Yes, I haven't tried PE but it does look quite handy. I forwarded it to my task cloud :)
I am constantly changing my system, somewhat like I buy new organizational containers every once in a while :) There are many ways to set MLO up, but this blog post is still pretty close to what I am using at the moment: http://stroyan.net/lisasblog/2012/mylifeorganized It may give you some ideas. I'm also working on a book but it is pretty slow going, I'm afraid. Feel free to ask questions here on the list when you get stuck; usually the more specific ones tend to get more replies. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Steve Gledhill <stevegl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Lisa > > I liked MCA's post about using Phraseexpress : I use PE and was going to > implement MCA's solution when I saw your post! Much better to get the > fundamentals right. I use GTD and your approach will work well for me. > > All I need now is to create a system in MLO. I don't use the review system > at all - perhaps that will help > > Steve > > > On Sunday, 5 May 2013 16:15:49 UTC+2, Lisa S wrote: > >> Hi MCA, >> >> Thank you for sharing your Phrase Express tips. >> >> You mentioned that you have a lot of tasks that you change to future >> dates. There are probably much more efficient ways to manage your task list >> in MLO, if you are interested in brainstorming them. You might consider a >> process where you mark those that you are going to work on rather than >> changing all of the ones you are not. Contexts, Flags, and Star are ways to >> do this. >> >> I find it more efficient to use start date only for tasks which are not >> available until a particular date, to avoid the cycle of constantly >> changing the start date. >> >> Anyway, just an idea! >> >> >> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 5:56 AM, MCA <mca...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> recently I discovered PhraseExpress - an automating hotkey tool for >>> windows, free for private usage. >>> Meanwhile I find it really useful in combination with MyLifeOrganized to >>> automate specific actions. >>> >>> An example that I use and see it as quite helpful: >>> I have a lot of entries in my MLO database (~3000). >>> Especially at the beginning of a month or a week I am facing a very long >>> list of entries from which - I have to admit - 80% have to be postponed to >>> later hours, other days or weeks. >>> Doing that with the mouse is a quite time consuming thing as I have to >>> pick a date from the calender or the context menu of the start date field. >>> >>> Via keyboard it gets better, I can press "ALT+S" to set the focus to the >>> start date field and then enter something like Tue (for Tuesday), 5d (for >>> "in 5 days") or 3w (for "in 3 weeks"). >>> Due to the numerous entries even that takes up some time. >>> >>> I was looking for a possibility to quickly postpone entries, e.g. to >>> Thursday, Saturday or to a later start time, let's say in e.g. 5 hours. >>> With PhraseExpress this is finally possible. >>> >>> I create a folder "MyLifeExtensions" in PhraseExpress, below that a >>> folder "postponing to days" and in that folder a hotkey macro "shift MLO >>> entry to Fr". >>> That macro will receive the following text: >>> {#ALT -chars s}Fr >>> {#TAB -count 9} >>> {#ENTER} >>> >>> What is simulated? >>> 1. Alt+S (--> this sets the focus to the startdate field) >>> 2. Fr (--> this text is entered in the startdate field) >>> 3. The tab key will be pressed 9 times. This quickly jumps though all >>> dialog boxes and the cursor/focus will be in the tasklist again in the end >>> so that I can continue without the need to take the mouse. The number of >>> tabs depends on the number of dialog boxes and menu items that are >>> displayed with your MLO. >>> 4. The EnterKey is optional, I found out that I sometimes needed this >>> extra key press. >>> >>> The whole macro is bound the the hotkey Alt+5 as Friday is the fifth day >>> of the week. I have similar hotkeys for all days from Mo to Su (Alt+Numpad1 >>> to Alt+ Numpad 7). >>> The macro is limitied to the MLO application only so it won't be >>> activated in other applications than the mlo.exe. >>> >>> >>> Now I can quickly shift entries from my list to other days just by >>> selecting the entry and press Alt+ Numpad 1, Alt+ Numpad 5, Alt+ Numpad 3 >>> and so on...depending to which day I want the entry shift to. >>> >>> The same can be used for hours. It works similar just instead of "{#ALT >>> -chars s}Fr" I use "{#ALT -chars s}7h" and use the hotkey with Ctrl instead >>> of Alt. >>> >>> >>> Using these hotkeys I can quickly set my entries to the right days and >>> can do my daily review much faster. >>> >>> >>> Other macros are also possible. Phraseexpress can be used for a lot of >>> actions. >>> >>> I am not affiliated with Phraseexpress or their developers, don't >>> receive money from them... 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