[MLO] Re: Scheduled Tasks vs. ASAP Tasks (Best Practice)

[Alexis]

I feel we think about this topic very similar. 

My Outlook/iCloud calendar i only use for appointments, meetings and so 
one. It would get very confusing if i would put tasks there. Sometimes i 
use a different approach and drag calendar elements into MLO. 

I absolutely agree with you about start and due dates. Unfortunately if it 
comes to custom views on mobile devices only filtering and sorting is 
possible. You only have one column in the tasklist and this is the task 
itself. You can as a second line display one date. And this is due 
date/time only. That´s the reason for my approach. 

Alex

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[MLO] Re: Scheduled Tasks vs. ASAP Tasks (Best Practice)

[Dwight Arthur]

On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:06:38 AM UTC-4, Alexis wrote:

 . . .This way my next scheduled task is always under my next ASAP task. I 
 can quickly compare what to do next. What´s your solution for dealing 
 with ASAP vs. scheduled tasks?. . .

 Alex

Alex, this is an ingenious and nest solution. To describe my approach, I 
need to distinguish three categories: Your ASAP tasks which have no ties to 
any specific dates, your scheduled tasks which are nailed to a specific 
date-time, and something in between: ASAP tasks that do not appear on my 
to-do list until a certain date, and that may have some date by which they 
must be done, but within those constraints they are ASAP.

For specifically scheduled tasks I most often schedule appointments on my 
calendar. If there is some reason why this needs to be set up as a task (eg 
other tasks are dependent on the completion of this task) I will generally 
use MLO Reminder to alert me of the start time.

Alexis wrote:

 . . .I use Due Date/Times instead of Start Date/Times as those are 
 displayed on the iOS Devices. . .


In line with GTD I use start and due dates as the cannot-be-done-before 
date and the must-be-done-before date. It would really be a serious problem 
for me if I were to lose the use of one of these date fields. If you cannot 
view the start date on your device, I understand that you need to nake 
accomodations. But I would encourage you to try to find a way to regain the 
use of both fields. I don't know much about ios devices but I thought that 
current versions of MLO for IOS included the ability to create custom views 
- can't you just add the start date to the views where you need it?
-Dwight





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