Todo.txt, task tracking for command line lovers
Awhile back I threw together a monster bash script, todo.sh, which reads and writes to a personal todo.txt file.
Using a bunch of sed and grep recipes for editing, adding, slicing and dicing by project, context and priority (ala Getting Things Done), this is the only todo manager I’ve ever stuck with for more than a month. Here’s a 3-minute or so screencast of how todo.sh works:
Note: I aliased todo.sh to t here to reduce typing strain.
The AIM bot I mentioned earlier executes todo.sh as well, so you can IM your todo.txt from the office or your phone. Imagine IM’ing your bot list @shopping to get your grocery shopping list on your phone from the aisle at Ralph’s.
Anyway, all the todo.txt script shenanigans I’ve been hacking together are now located at their very own domain, todotxt.com.
I’ve got a rant about the current state of organizational software and the wonderful experience of leading an open source project that’s garnered quite a few Lifehacker.com reader contributors, but that’ll be another post.