Tool of the Trade: Goblin Tools

I realize that today’s Tool of the Trade report may provoke two opposite reactions among readers: “I don’t understand; Why would you need this?” and “Oh wow, I have to try this!” In the words of the software engineer creator, goblin.tools “A collection of small, simple, single-task tools mostly designed to assist neurodiverse people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult.” (I’m not sure where the name comes from, because it doesn’t quite match the “.genie mode“Hmm…)

Vehicles Magic To-Dos (“Destroying things so as not to make them”), formalizer (“Turn spicy thoughts into classy ones and vice versa”), Judge (“Am I misreading the tone of this?”), Estimator (“Tell me how long this will likely take”) and Compiler (“Compile my brain dump into a task list”). You can currently use goblin.tools in your browser (dark or light mode) or on your Android phone and will be available as an iPhone app soon. It’s free and has no ads.

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Things like goblin.tools using AI technology, people with ADHD or procrastination, time blindness, decision fatigue, rejection-sensitive dysphoria, anxiety, problems prioritizing tasks, etc. It is great for anyone dealing with I can see how goblin.tools would be helpful both at home and at work.

In my opinion, the most useful of the five functions the site has to offer are: Spell To do. Depending on how much you need a task divided into parts, you can adjust the “spice level” from one cayenne pepper to five cayenne peppers. Once goblin.tools breaks down a task, you can retrieve it to further simplify subtasks if needed. When you check a box for a task/subtask it is crossed out. (You can also manually create a to-do list with Magic ToDo.)

While messing around with Magic ToDo for this post, I noticed that it does a pretty good job of sorting out projects like “clean my garden for spring”, “plan a kitchen remodel”, “plan a baby shower” while entering some random tasks. , “Run for school board membership”, “get rid of old financial documents” … and “take over the world”, just for fun (or was it?). (I’d include a screenshot of one of these task lists if the image didn’t have to be so large to be read here.) Of course, complex projects require additional research to complete, but this website gives you a helpful starting point. anything you want to do

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Readers, have you tried goblin.tools or something like that? If not, does it look like something that could help you at home or at work? Are there any similar online tools you can recommend?

Stock photo via stencil.