Re: Question about "Completed projects older than 14 days. (Delete individually)"

2011-03-29 Thread jdunham
I think this is like this because a project is often a tag in many
other tiddlers.  When you delete a project and those tags exist, there
is a pop-up message asking if it's OK to delete a project tagged in X
other tiddlers.  So if you were to delete lots of projects at once,
you'd get a lot of dialog boxes and it would be confusing and
irritating. So to avoid that, you have to delete the projects
individually.  [This is just an educated guess, so feel free to
correct me if you have better info].

Jason


On Mar 29, 11:47 am, bkh  wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> Please forgive me if there is something obvious I am missing.
>
> In Cleanup, under projects, it says:
>
> Completed projects older than 14 days. (Delete individually).
>
> How do you delete them individually? Am I really supposed to open each
> project and manually delete them as I would any tiddler? I've never
> cleaned up before so my list is long. I thought unchecking them was
> how I deleted individually, but that just un-completed them (Is that a
> word?).
>
> Why can't we delete projects just like actions?
>
> Thanks everyone for all the work that goes into this tool.
>
> Best wishes,
> BKh

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Re: Next Actions - how to use

2011-03-29 Thread jonas thomas
The @ is a trick that I picked up from reading David Allens GTD.
Basically, he was using it for naming outlook folders.  When you put on a @
on the prefix it bubbles up the top.
So.. at work, when I get an email, I try to either respond immediately or
put it into a folder call @action req'd for @waiting for response.  The are
at the top of my email personal folder.

Anyway... I use the  @ convention in my d3 as an easy way to discriminate
between contexts and tags.
For example here are some of the tags I use
hm_repair
hm_family
hm_ebay etc...
hm_c++
If you tag our projects it another way of finding it quickly.  On the right
hand side of d3 you see some tabs... Click on the tab called tags.
Contexts called @... will be at the top, then you'll other tags.

Lets..see, what else... Something I still need to work on... When you create
a project you need to define what is done.
Projects can be multiple steps, but they need to have an end came in site.
That's more of a gtd thing.. (highly recommend the book ;)

Anyway... the   ..blah blah |@errands thing is buried within the d3
documentation  somewhere I think... It's been a while... Tom0?







On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Stephanie Butler wrote:

> It's a convention only -- not part of the mark-up.
> On Mar 29, 2011 1:03 PM, "kendall vance"  wrote:
> > Thanks - that makes perfect sense. I appreciate the reply. A quick
> > question re the "@" symbols however. Is this just a convention, or is
> > it a syntactic requirement of the TiddlyWiki markup? I see it used
> > anywhere, but have not found any documentation describing its usage.
> > I gather that it is generally used to denote a context, but when you
> > use the "Create new context" button in d^3, it does not enforce this
> > convention. Thanks for for the explanation above - this made for a
> > Aha! moment. Now . . .back to the learning curve. . . .
> >
> > On Mar 29, 12:07 pm, Jonas Thomas  wrote:
> >> Sorry about the quick post. I was in an hurry this morning and I
> >> should have reread it before I clicked on the send button. Lets see if
> >> this makes more sense.
> >>
> >>  Ok... First off get a copy of David Allen's "Getting Things Done"
> >> from you library or bookstore.
> >>  D3 as well as Mgtd are  designed to follow this methodology.
> >>
> >> GTD todo lists are organizes actions by context, generally extracted
> >> from a project list.   You can have a action my itself that is not
> >> part of a project.
> >>
> >> Below is a quick example to demostrate basic concepts.
> >>
> >>  Organize contexts in terms of what you do in your life.
> >>  For example:
> >>  @errands
> >>  @home_reading
> >>  @home_computer
> >>  @home_waiting
> >>
> >> Create a project:
> >>  Project read David allens GTD
> >>  in the project you could do the following:
> >>  ..put gtd on reserve at library|@home_computer
> >>  ..waiting for ackknowlegement that gtd is on hold|@home_waiting
> >>  ..pick up gtd from library|@errands
> >>  ..read GTD|@home_reading
> >>
> >>  Now in the mean time your wife asked you to pick up a dozen eggs.
> >>  Since this is not really a project you just create an new action
> >>  pick up a dozen eggs.
> >> with the context @errands
> >>
> >>  Look under actions and select @errands (with next actions only not
> >> selected)
> >>  you will see:
> >>  pickup a dozen eggs
> >>  pickup up gtd from library.
> >>
> >>  when you select next actions only you will see
> >>  pickup a dozen eggs
> >>
> >>  Easy enough??
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Re: Next Actions - how to use

