedial is a great one

 

[davids355]

Ever since I found Todoist I just LOVE IT!!

So simple and powerful it has surely made my life a hell lot easier when it comes to keeping on with datelines and stuff I need to get done on a daily basis.

Besides Todoist, I also love using Trello. I know there are other PM tools out there far more robust and featured-rich than Trello but, honestly, I love the UI and how easy it is to use. I´ve used Asana, Clickup, and Jira in the past but I prefer using Trello.

For what is worth, if I was going to change I would pick Clickup among those other platforms.

Cheers and stay safe!

Trello, I used it for a while and I like it, but for some reason it just doesn’t feel as easy to use as folder and file system, maybe I’m just getting old lol

 

[Deleted member 1075483]

Spotify

 

[Evander]

todoist is great for basic tasks. For projects I use an old-school file system setup with folders and files (text files or word documents) then I add in office 365 sharepoint to the mix, so that it’s all available in the cloud, backed up and also word documents can benefit from real-time collaboration.

Ever since I found Todoist I just LOVE IT!!

So simple and powerful it has surely made my life a hell lot easier when it comes to keeping on with datelines and stuff I need to get done on a daily basis.

Besides Todoist, I also love using Trello. I know there are other PM tools out there far more robust and featured-rich than Trello but, honestly, I love the UI and how easy it is to use. I´ve used Asana, Clickup, and Jira in the past but I prefer using Trello.

For what is worth, if I was going to change I would pick Clickup among those other platforms.

Cheers and stay safe!

I appreciate your suggestions. I have chosen to use Todoist for my personal projects. The interface appears to be better than notion.
I think clickup would be suitable for business projects. Trello seems a bit clunky to me.

Apple Notes and Timer on my iPhone

Sincerely,
The Data Scientist

I admire the simplicity. One question though, do you write the signature yourself in every post? That seems unlikely if you're truly a data scientist XD

Spotify

Glad you didn't say WinRAR!

 

[IM Dude]

You wanna check how to implement "gtd system" with whatever tool you gonna use.
Here's a guide with Evernote:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/i...tress-my-ultimate-productivity-guide.1153264/Op says he is now using ms 365 though.

 

[sci0n]

I use gitlab a lot.

* You can organize issues in a kanban like in Trello, but the design is cleaner.
* If you copypaste some spreadsheet cells it renders them as a table
* It's easy for collabs and you don't get any marketing spam from them.
* Also it has a wiki so you can create "processes" for any repetitive tasks that you do monthly or so.

For websites, it's also good for invoice tracking. In my setup, to publish something I need to do it through git. If I'm publishing something paid, I use the invoice nr as the commit message. On the invoice, I use the commit hash as the reference. This way I can always track what exactly was published when and under what invoice.

 

[Kendoka]

My sad story here is like this. About 8 years ago I got my first iPhone. Then I somehow was very impressed by OmniFocus. I tried it for a week, together with other GTD apps. And then I decided OmniFocus was the right tool for me. Then I realized this one was only developed for iOS and MacOSX. I was a very long-year user of Windows at that time. But OmniFocus made me to bought my first Macbook Pro to join the Apple ecosphere.

I've been staying with the Apple ecosphere ever since, and I'm quite happy with MacOSX and iOS and can never go back to Windows. But then, guess what, I've been continually buying OmniFocus licenses or subscriptions for 8 years, but normally only open the app around twice a week.... Hah, what is productivity

 

[IM Dude]

The whole point of subscriptions is most of you not using them. It may sound counter-intuitive at first.
A classic example is the gym chains. They will go broke if everyone use them.

 

[uncutu]

i went thru the gambit and tried every gtd/productivity/task tracker tool out there. settled on https://www.abstractspoon.com/ very powerful and free.

second best would be any kanban board software.

 

[The Oracle]

Caveat: None of it really matters if you don't have the fire to do things inside of you. Some days and weeks are just slow and I have accepted it. Plenty of research about how the subconscious mind processes things in down-time as well.

I use an open source and locally hosted note taking/wiki software. Not going to name it, but there are only 2 or 3 widely available for Linux so you can take your pick. Stay away from the SaaS shit, I think it's retarded to give others your data and inner most thoughts and plans.

The only negative part about self hosted linux note taking apps is they don't tend to do reminders out of the box. But if you can code, you make yourself a plugin that does- or just find a plugin that already does.

Plus a DE-GOOGLED phone with an open source android app for reminders, sideloaded apk or from Aurora store (NOT google play store). Ideally this phone is totally offline and never connects to internet. Sync your tasks with a data cable as often as you need.

If you use a normie phone, there are apps for "pill reminders" and "medicine reminder" apps that I prefer to Gaygle calendar privacy ass rape.

 

[phpmate]

I love trello and asana!

 

[xReminisce]

todoist
I use it personally to get my day sorted + professional for work + for my projects
for project management, I use excel and make folders and use onedrive to sync it all together

 

[Vernicerum]

Todoist and Canva for design.

 

[Arnold Rothstein]

just a sublime text editor and physical notebook

 

[Edw]

notion / slack for me