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Since it's described as "Task tracking for nerds" I think it would be nice if the export were compatible with Emacs org-mode [1]. These days, it feels like a lot of apps try to implement some of the features that org-mode has provided for a very long time, but it always seems as though they miss key features.

Then it would be even more fantastic if you could import a .org file.

[1] http://orgmode.org/

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Right. Or just use org-mode. As an example I switched from Textmate to Emacs about a month ago because of org-mode. It is an absolute killer app! Before that, I was merely using Emacs to write commit messages or make small changes. Now it is taking more screenSpace*time per day than the browser :-)

If you are on the Mac, I [1] can recommend using Aquamacs [1] in the beginning. It supports shortcuts like Cmd-z, Cmd-c or Cmd-v in addition to the Emacs shortcuts. It does not allow for marking text with Shift-<arrow key> and does not support Emacs 24 yet, but org-mode is already pre-installed and will work like a charme. Just create a new file with the ending .org, open it in Emacs and you are already in org-mode!

[1] Carsten Dominic, the creator of org-mode recommends it, too! [2] http://aquamacs.org/

This. I have been using org-mode for a month or so and it is wonderful.

I also use Kalarm for reminders, e.g. stand up every 30 minutes, but also for longer term things.

And Anki for memorization and behavioral reminders.

I'm very curious: How do you use Anki for behavioural reminders (and what exactly do you mean by that?)

I'm a big fan of Anki's for language learning (I've studied some 4 or 5 languages with it already, and it went pretty well in all cases,) and I know many people use it for other things, but I haven't really seen something that would really captivate my interest besides language learning.

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