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The irony of this is that if I'm busy enough to write todos I never ever see my desktop anyway. I switch around between open windows, why would I take the time to check the desktop?

A big yellow old-fashioned post-it will work better. Not everything is better in digital form.



My solution to this problem was to print the todo file whenever a terminal is opened using .bashrc. It works much better as I see the terminal more often than the desktop.


I've found that a yellow post-it on top of screen is an effective reminder for important stuff.


I turn off the computer at night, so I see it at least twice a day.


Post-its work if you work in the same location all the time and don't have a huge amount of to-dos.




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