Software Shout-out: TaskPaper

Traditionally I’ve always kept my TODO list as a plain text file in my home directory.  This approach works, but I’ve been hankering for something a little smarter:

• it’s ugly to keep finished items in a plain text file
• it’s not very print-friendly (at least, not in a client-facing manner)
• it would be nice to incorporate my timesheets and todo lists into one document

So I’ve had a look at TaskPaper and I’m mighty impressed.  Crucially: it is simple.  Lightweight markup appeals to the text-editor junkie in me, and the ability to tag items as @done(date) is superb. Of course, I’ve extended the tagging with things like @hours(5) for the purposes of counting and invoicing time. Getting things done, simply.