2011-03-29 Thread kendall vance
This example also illustrates something very useful that I had not
found in any documentation or examples: the use of the ".." to create
checkboxes, as in:
 ..put gtd on reserve at library|@home_computer

Is there a comprehensive guide anywhere delineating usage such as
this?  Am I missing a manual that I should know about (short of
scouring the source code to try and divine what does what)?

On Mar 29, 12:07 pm, Jonas Thomas  wrote:
> Sorry about the quick post. I was in an hurry this morning and I
> should have reread it before I clicked on the send button. Lets see if
> this makes more sense.
>
>  Ok... First off get a copy of David Allen's "Getting Things Done"
> from you library or bookstore.
>  D3 as well as Mgtd are  designed to follow this methodology.
>
> GTD todo lists are organizes actions by context, generally extracted
> from a project list.   You can have a action my itself that is not
> part of a project.
>
> Below is a quick example to demostrate basic concepts.
>
>  Organize contexts in terms of what you do in your life.
>  For example:
>  @errands
>  @home_reading
>  @home_computer
>  @home_waiting
>
> Create a project:
>  Project read David allens GTD
>  in the project you could do the following:
>  ..put gtd on reserve at library|@home_computer
>  ..waiting for ackknowlegement that gtd is on hold|@home_waiting
>  ..pick up gtd from library|@errands
>  ..read GTD|@home_reading
>
>  Now in the mean time your wife asked you to pick up a dozen eggs.
>  Since this is not really a project you just create an new action
>  pick up a dozen eggs.
> with the context @errands
>
>  Look under actions and select @errands (with next actions only not
> selected)
>  you will see:
>  pickup a dozen eggs
>  pickup up gtd from library.
>
>  when you select next actions only you will see
>  pickup a dozen eggs
>
>  Easy enough??

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Re: Next Actions - how to use

2011-03-29 Thread Stephanie Butler
It's a convention only -- not part of the mark-up.
On Mar 29, 2011 1:03 PM, "kendall vance"  wrote:
> Thanks - that makes perfect sense. I appreciate the reply. A quick
> question re the "@" symbols however. Is this just a convention, or is
> it a syntactic requirement of the TiddlyWiki markup? I see it used
> anywhere, but have not found any documentation describing its usage.
> I gather that it is generally used to denote a context, but when you
> use the "Create new context" button in d^3, it does not enforce this
> convention. Thanks for for the explanation above - this made for a
> Aha! moment. Now . . .back to the learning curve. . . .
>
> On Mar 29, 12:07 pm, Jonas Thomas  wrote:
>> Sorry about the quick post. I was in an hurry this morning and I
>> should have reread it before I clicked on the send button. Lets see if
>> this makes more sense.
>>
>>  Ok... First off get a copy of David Allen's "Getting Things Done"
>> from you library or bookstore.
>>  D3 as well as Mgtd are  designed to follow this methodology.
>>
>> GTD todo lists are organizes actions by context, generally extracted
>> from a project list.   You can have a action my itself that is not
>> part of a project.
>>
>> Below is a quick example to demostrate basic concepts.
>>
>>  Organize contexts in terms of what you do in your life.
>>  For example:
>>  @errands
>>  @home_reading
>>  @home_computer
>>  @home_waiting
>>
>> Create a project:
>>  Project read David allens GTD
>>  in the project you could do the following:
>>  ..put gtd on reserve at library|@home_computer
>>  ..waiting for ackknowlegement that gtd is on hold|@home_waiting
>>  ..pick up gtd from library|@errands
>>  ..read GTD|@home_reading
>>
>>  Now in the mean time your wife asked you to pick up a dozen eggs.
>>  Since this is not really a project you just create an new action
>>  pick up a dozen eggs.
>> with the context @errands
>>
>>  Look under actions and select @errands (with next actions only not
>> selected)
>>  you will see:
>>  pickup a dozen eggs
>>  pickup up gtd from library.
>>
>>  when you select next actions only you will see
>>  pickup a dozen eggs
>>
>>  Easy enough??
>
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Re: Next Actions - how to use

2011-03-29 Thread kendall vance
Thanks  - that makes perfect sense. I appreciate the reply.  A quick
question re the "@" symbols however.  Is this just a convention, or is
it a syntactic requirement of the TiddlyWiki markup?  I see it used
anywhere, but have not found any documentation describing its usage.
I gather that it is generally used to denote a context, but when you
use the "Create new context" button in d^3, it does not enforce this
convention. Thanks for for the explanation above - this made for a
Aha! moment.  Now . . .back to the learning curve. . . .

