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+## This was my daily task management workflow for a while.
+
+## Eventually I'd like to make calendar-cli easier to use, so some of the "external logic" in those examples will eventually be moved into the tool itself.  Anyway, some of the power of having a command-line utility is that it's possible to do just anything ...
+
+[ -z "$EDITOR" ] && EDITOR=vi
+
+echo "Enter a category or enter for all:"
+read category
+if [ -n "$category" ]
+then
+    selflags="--categories=$category"
+fi
+
+## Take out a personal agenda from different calendar sources:
+
+echo "Here is your upcoming calendar events:"
+for section in pir seb house default work holidays
+do
+    calendar-cli --config-section $section calendar agenda  --agenda-days 20
+done | sort
+
+echo -e "\nAnd here is your upcoming calendar tasks:"
+for section in seb house default work-tasks pir-tasks
+do 
+    echo $section
+    calendar-cli --config-section $section todo $selflags --limit 10 --hide-parent list
+done
+
+
+## Interactively set categories on uncategorized tasks:
+tempfile=$(mktemp)
+calendar-cli todo --nocategories list --todo-template='calendar-cli todo --todo-uid={uid} edit --set-categories=foo # {summary}' > $tempfile
+if [ -s $tempfile ]
+then
+    ## We have non-categorized tasks
+    echo -e "\nNext up: categorization of uncategorized tasks.  Press enter"
+    read
+    tempfile2=$(mktemp)
+    ## Populate the tempfile with the list of categories first
+    calendar-cli todo list --list-categories | perl -pe 's/^/# /' > $tempfile2
+    cat $tempfile >> $tempfile2
+    while grep -q -- '--set-categories=foo ' $tempfile2
+    do
+        $EDITOR $tempfile2
+    done
+    . $tempfile2
+    rm $tempfile2
+else
+    echo "No uncategorized todo-items on the calendar.  Good!"
+fi
+
+
+## Interactively mark tasks as completed:
+calendar-cli todo $selflags --hide-parents --limit 12 list --todo-template='# calendar-cli todo --todo-uid={uid} complete # {summary}' > $tempfile
+## Exit if there aren't any tasks
+if [ ! -s $tempfile ]
+then
+    echo "No tasks available.  Good?"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo -e "\nNext up: Mark tasks that are completed as completed.  Press enter"
+read
+$EDITOR $tempfile
+. $tempfile
+
+## Set more realistic due-dates on overdue tasks
+calendar-cli todo --overdue list --todo-template='calendar-cli todo --todo-uid={uid} postpone --due "in 15d" # {summary}' > $tempfile 
+if [ -s $tempfile ]
+then
+    echo -e "\nNext up: Look over overdue tasks and consider procrastinating some of them.  Press enter"
+    read
+    $EDITOR $tempfile
+    . $tempfile
+fi
+
+## Clean the list a bit by procrastinating tasks (this includes the overdue)
+calendar-cli todo --limit 10 --hide-future list --todo-template='calendar-cli todo --todo-uid={uid} postpone "in 4d" # {summary}' > $tempfile
+if [ -s $tempfile ]
+then
+    echo -e "\nNext up: Consider procrastinating the start-date of some of the tasks on your list.  Press enter"
+    read
+    $EDITOR $tempfile
+    . $tempfile
+fi
+
+## Simple sync of a google calendar into personal calendar
+wget -O- https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/gsmk.gcal%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics | calendar-cli calendar addics
+
+
+echo "Done!"
+