I think the average person is so lazy and frankly stupid that they require something like this. I never needed a to-do list even in the days when all we had is pen and paper. But I've learned the hard way that my memory is much better than the average person.

There is nothing more frustrating than talking to someone you know was there for whatever you're discussing and them claiming they don't remember.

IF you need a to-do list on a device nothing will ever beat emacs' org mode. But again. The average person is too dumb to figure out how to use emacs.

If you have a job that requires you to have a lot of meetings or perform many small tasks then it might be useful.

>>118099
Well, I don't know if it is intelligence, I think the average person doesn't see learning a text editor as worth the time investment if they are not a developer or something like that.

>>118101
It isn't just text editing. Most people do not bother to learn how to use a computer at all. They won't learn stuff like basic scripting to automate work flows.

I'm not sure if you could even call having good memory intelligence. I do not understand how a normal persons memory works. They seem to forget things within hours of seeing them. Where if I see something once I will remember it in extreme detail pretty much forever.

A good example would be something like made for TV movies. Every year people in my family watch the same Hallmark special movies around the holidays. Every year they watch them like it's the first time and claim they don't remember seeing them before. Where I can see them once and remember the dialog and story word for word. I wish I could be like them and re-watch some of my favorite series for the first time. It's a blessing and a curse.

So I've never really had this problem. The notes I take aren't to-do list style stuff or reminders. I mostly only take notes to keep somewhat trivial information as a backup. Most of the time I do not have to refer to them. At least not more than a couple of times.

I used to get very frustrated working with other people as a kid until I figured out they do not remember things as well as I do.

>>118102
To be fair, for the Hallmark movies, they make a shitload that are essentially the same movie anyway

I imagine these apps set up notifications and reminders that make sound and such stuff

>>118099
look at you so enlightened

>>118109
Yes. They're basically PDAs for people in business management roles to set up meetings

A to-do list program is kind of the bare minimum computer program a beginner could make that actually serves a real life purpose and it's a recommended project for that reason so maybe the proliferation of those apps in OP's pic is because of learners making their apps and putting them out there.

I've noticed these and don't really see a point. Most smartphones (hell, even some feature phones) come with a note app which works just as fine as these would I'd imagine. Lots of random gimmicky apps popping up lately which I'd assume is an attempt by companies to expand their market and fill any little niche they suppose might exist.

>>118102
>They won't learn stuff like basic scripting to automate work flows
Because very, very few people, at least relatively, need this. I can't think of a single workflow in the average person's life (read: not working in a tech-oriented field) that would benefit from computer automation via scripting. Most stuff that the average person needs to be automated, like alarms, already has automation incorporated into the app/program/whatever.

People are only going to spend time learning what has a perceivable benefit for them unless they're hobbyists, and it's unreasonable to expect the average Joe to be a tech hobbyist.

Note to self: Make sarcastic comment towards the first poster later.

Note to self: Learn to use emacs and become more productive later.

>>118121
real talk, what would i use this for

>>118124
a substitute for notepad++

I feel like I would benefit from this if I had more things 'to do'. Notepad does work for remembering stuff at least and I keep it open when I go to bed if there's something I'm supposed to remember the next day.
I think the benefit of a program for something like this would be timed reminders at the least, or on the extreme end it could be like those things that block access to specific websites for certain periods of time. You could have a "clean the bathroom" reminder pop-up and it locks you out of hobby sites for 30 minutes to heavily encourage you to do it. I think that would be interesting.