Update: Thanks to https://tech.ingolf-wagner.de/ I am now using taskwarrior, packaged as task in Archlinux.

I thought https://jeffhuang.com/productivity_text_file/ and the HN comments accompanying post to be very inspiring.

Then I was thinking what would it take me to adopt this style.

A shell alias

todo () {
		cd /home/hendry/wikis/dabase.branchable.com
		hugo new --editor vim todo/$(date +%F).md
}

Trouble that Hugo removes the dashes of the ISO8601 formatted date. Also adds drafts: true. It needs to effortless to open that todo window.

The style

The author uses a compact markdown style to record his day:

2017-11-31 11:00am meet with Head TAs

• where are things at with inviting portfolio reviewers? 11:30am meet with student Enya (interested in research) review and release A/B Testing assignment grading 12pm HCI group meeting
• vote for lab snacks send reminders for CHI external reviewers read Sketchy draft Zelda pick up eye tracker
• have her sign for it update biosketch for Co-PI 3:15pm join call with Umbrella Corp and industry partnership staff 3:45pm advising meet with Oprah 4pm Rihanna talk (368 CIT) 5pm 1:1 with Beyonce #phdadvisee 6pm faculty interview dinner with Madonna

But as you can see, it doesn’t look good in markdown. 🤦

Lacking calendar integration

The Prerequisite: A calendar really confuses me. How do I sync this with my Fastmail calendar?

It appears it is possible to sync with the Google suite, but I am using Fastmail!

Only one comment alludes to:

(Reminds me to figure out how to morph it into iCalendar files (and perhaps back))

yeah, that's a whole separate thing. caldav is hard work and the client libs aren't good. jmap calendar is much better, but jmap is still new and the calendar bits aren't standard yet.

honestly there's plenty of opportunity for some good cli tools if someone was so inclined

— Rob 💚 (@robn) February 10, 2020