On Mar 29, 12:07 pm, Jonas Thomas  wrote:
> Sorry about the quick post. I was in an hurry this morning and I
> should have reread it before I clicked on the send button. Lets see if
> this makes more sense.
>
>  Ok... First off get a copy of David Allen's "Getting Things Done"
> from you library or bookstore.
>  D3 as well as Mgtd are  designed to follow this methodology.
>
> GTD todo lists are organizes actions by context, generally extracted
> from a project list.   You can have a action my itself that is not
> part of a project.
>
> Below is a quick example to demostrate basic concepts.
>
>  Organize contexts in terms of what you do in your life.
>  For example:
>  @errands
>  @home_reading
>  @home_computer
>  @home_waiting
>
> Create a project:
>  Project read David allens GTD
>  in the project you could do the following:
>  ..put gtd on reserve at library|@home_computer
>  ..waiting for ackknowlegement that gtd is on hold|@home_waiting
>  ..pick up gtd from library|@errands
>  ..read GTD|@home_reading
>
>  Now in the mean time your wife asked you to pick up a dozen eggs.
>  Since this is not really a project you just create an new action
>  pick up a dozen eggs.
> with the context @errands
>
>  Look under actions and select @errands (with next actions only not
> selected)
>  you will see:
>  pickup a dozen eggs
>  pickup up gtd from library.
>
>  when you select next actions only you will see
>  pickup a dozen eggs
>
>  Easy enough??

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Question about "Completed projects older than 14 days. (Delete individually)"

2011-03-29 Thread bkh
Dear Friends,

Please forgive me if there is something obvious I am missing.

In Cleanup, under projects, it says:

Completed projects older than 14 days. (Delete individually).

How do you delete them individually? Am I really supposed to open each
project and manually delete them as I would any tiddler? I've never
cleaned up before so my list is long. I thought unchecking them was
how I deleted individually, but that just un-completed them (Is that a
word?).

Why can't we delete projects just like actions?

Thanks everyone for all the work that goes into this tool.

Best wishes,
BKh

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Re: Next Actions - how to use

2011-03-29 Thread jonas thomas
Ok... First off, you need to get yourself to your local library or Borders
if it still exists ;( and get a copy of David Allen's "Getting Things Done"
D3 as well as Mgtd are  designed to follow this methodology.
You don't have do to's in the way I think your thinking.
What you need to is to setup up contexts in thinks that you do in your life.
For example:
@errands
@home_reading
@home_computer
@home_waiting

Then what you do is setup a project.
For example.
Project read David allens GTD
in the project you could do the following:
..put gtd on reserve at library|@home_computer
..waiting for ackknowlegement that gtd is on hold|@home_waiting
..pick up gtd from library|@errands
..read GTD|@home_reading

Now in the mean time your wife asked you to pick up a dozen eggs.
Since this is not really a project you just setup up and action under
@errands
pick up a dozen eggs.

Now if you you look under actions and select actions(with next actions not
selected)
you will see
pickup a dozen eggs
pickup up gtd from library.

when you select next actions only you will see
pickup a dozen eggs

Easy enough??







On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:18 PM, kendall vance  wrote:

> I'm a complete noob, so excuse my ignorance, but how does one use the
> Next Action feature of d^3?  I have created a tiddler named "ToDoList"
> with only "<>" in the body and a tag of "context".  All
> associated actions are listed correctly but I can't figure our what
> the "Review next actions only" is supposed to do.  It my case it
> doesn't do anything. This sounds like a useful feature, if only I
> understood how it works.  I'm brand new to GTD, TiddlyWiki, and d^3,
> so please go easy.  Thanks . . . .
>
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