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by corndoge 1723 days ago
If you haven't tried Notion, you should. Especially the portion of this describing mapping tasks onto a calendar is implemented perfectly in notion databases.

For example, processing steps like this:

> The calendar is filled two times a week.

Unnecessary in Notion as you can view a kanban with dated items as a calendar.

https://www.notion.so/Intro-to-databases-fd8cd2d212f74c50954...

Edit: why am I being downvoted for suggesting a tool I like
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jvanderbot 1723 days ago
I started putting 1 hour or half-hour blocks on my calendar for every task. Game changer.

I can have all the lists in the world without knowing what to do, when to do it, or how soon I'll be able to get to it. This works for all that.

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Swizec 1723 days ago
I've started doing this and it's a game changer. Mostly in the form of "Wow I never realized how few things fit in 24 hours"

Strangely it feels like I get less done now. But I'm also less stressed.

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corndoge 1723 days ago
Yeah, it's fantastic in Notion to be able to add a date property to a task and have all your tasks magically show in a calendar without needing to manually create calendar events.
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sodality2 1723 days ago
Anyone know an OSS alternative for this sort of time-scheduling? I use Trilium for all my notes currently but it's not great for time scheduling like Notion seems to be... Wish I could make a PR and add that feature but my Node skills are nonexistent.
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jvanderbot 1723 days ago
Perhaps another tool is required to add items to a list, which then adds to my calendar. That does seem like a nice automation, and a "list view" / "kanban view" would be a plus.

But, I'm happy just blocking time in the same program work comes in on (email). I am far enough out of the iterative loop of development that most assignments are "soft" as in emails or requests from the group or random people in the organization who are in early stage product development and haven't formed a core team yet with all the project management tooling that comes with that.

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pantulis 1723 days ago
That sounds a lot like "time blocking" or "hyperscheduling". I agree that this is a game changer --at least for me, specially being conscious that, well, you only have 24 hours in a day.
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