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> scheduling on a calendar is not scaleable > hyper scheduling Um.. what? I was a lot more interested in this product until I started reading the marketing c

> scheduling on a calendar is not scaleable > hyper scheduling Um.. what? I was a lot more interested in this product until I started reading the marketing copy. To me it reads like the worst of breed of Silicon Valley “solution looking for a problem speak”.

Eugeleo 5y ago
Yeah, I don't love their communication / marketing as well. Basically, it is a todo manager, but with built-in first-class scheduling. You input your todos, assign time estimates, and Sorted helps you spread them out in your day, keeping your calendar events in mind. To explain the value in this, let me copy one of my comments in this thread: [...] Sorted is really great for people like myself who tend to overfill their todo lists, and subsequently feel bad at the end of the day when they don't manage to complete everything. Sorted pushes me to assign time estimates to the task, which helps me to keep my todo-list for the day more realistic and manageable. I like it more than managing my todos directly in the calendar [...].
- dotancohen 5y ago
  > Basically, it is a todo manager, but with built-in first-class scheduling. > You input your todos, assign time estimates, and Sorted helps > you spread them out in your day, keeping your calendar events in mind. So, it's like org-mode.
  - tra3 5y ago
    I didn't realize org could auto-plan your day for you. Any references?
    - dotancohen 5y ago
      Org-mode does present all the same information, but tasks are not automatically scheduled down to the minute. Though I would not be surprised if someone did write a script to micromanage every minute of the day. If someone needs the tool to say "17:04 unplug laptop ; 17:05 place laptop in bag" then I think that they are spending too much time with their tools and need to spend more time doing the first thing on their list no matter if it has a timestamp or not.
bennyp101 5y ago
Yea .. I'm not quite sure I get what it does really .. it just looks like a calendar, but in a list?
- Eugeleo 5y ago
  See my other comment in this thread.
roessland 5y ago
This looks perfect for my brain. I like the idea of hyper scheduling, which seems to be automatically scheduling todos on your timeline, and automatically moving them around as life happens. Moving todos around manually in Google Calendar whenever you use more time than planned is a drag.
- spicybright 5y ago
  Same here. I've always wanted a timeline style scheduling program like this. I've used a notebook exactly like this project, sort of a hybrid bullet note system. Eventually when work got too complicated I started doing the same thing in an RTF notes program. But the biggest thing for me though is being able to add info VERY quickly without more than a few taps. Otherwise I'm just not going to bother with it. My notes, I have a full keyboard and dedicated "open notes" button on my touch bar. Works excellent for me.
theonlybutlet 5y ago
Reading scalable and hyperscheduling made me stressed, I don't need more things in my day. Maybe I just need a holiday...

Eugeleo 5y ago

Yeah, I don't love their communication / marketing as well. Basically, it is a todo manager, but with built-in first-class scheduling. You input your todos, assign time estimates, and Sorted helps you spread them out in your day, keeping your calendar events in mind. To explain the value in this, let me copy one of my comments in this thread: [...] Sorted is really great for people like myself who tend to overfill their todo lists, and subsequently feel bad at the end of the day when they don't manage to complete everything. Sorted pushes me to assign time estimates to the task, which helps me to keep my todo-list for the day more realistic and manageable. I like it more than managing my todos directly in the calendar [...].

dotancohen 5y ago
> Basically, it is a todo manager, but with built-in first-class scheduling. > You input your todos, assign time estimates, and Sorted helps > you spread them out in your day, keeping your calendar events in mind. So, it's like org-mode.
- tra3 5y ago
  I didn't realize org could auto-plan your day for you. Any references?
  - dotancohen 5y ago
    Org-mode does present all the same information, but tasks are not automatically scheduled down to the minute. Though I would not be surprised if someone did write a script to micromanage every minute of the day. If someone needs the tool to say "17:04 unplug laptop ; 17:05 place laptop in bag" then I think that they are spending too much time with their tools and need to spend more time doing the first thing on their list no matter if it has a timestamp or not.

bennyp101 5y ago

Yea .. I'm not quite sure I get what it does really .. it just looks like a calendar, but in a list?

Eugeleo 5y ago
See my other comment in this thread.

roessland 5y ago

This looks perfect for my brain. I like the idea of hyper scheduling, which seems to be automatically scheduling todos on your timeline, and automatically moving them around as life happens. Moving todos around manually in Google Calendar whenever you use more time than planned is a drag.

spicybright 5y ago
Same here. I've always wanted a timeline style scheduling program like this. I've used a notebook exactly like this project, sort of a hybrid bullet note system. Eventually when work got too complicated I started doing the same thing in an RTF notes program. But the biggest thing for me though is being able to add info VERY quickly without more than a few taps. Otherwise I'm just not going to bother with it. My notes, I have a full keyboard and dedicated "open notes" button on my touch bar. Works excellent for me.

theonlybutlet 5y ago

Reading scalable and hyperscheduling made me stressed, I don't need more things in my day. Maybe I just need a holiday...