On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:19:54PM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Nick" == Nick Andrew <[email protected]> writes: > Nick> Text file, kaddressbook, Google Calendar. > > Thanks Nick. Can you synchronise these across handheld, laptop and > desktop?
The google calendar's available on my android phone and on any web browser. Kaddressbook is only on my desktop but actually I don't use it much, I just use the dialing directory on my GSM phone. The GSM phone is for cheap outbound calls; the Android phone is for cheap Internet access. Big Text file is on my desktop but it's in a git repository so if I need to edit it on my laptop I will just pull the latest commits. Or I will just ssh into my server through 3G. > Can you use them offline? I'm almost never offline, and when I am, I'm not in a position to work on my TODO list, as this primarily requires me being online. I'm online when working; online on the train. When I'm driving I can't really work on my todo list, but if I'm otherwise away from computers I can remember enough of the day's plan to function adequately. > How do you get your TODOs to link > to your calendar and addressbook? (for instance: TODO: by > 30/sep/2011, visit Accountant with tax details) If I had scheduled a meeting with my accountant for a particular date/time I'd put that into Google Calendar. Google sends me SMS notices 30 minutes before an event starts but if I need more notice I'll tell google to send additional SMSs sometimes up to 24 hours in advance. The work required to prepare the tax details can be done anytime in advance so my Big Text File containing all my TODOs for everything has got a daily breakdown area where I plan my days ahead. I also mark them as complete when they're done (a 'c' in column 1) so the file also keeps a record of what I did on each day. I delete the old days occasionally but keeping the file in a git repository means I can retrieve old versions later. I have a vim style file for the todolist which highlights headings, completed items and in-progress items. It's fairly easy to arrange tasks into whatever sequence I like; I can organise them by project, date or in some other way. Nick. -- PGP Key ID = 0x418487E7 http://www.nick-andrew.net/ PGP Key fingerprint = B3ED 6894 8E49 1770 C24A 67E3 6266 6EB9 4184 87E7 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
