Using Taskpaper with DevonThink for Task Management

I purchased Taskpaper from one of the previous BundleHunt sales and have started using it more and more. My first attempts were simple checklists, marking off weekend chores, but I've started to dig a bit deeper into how it can help me. A recent addition to my workflow is to use Taskpaper to track my progress on Jira tickets. Starting in DevonThink, for tickets I work on, I create a new Taskpaper file. This is the ticket number with .taskpaper as the extension, such as xyz-1234.taskpaper. I'm very much trying to group documents in DevonThink these days. Inside Taskpaper, I copy any requirements from the ticket, then start making my own notes of what I tested and how I did it. I include information like user data, inventory SKUs, prices, quantities, etc. I also list acceptance criteria such as: Item price can't be above X Item can't be sold in region X Discount can't be higher than X For each […]

Handling Tasks with TaskPaper

When you search for productivity tools, TaskPaper appears on almost every list. And while I don’t dispute the power of the tool, I did dispute the price. At least when I already have tools like 2Do for handling tasks and project, as well as Scrivener to handle outlines and bulleted lists. Spending $25 on a “sidecar” app is a bit steep. However, with TaskPaper being offered on Bundlehunt, there is no question about adding it to my toolbox. And I’m glad I did, because it is a good tool. It’s simple to use, but quite effective. The first order of business was to make checklists for tasks I want to complete over the weekend. These are one time reminders and simple todo lists. I’ve also created a few “projects” for new articles I want to write with a list of topics to cover. In fact, this article was listed in TaskPaper with several bullet points. Again, these are functions Scrivener […]

Notes N More – A very handy note taking and task creating app

I’ve spent days looking for a decent note taking and task creation app. Personally I think the native Notes app is pretty good, but I would like to add tags/categories to notes and would also like to make Tasks/To Do lists while I’m working. Over the weekend I tried a slew of Lite offerings such as NoteMaster, Mental Note, 2DO and SmartNote and not a single one of them appealed to me. They all had something major I didn’t like. I would like to try Awesome Note, but there isn’t a lite version anymore. However, I did find a $0.99 app that is working quite well for me. Notes N More offers Notes, Tasks, Voice Memos and Pictures. I don’t really need the memo and picture part, but the Note and Task portion works quite well. All your items show up in a list together, with the most recently edited or viewed located at the top. The Note editor is […]