My friend IMHO, you ask to many questions in one thread :)
I will reply to the question about the icons. See attached image. The answer is there. Best regards Andrew среда, 3 декабря 2014 г., 23:39:16 UTC+2 пользователь John Smith написал: > > > Andrei > > I have now had a very good look at MLO and I can not for the life of me > work out how you generated that image(!). > > Is that done through the standard "All tasks" view? What are those icons > that look like baskets and why are two of them red? I am using Windows 7 > (x64) and I can not find anything similar in any view that I have been able > to create in any of my views. > > I don't think I understand what you mean by "TREE". Is it the structure of > Folders that I would see for example in the standard "All tasks" view? My > problem is that if I build a Tree structure using directories to reflect > the GTD Areas of Focus, then it seems to me that this will interfere with > using 'drag and drop' to manually change the sort order in on order to put > the more important stuff at the top of the page. > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yv0pRQ4OrfE/VH9772QXQHI/AAAAAAAAAME/jCGeH6--XDg/s1600/delme_MLO_01.gif> > > But looking more closely at your screenshot, you have got one row to > appear for each of your (what I assume to be) Context tags. How did you > create that? Is each row something you created manually or is it some > clever View that I have not found yet? > > I have also spent quite a lot of time reading and trying to understand > David Allens GTD method. And I am still not clear what the best way would > be to implement things to allow me to quickly filter my view to just focus > on any one of the Contexts. (e.g. Should I set up an entire View and/or > tab/Workspace for each Context?) > > Likewise in GTD you have "Someday-Maybe" and "Delegation/Waiting-For" > lists. Is the best way to do this to manually move each task/project into a > specially named folder at (say) the bottom of my screen (called something > like "Someday-Maybe") and to make sure that the folder has "hide branch in > To-Do" ticked, so as to stop it from appearing in the "To-do" views? Are > there any other options? > Because moving things is a slightly painful thing to do. And yes, even if > you use F3 to help you - it's certainly a lot more than just a few > keystrokes. Is there no other/faster way to get something out of the way > and stop appearing on the To-do lists? > > And what about using Context tags? For example I see you have something > called @WaitingFor. Is that a folder with that name or a Context tag? Is it > both? If both why do you bother having the Context tag at all... given that > moving the item into that folder would presumably stop the item from > appearing on the To-do list? > > Also I notice you have folders called "Work Actions" and "Home Actions" > and then another pair of folders called "Work Projects and Actions" and > "Home Projects and Actions". Where then do you actually keep your GTD > Projects? I mean are you physically separating an Actions from the Project > that it belongs to. Or do you keep Actions that have no project associated > with them in a completely different place from Actions that are part of > Projects. If so what is the benefit of doing this? And either way roughly > how many of each one do you have at any one time... and if that's a fairly > large number (e.g. over say 10) how do you decide which to next? > > With thanks > > J > > > On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:35:11 AM UTC, Andrei Bacean wrote: >> >> Hi John >> >> The hardest thing, imho, is to create a simple, easy to understand, TREE. >> Yes, I say TREE. >> The TREE is the base of your GTD system. But views, tabs, contexts are >> instruments which u use to obtain more benefits from the tree. >> The TREE has to be simple, intuitive and easy to view. You dont have to >> feel any discomfort when you look at it. >> If instead you think that the tree is complicated then you may STOP at >> this moment, don't play with views, tabs and so on. GO BACK to the tree and >> try to simplify it, reorganize it. If you think that you achieved what you >> want, and the tree is perfect, then leave it for 1 day. Look at it again >> the next day in the morning, then in the afternoon and also in the evening. >> Do you think it's also perfect as before?? >> If yes, then slowly, step by step play with Tabs, Views, Contexts but >> remember to not make significant changes to the tree in a hurry. >> To create a system that works for you is a hard thing. That's why don't >> hurry, but step by step try to improve your tree, and when you think that >> it's perfect, only then, play with views and tabs. >> >> Ps >> The Tree may be customized using different fonts for top parrent, using >> diffenent colors for urgent tasks, using icons instead of classic folders >> example >> http://kraevoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/autoformat_2014_06_26_08.jpg >> use CAPITALIZATION for top folders instead of normal text and so on... >> But at the base of any tree is the information and not the formatting. >> So, try to search in this group for examples of use, to see more examples >> of trees. Also play with templates offered by MLO Application(menu file/new >> and then choose a template). Browse also the mlo blog, Andrei (the >> developer) posted a topic about his MLO tree. Read also more carefully the >> MLO help file (press F1). >> I wish you to not hurry but to build your perfect system step by step. >> Good luck >> Andrei B >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/494324a5-708f-4795-9b5a-61b9fdcaf28b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
