hey guys, I was reading tuaw the other day about some guy compiling a top 10 list and came across this. I wasnt too impressed first but after finally installing it and a few add-ons its absolutely awesome
This really isnt much of an application rather than a script and a preference plugin, however I have found this to be the coolest todo list ever.
www.todotxt.com
With the companion of GeekTool Quicksilver and AIM, this little thing becomes an awesome little toy.
The website really explains why you need AIM, because you can get a bot to control it remotely, but I usually perfer it to use it rather than terminal, simply because the terminal is very intimidating to noob like me.
The website briefly mentions GeekTool, and basically what it does it displays whatever things you like for it to display. In this case you can make it display your todo list. Here is a screenshot of my desktop. The list just stays there and cannot be clicked or anything. It just sits there and updates.
Quicksilver is also nice because it ran quickly execute the scripts after a reboot. I guess Automator might be better since it can automatically turn on the script for the todo list when you reboot, however I have no clue how to use that, so Ill leave that up to someone else. Make sure you have the terminal plugin.
This stands out from the other todo list because it actually stays on your desktop the whole time. Unlike the little post it in Dashboard, it just stays on your desktop and does not block anything since it is just text on your desktop. If you are away from your computer you can even control it remotely. Furthermore you can even search through your list, and even mark the things you have done, and even move them to a seperate file called done.txt. Its awesome and the programmer who made this has made many more additions I have yet to try out.
This is just a bunch of scripts though so it may look daunting at first to people who never programmed, however, even myself having no knowledge of programming, terminal usage, and I was able to get it to work is a miracle.
Definitely something I highly recommend if you cant keep track what you need to do through your busy schedule but hate the post it thing they have going in dashboard.
Again, HERE is a screenshot of what it looks like. If anyone needs help, just post here and ill try to help out. Im sure there are more programming oriented here that wouldnt mind giving a hand out either
This really isnt much of an application rather than a script and a preference plugin, however I have found this to be the coolest todo list ever.
www.todotxt.com
With the companion of GeekTool Quicksilver and AIM, this little thing becomes an awesome little toy.
The website really explains why you need AIM, because you can get a bot to control it remotely, but I usually perfer it to use it rather than terminal, simply because the terminal is very intimidating to noob like me.
The website briefly mentions GeekTool, and basically what it does it displays whatever things you like for it to display. In this case you can make it display your todo list. Here is a screenshot of my desktop. The list just stays there and cannot be clicked or anything. It just sits there and updates.
Quicksilver is also nice because it ran quickly execute the scripts after a reboot. I guess Automator might be better since it can automatically turn on the script for the todo list when you reboot, however I have no clue how to use that, so Ill leave that up to someone else. Make sure you have the terminal plugin.
This stands out from the other todo list because it actually stays on your desktop the whole time. Unlike the little post it in Dashboard, it just stays on your desktop and does not block anything since it is just text on your desktop. If you are away from your computer you can even control it remotely. Furthermore you can even search through your list, and even mark the things you have done, and even move them to a seperate file called done.txt. Its awesome and the programmer who made this has made many more additions I have yet to try out.
This is just a bunch of scripts though so it may look daunting at first to people who never programmed, however, even myself having no knowledge of programming, terminal usage, and I was able to get it to work is a miracle.
Definitely something I highly recommend if you cant keep track what you need to do through your busy schedule but hate the post it thing they have going in dashboard.
Again, HERE is a screenshot of what it looks like. If anyone needs help, just post here and ill try to help out. Im sure there are more programming oriented here that wouldnt mind giving a hand out either