Within TaskPaper, your lists certainly appear to be formatted – I don’t purport to know how this works – but outside TaskPaper, a straight forward separation of projects and tasks makes your lists readable. In other words, TextPaper task lists are formatting free and can thus be viewed in virtually any text editing application on any platform. And why shouldn’t one have both?Īs I mentioned above, TaskPaper creates lists in plain text. In my opinion, not only is it practical to have your todos embedded in the desktop, it can also be very pretty.
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Pretty and Practical – Your Todos on Your Desktopīefore I go into the details of how to do it, have a look at the screenshot on the right (you can click to enlarge if you want to have a read). I use GeekTool in a very simple way: to make sure my todos are always visible while I’m at my Mac. GeekTool can display detailed system info – from application events, top processes, uptime and a lot more – embedded right in your desktop. Done or other tags make it easy to quickly wade through lists with hundreds of entries, and a ubiquitous hot-key triggered capture window make sure your sudden ideas don’t slip through the cracks. Just beneath the surface, however, TaskPaper hides away considerable GTD power. TaskPaper is a simple, plain text based list making app. Here’s how I use GeekTool with TaskPaper to keep my todos where I need them most.
After a recent update to 2.0, I’ve gone back to TaskPaper for my simple list management. For all my good intentions, I need my todo list staring me in the face or I won’t get a thing done.
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