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As part of my journey remove dependencies on US companies I now fully switched back to #orgmode from #Todoist
In addition I switched back from #Toggl (which is actually an Estonian company) to org mode clocking as well.

So far it has been pretty painless as I completely separated my personal agenda from my work agenda.
They live in the same directories but on different computers.
This way I don't have to make any big adjustments to the configuration.

I lose a bit of mobility but I already noticed the advantage of taking notes alongside your tasks again.
It's just such a great feature to have.

I had a #Shortcuts workflow on my iPhone that triggered Toggl.
This way I knew when I started and stopped working for the day.
I replaced this with a dedicated calendar and then Shortcuts creates an entry when I arrive at work and one when I leave work.
This is just for reference, however.

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It took me about five months to actually get to it, but after a day of coding I think my Todoist Downloader does what it's supposed to: Download a structured and mostly complete copy of my data.

This export took about 20 minutes and around 3000 API calls because of their crappy API design.

Let me polish this a bit more and add a few progress bars tomorrow, and then I'll release it as open source.

I've now moved all my 1Password data from the US to Canada: support.1password.com/regions/

Apparently you can just sign up for Canada or EU storage now when you create an account. 👍

That just leaves finding a good replacement for Todoist.

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1Password1Password in your region | 1Password Support1Password was designed with you in mind. You can choose where your data is hosted and which currency you pay in.

Yesterday I mentioned wanting Todoist's apps, but with self-hosted (or Canadian-hosted) storage.

Seriously. Todoist's app is great, but I can't find anything similar that lets you store your data outside the US. TaskPal is close; their data is stored in the EU except for file attachments (US now, EU soon).

I've got S3-compatible storage, MySQL, Postgres, and CalDAV handy, but nothing good to use with them. I need iOS, Mac, and Linux apps.

I'm looking for a todo app (and I know how to Bing). I use it for essentially 3 things: grocery lists, keeping track of when to do chores like cleaning/taking out trash, and tracking study deadlines. What's good? I'm happy to pay for an application, but not a service (unless it's cheap!)

I need sync between Apple Watch and iPhone (preferably also Mac and a web-interface is a nice-to-have). I don't need AI.

I am switching away from #OmniFocus as the latest release has been broken for over a year now. #Todoist is very expensive. #Taskade doesn't have a Watch app. I'm not sure I'm hipster enough to use #Notion (also it seems not have a Watch app).

For grocery lists, I just need to be able to add things on my phone and tick them off on my Watch. I'd like to be able to (easily!) organize things by store (local supermarket, larger supermarket, hipster supermarket, DIY, that sort of thing).

For chores, I need to be able to set a schedule with a start time and deadline (trash is bi-weekly on a given day, so I need it to become active the evening before and pop up a reminder).

For studies, I need to be able to set start times and deadlines (so I only see what I need to study this week and the next), and I need to be able to create sub-tasks using a template (I have semesters of ~20 weeks each week with a pretty set list of tasks like read, do assignments, etc).