I’ve been continuing to rely on

  • Lightning calendars for Thunderbird
    • Reminders are locally set in Thunderbird
  • CalDAV from Nextcloud Calendar
    • Not really sure of how to handle reminders in Calendar itself
  • Fossify Calendar for Android, from F-droid
    • Supports adding a reminder to a CalDAV event and to set an event as recurring
  • Tasks oscillate between Nextcloud Tasks, Deck and Kanboard
    • Kanboard is complex, but far better featured than Tasks or Deck, so I prefer it. Still struggling managing too many tasks on Kanboard because of the interface, but once an item is added it works well.
  • Markdown, is a way I find myself adding tasks using - [ ] syntax, but these are not visible in Thunderbird, etc. so not totally helpful. :(

Thunderbird integrates into Knotifications in KDE and does give me nice, annoying alarms. Would love to explore other solutions, but this one has been okay for the last years. Wondering if this longtime setup could be refined or replaced. Cheers, and thanks for any suggestions!

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    CalDAV is all you need

    I setup Nextcloud and then realised no one used it’s Calendar, or contacts, or basically anything - it was just being used as a sync hub for phones.

    So, I ditched it for Radicale. Waaay less maintenance.

    DAVx5 on the phones with Fossify Calendar & Tasks(.org) apps from FDroid.

    They do all the alerting.

    On the desktop Vivaldi has a good built-in Calendar, so I use that (although I’ve only just noticed it doesn’t show Tentative appointments at all)

    For work, I use Logseq (for everything) & to keep a note of ToDo items that I don’t need reminders for (otherwise Tasks is overwhelming)

    And for bonus points, Home Assistant has a CalDAV module so domestic things like waste collection are sync’d from Radicale too so there’s a notification on the kitchen display each morning to tell me what coloured box, bin, bag needs to be taken out today.

    And… (some time management advice thst you didn’t ask for) - I’m currently starting timeboxing - so instead of creating a todo item, just schedule the time to actually do it in. Less ToDos, but more progress (I hope)