Case in point from California - Crumbl cookies - overpriced cookies in nice packages, sold out of outposts. Tips correspondingly are outrageous for the machine. Checkout screens have these dark patterns that can trick you as well. Sigh!
Infosys in India did this successfully in the 90s and 2000s. Giant sprawling campuses with gyms, saunas, pools, laundromats, doctors/physical therapy units, dorms, coffee shops plenty of food courts with subsidized food, open round the clock. Buildings in weird shapes- spheres pyramids washing machines. Even football fields! Programmers who lived in shabby Apts flocked to the nice offices and practically lived there.
Several times I keep finding me switching through apps. When notion became the rage, I went to make an account to find out that I already had an account (with to do lists from months ago). I have made sincere attempts to use it as my primary tool, often spending days on setting it up and sometimes money. I always lose interest and switch to the next fancy thing.
Among Notion, amazing Marvin, ticktick, toodledo, things, Microsoft todo, several calendar apps, structured, streaks, Any do, dynalist, OneNote, trello, clickup- I finally (for now) settled on Drfats and OneNote (at work since it comes default and I can move pages around).
Drafts- can’t handle images. Also needs about 20$/year. (I have paid for majority of the above listed apps at some point, including notion for their ai. )
But on the plus side, I got into a habit of just dumping everything on my phone directly into drafts, hoping I will dirty and organize it later. So the capture part is kind of good right now. The acting on captured part is still pending.
Also recommend an app called zen diary which is a linear flow of text, like a log.
I have ADHD, refuse to acknowledge it and I use Apple devices personally and windows at work.
The game-changer for me was MyLifeOrganized. The killer feature is dependencies, so you can choose to only be shown actionable tasks at any given moment, complete with context sensitivity. The only thing missing is sharing tasks with others.
With that in mind, I've been using Active Collab since 2006 for collaborating with others. It has dependencies too, but doesn't work anywhere near as well as MLO.
I've tried most of what's available over the years, but finally happy overall. I keep the widget on my home screen with an interactive list, and can also double tap the back of my Pixel in any app and add a new task. Super cool, and works on all my other devices very well.
Re the ADHD, I was diagnosed as a child and was apparently the youngest person to ever be prescribed it in the UK, stopped taking it at about ten, and now looking to get back on it, but enduring the waiting list currently. My partner's cousin has ADHD, and seeing the difference between her medicated and unmedicated gave me the realization that my dose was wrong pre-puberty, and rather than stopping it entirely, I should have been willing to figure the dosage out instead. Highly recommend people just embrace that they probably aren't a lazy failure or disorganized mess, if the intent is there but the execution isn't, they've probably got ADHD, and there's plenty of options.
Apple has the chops to make a ‘hidemynumber’ successful but I highly doubt they would endeavor into that. Maybe if Twilio offers a similar service I would go in but Apple’s level of integration is difficult. The same reason I use iCloud Keychain more than 1Password.
I had switched to MS ecosystem (invested in windows 10, onenote+outlook (client and mail service)+todo and onedrive) when 'Gmail is evil' fiasco started years ago. Sticking to it due to convenience, innovation (boards in calendar, teams for personal use, loop etc., O365 being smooth online) and affordability (stackable multi year subscription through offers -amz/Newegg).
Now rethinking after I got windows 11 in a new machine - the push to use edge is now really annoying. Xbox is nice in win11 but I have found win11 to be pretty buggy as well, hangs a lot in a gaming laptop being used only for browsing. Edge feels super convenient, like old opera with all the bells and whistles built it but at times it feels scary. Especially when it comes with your employer badge in a work computer. Similarly viva insights. MS has mastered the art of telemetry it seems. Majority of my colleagues and friends do not seem bothered.
I had debloated my win10 installations but too lazy to do it again in win11. Any suggestions?
The only forum I browse is HN. I gets high out of the quality of the conversation here. I think dang is requesting is to avoid redditesque humor. I don’t think we need ‘pulling out’ jokes, especially hinting at Elon’s personal life to make the conversations livelier. We can do better for sure.
I agree wholeheartedly. I have asked many to stop parroting reddit style "humor" myself to obviously little affect.
My point is that thoughtless Elon bashing is even more brain-dead and cancerous to genuine discussion then the cringey reddit-like tropes that he has an apparent issue with.
