This is a VERY interesting idea. I wish you could post some screen shots. I imagine it's a lot of work to set up and start using. But this might easily be a "stickie" for me to come back to when I have several hours to play around.
Thank you for sharing this ! On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 6:29:20 AM UTC-7, damoski wrote: > > Very late reply here. > > I have the same pain - I would like to be able to grab a bunch of tasks > from various views and drop them into a timeslot on my calendar. In terms > of when I'm planning now/next, the most dominant context of use is the > timeslot - I know I'll be in the city "this afternoon" so will focus on > some client meetings, or admin tasks at the post office, for example. I > know I'll have the house to myself "tomorrow morning", so will select some > deep-focus tasks for then. > > The new calendar feature in MLO iOS does show tasks from the calendar, and > tasks due on that date in MLO, on the view for a given day, but I find I > can't use it - if I followed it, then I would only complete each task on > the same day it was due! > > So - what I have working for me is a set of 21 contexts: > > !11 Monday morning > !12 Monday afternoon > !13 Monday evening > !21 Tuesday morning > !22 Tuesday afternoon > .......etc > !63 Saturday evening > !71 Sunday morning > !72 Sunday afternoon > !73 Sunday evening > > I then have a view called "Daily tasks", which is a list of Active > Actions, filtered for "any" of the 21 contexts above, and also grouped by > Context. > > What that gives you, is a single collapsible view with each timeslot and > the tasks under it, with the timeslots in chronological order from Monday > to Friday. Hence, if I want to see what I have planned for Wednesday > afternoon, I can view "Daily tasks" and expand the "!32 Wednesday > afternoon" context in that view. I can keep the current context open, and > tick off the tasks as I work on them. > > This allows me to insert tasks into periods where I think I would be in a > position to work on them, but also spot periods that are getting busy. > > The reason for the "!11", "!12", etc, is that it keeps them all in > chronological order in the context list, rather than appearing disorganised > if sorted alphabetically. The "!" puts it at the top of the context list, > so it is easy to select those contexts in both Windows and the iOS app. The > number also means you can click in the context field and type "23", and it > will autocomplete as "!23 Tuesday evening" - so you can quickly add the > context with just two keypresses, and avoid spending too much time on > organisation. > > I have the view as a flat list aside from the context grouping. The view > works fine in both Windows and iOS. > > Also - if I want more focus than that - say, I go to the shops and want > just the tasks that afternoon relating to shopping, I'll just 'star' the > tasks, and use the starred list. After that context is over, I'll clear the > stars and go back to "Daily actions". > > Not ideal, but the closest I've found that works - you're "adding" an > "I'll work on this at this time" tag to tasks for the upcoming week, but > you don't have to rearrange hierarchies, confuse due dates, or modify > anything else, and you can add/remove tasks from those timeslots as events > transpire. > > D > > > On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 6:13:47 AM UTC+10, Robert F wrote: >> >> Great dialog. Depending on how you define a project I probably use it >> for both project and task management. >> What I'm having trouble with is how to use MLO to drive my daily actions >> without having to do detailed review of thousands of tasks. It's clearly >> the most powerful tool on the market. The power and flexibility is partly >> what is challenging me. Sometimes when I come up with the workflow and stay >> with it I'm able to use the tool to drive my work. The moment I fall out of >> step with my plan, it all falls apart and I'm not even aware that is >> falling apart. >> >> Additionally, I have the windows version which is my primary tool, along >> with the iPad version, and the android version and I use cloudsync for all >> of them. >> >> I would love to see how people are using MLO on a daily basis to drive >> the tasks that they focus on. I understand that that's part of, and >> dependent on, an individuals workflow. My struggle is still with using the >> tool to drive my work versus its capability of getting everything out of my >> brain and tracked into a system. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/4a21c961-bc56-40ec-b9d9-0798b0aeb7c7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
