{"id":9834,"date":"2024-02-15T16:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=9834"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:06:51","slug":"other-programmes-for-planning-and-tracking-research","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/other-programmes-for-planning-and-tracking-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Programmes for Planning and Tracking Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"extapps\" class=\"ftwp-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes the <a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/planning-and-tracking-your-research\/\">Research Planning Facilities within<\/a> <span class=\"fh\" style=\"font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 21.4286px !important;\">\u0192<span style=\"color:#73B262; font-weight: bold;\">h<\/span><\/span> just don\u2019t quite \u201cdo it\u201d; this leads to an examination of external applications. Ideally any external application will somehow integrate with <span class=\"fh\"><span class=\"fh\" style=\"font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 21.4286px !important;\">\u0192<span style=\"color:#73B262; font-weight: bold;\">h<\/span><\/span><\/span>; unfortunately we don\u2019t see any such applications. (There are a fair number of \u201cTo Do\u201d List or Task Management options that will integrate into other applications \u2013 usually email applications.)<\/p>\n<p>This section is not intended to provide a list of \u201cTo Do List\u201d or \u201cTask Management\u201d programs \u2013 that is what internet search is for! Rather it intends to highlight applications that may be of\u00a0<em>particular help<\/em>\u00a0to genealogists and which go beyond the task list features of many email systems.<\/p>\n<p>As applications come to our notice the list below will be curated to try and include those of the most interest.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/forum\/viewtopic.php?&amp;t=16814\">To Do Lists \/ Work Management: What External Apps may people use?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>To Do List Applications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/todo-txt\/\"><strong>todo.txt<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0family of todo list applications is worth examination if looking for a basic todo list. They all rely on a standard \u201cone line per task\u201d format and handle Priorities, Projects, and Contexts as well as a variety of dates. Any text editor (<em>on any platform<\/em>) which can sort lines is suitable, but there are a large number of applications or plugins that are designed especially to handle the todo.txt format.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/simplenote\/\"><strong>Simplenote<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a cloud based note taking freemium application (available from the makers of WordPress for Windows, Linux, Android, MacOS and iOS \u2013 and via web interface) which if you follow the todo.txt format enables you to have one line tasks \u2013\u00a0<em>with attached narrative<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other applications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/zim\/\"><strong>Zim<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a wiki type application (for Linux and Windows) with a tasklist addin. The prime use for this application is probably note taking with separate pages per project. To do tasks are inserted in the text (as they arise).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/zotero\/\"><strong>Zotero<\/strong><\/a> A bibliographic tool (for Linux, Windows and Mac) to help collect, organize, cite, and share research. It majors on <a href=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/glossary\/source\/\">Sources<\/a>, and can hold notes which through being searchable can act as a todo list for source focused research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/en-gb\/onenote\/digital-note-taking-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>OneNote<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0A note taking application from Microsoft (for Windows and Android)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Evernote<\/strong><\/a> A note taking application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[13,14,15,739],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[673],"class_list":["post-9834","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v4","fh_version-v5","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","topic-other-programmes-for-planning-and-tracking-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/9834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=9834"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=9834"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}