A to-do board where the chores come from everywhere
September 21, 2026
The board itself is boring. What's interesting is that a typed chore, a photographed school agenda, a paper bill, and a calendar appointment all collapse into the same card. The input format stops mattering; the task just appears.
A household to-do board where the input format doesn't matter. Typed chore, paper bill, photographed agenda, calendar event: same card.
https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/blog/a-household-to-do-system
Built a unified chore board for the household. The part worth explaining isn't the board. A typed reminder, a photographed school agenda, a paper bill, a calendar event: they all land as the same kind of card. The format of the input stops being a problem you have to solve.
The household to-do board is the least interesting part of this project. What's actually going on: a typed chore, a paper bill held up to a camera, a photographed school agenda, and a calendar appointment all fold into the same card on the same board. The friction that normally lives between 'I have this thing' and 'it's on the list' mostly disappears. Input format stops being a decision.
The interesting part of our household chore board isn't the board. Typed reminder, paper bill, photographed school agenda, calendar event: all the same card.
https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/blog/a-household-to-do-system
The board is the boring part. Typed chore, paper bill, photographed school agenda, calendar event: all collapse into one card. Input format stops being something you manage.
The board itself is the least interesting part of this project. What's interesting is what feeds it: a typed note, a photographed school agenda, a paper bill, a calendar event. Four completely different input formats, one card on the board. The task just appears, and where it came from stops mattering. https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/blog/a-household-to-do-system
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