Things 3

app · in 13 sources (2018–2020)

Sources by year: 2018: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2020: 8

Also known as: Things3

Threads

• Ali promises a video on the Things app (2018) — promise, kept, 2018

Also named in the threads: Liberty Medics (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Google Drive (3) · Notion (5) · iPhone (3) · YouTube (3) · Instagram (3) · Evernote (2) · MacBook (3) · 6med (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

• 2020-01-14 · My Favourite iPad Pro Apps (2020) — recommendation: Ali now manages his to-do lists in Todoist: a year earlier he was using Things 3, but he tried Todoist because it is more cross-platform. — 00:16:42
• 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali recently started using Things 3 for his to-dos; whenever he is tempted to use the mouse he looks up the keyboard shortcut and commits it to memory. — 01:25:00
  • Ali asked friends for their birthdays and put them in Things as recurring reminders five days ahead, so he can buy presents and organise group gifts. — 01:39:29
• 2020-05-05 · My Favourite Mac Apps · What's on my MacBook Pro? — Ali: After experimenting with many to-do apps over the years, Ali keeps going back to Things 3, one of the most beautifully designed apps he has ever used. — 00:11:23
  • Liberty Medics, which Ali is working on, is one of the projects in his Things 3 to-do app, next to a medical application guide. — 00:11:53
  • Ali drops to-dos into his Things 3 inbox by hotkey without deciding where they go, and once a day, usually in the morning, sorts the inbox into projects. — 00:12:33
• 2020-06-03 · All the Apps I Use in a Day — Ali: Asked why he moved from Things 3 to Todoist, Ali says Todoist is cross-platform and works well with teams, while Things 3 is nicer. — creator comment
• 2020-09-27 · Collecting My Tesla Model 3 - Day In The Life — Ali Abdaal (channel): The channel says the to-do lists with progress circles shown in Ali's videos are in the app Things 3. — creator comment
• 2020-10-01 · What's on my iPhone - Favourite iPhone Apps ft. @KharmaMedic — Ali now uses Things for his to-dos; like TickTick, it is a dedicated to-do list app. — 00:05:12
• 2020-10-21 · The 5 Key Principles of Productivity — recommendation: Ali usually captures in the Things app on his iPhone, puts video ideas in Notion and uses Drafts when driving; he says it does not really matter which app you use. — 00:04:31
• 2020-12-17 · Stress, Regrets and Inspirations - Q&A with Kharma Medic — Ali runs his to-do list in the app Things, which he calls fantastic: he lists every project he works on, and his team members' projects, to track who is working on what. — 00:00:59
  • Ali puts tasks into his Things inbox, processes the inbox at various points in the day, or at least once a day, into projects, and puts what he must do that day in his Today list. — 00:01:27
• …and 5 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2019

• 2019-01-20 · My Favourite iPad Pro Apps — recommendation: Ali's to-do list app, on his iPad, Mac and iPhone, is Things: he splits his lists into areas of his life, such as his company SixMed, YouTube and the videos he wants to make. — 00:00:45
  • With his tasks in the Things to-do app, Ali says he does not have to think about what he needs to do: he just opens the app and sees the list in front of him. — 00:01:14
• 2019-05-18 · The Best Productivity Apps for Students — Ali has tried many to-do list apps: Wunderlist as a student, then Things, which he switched to a few months ago, but now he does not really have a to-do list manager. (hedged) — 00:07:32
• 2019-11-20 · Study with Me + How I Learn New Content — Ali: Though a sucker for productivity apps, Ali thinks the specific app rarely makes much difference: GoodNotes or Notability, OneNote or Evernote, Todoist or Things are basically the same; what matters is applying the general principles of productivity and effective studying. — 00:00:58

2018

• 2018-07-23 · A year on YouTube - Channel / life update — announcement: Ali keeps a long, ever-expanding list of videos to make in Things, a new app he has discovered and will talk about in another video. — 00:05:42
• 2018-11-01 · My Favourite iPhone XS Apps — recommendation: Ali's to-do list app is Things, which he finds really well designed and built on the Getting Things Done approach; he sorts it into areas of his life such as work, SixMed, his online courses and YouTube. — 00:01:30
  • Ali is more than happy to pay for premium apps, such as Things, that he thinks add a little value to his life in productivity and organisation. — 00:01:30