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+---
+template:
+slug: push
+title: Push-based productivity
+subtitle: Getting told when to get things done
+date: 2025-01-03
+draft: false
+---
+
+Way back in 2021, I wrote about [my productivity endeavours][prod],
+which were -- in summary -- me writing a list of todos in a notebook.
+I still carry these around to quickly note stuff down or to summarise my
+pursuits of the week every Sunday evening.
+
+[prod]: /blog/bujo/
+![notebooks](https://cdn.icyphox.sh/fit?url=http://files.garage.koti.lan/IMG_2558.jpg&width=1000&height=2000)
+
+However, I quickly realised a glaring issue with this system: it needed
+*me* to constantly check the notebook to learn of things to be done. For
+me, this failed constantly:
+
+* I didn't check it often enough and missed time-critical tasks
+* I checked it but I *forgot* because I was distracted
+
+As an example, every so often during the day -- I'd note down a task to
+say, "buy oat milk". Easy enough, I can do that on my way home from
+work. There's a supermarket at my nearest metro station so popping by
+there before walking home should be a trivial task.
+
+Hardly so. I either never checked my todo list on the metro ride home,
+or embarrassingly, I'd check and then proceed to immediately forget. The
+sheer annoyance when I'd realize my lapse upon getting home and taking
+out my notebook...
+
+This is a problem inherent to any "pull-based" system -- one where the
+user/client/whatever must "pull" (or poll!) for information at
+intervals. Especially given that said information has an arbitrary TTL
+in my head, and the poll interval is not fixed, there are several of
+these blind spots where tasks get missed.
+
+And so, my new push-based system -- one that I've been using to great effect
+for the better part of last year -- came about. At its core, it's
+incredibly simple: my phone's Reminders app. I use Apple Reminders but
+really, this works with any similar app.
+
+Nothing revolutionary, I know. I'm just rather proud of how easy it was
+to get setup and see positive results. I have mine setup against my
+[self-hosted][sh] Radicale server. Separate lists to organize tasks and
+a homescreen widget to quickly check off completed ones.
+
+[sh]: /uses#homelab-k3s-cluster
+
+<div class="row">
+<img src="https://cdn.icyphox.sh/reminders.jpg" style="width: 240px;" alt="reminders">
+<img src="https://cdn.icyphox.sh/hss.jpg" style="width: 240px;" alt="home screen widget">
+</div>
+
+For quick input, I've been in love with [Remind Me
+Faster](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remind-me-faster/id985555908). I'm
+now able to rapidly create tasks, assign it a time[^1] and optionally, a
+location. The latter, I find, is the killer feature. Being reminded of a
+task *when* you're arriving/leaving (RMF lets you choose this) a
+location is very powerful.
+
+[^1]: Apple Calendar in iOS 18 onward now shows your reminders alongside
+    other events. Very handy for scheduling.
+
+<div class="row">
+    <img src="https://cdn.icyphox.sh/IMG_2561.PNG" style="width: 240px;" alt="remind me faster">
+    <img src="https://cdn.icyphox.sh/IMG_2563.jpg" style="width: 240px;" alt="setting time and location">
+</div>
+
+I now get reminded to "buy oat milk" when I'm arriving at the metro
+station's shopping center.[^2] And to post this once I get home.
+
+[^2]: _kauppakeskus_ in Finnish.

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