Re: Is there a way to look at all upcoming ticklers within the next week?
Worked like a charm, thanks.
It was interesting to see the method for adding function calls into
the system too.
Cheers,
Gary
On 6 Aug, 15:42, Michael Scherer misc0...@googlemail.com wrote:
I wrote a function that can be used instead of
tiddler.tiddlerisActive().
Create a new tiddler named 'TicklerWillBeActiveWithin' with the two
tags 'systemConfig' and 'exludeSearch' (all without quotes, of
course). Copy all the text between the BEGIN and END lines into the
content field:
//BEGIN
merge(Tiddler.prototype,{
ticklerWillBeActiveWithin: function(numDays) {
// Ignore ticklers without date
if (!this.fields.mgtd_date)
return false;
var nowTime = new Date();
// Respect user settings (see ticker.isActive())
var defaultHourToActivate = 5; // fixme put elsewhere
var hourToActivate =
config.mGTD.getOptTxt('tickleractivatehour') ||
defaultHourToActivate;
if (nowTime.getHours() hourToActivate) {
// Too early in the morning, go back one day.
nowTime.setDate(nowTime.getDate() - 1);
}
// Start tomorrow
startTime = new Date(nowTime.getFullYear(),
nowTime.getMonth(),
nowTime.getDate() + 1);
// End in numDays days
endTime = new Date(nowTime.getFullYear(), nowTime.getMonth(),
nowTime.getDate() + 1 + numDays);
return (startTime.convertToMMDDHHMM() =
this.fields.mgtd_date
endTime.convertToMMDDHHMM() = this.fields.mgtd_date);
}
});
//END
Save your wiki and reload it. Now, you can use the function in your
mgtdList as follows: (Note the changed 'where' clause)
//BEGIN
mgtdList title:'Upcoming Ticklers'
startTag:Tickler
tags:'!Actioned'
view:Tickler
mode:global
newButtonTags:'Tickler Once'
where:'tiddler.ticklerWillBeActiveWithin(7)'
sort:'tickleDate'
ignoreRealm:
{{config.mGTD.getOptChk('AlertsIgnoreRealm')?'yes':''}}
//END
This will show all future ticklers for the next 7 days. Of course, by
replacing the '7' in the list's where clause with another number, you
can define any other period.
HTH,
Michael
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Re: Saving differences between versions
Ignore this, it was a difference in how the file had been saved. Both versions worked but only one would save. Sorted now. On Aug 3, 10:09 am, Gary Buckley macta...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm just getting started after years of using an alternate GTD tool, so far I'm very impressed. I noticed that d-cubed saves in a different way to monkey, is this a plugin that can be applied to any of the TiddlyWiki variants? Cheers, Gary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
Re: New user experience and questions
Thanks for the response, turns out I can use Chrome as it doesn't require internet access and that seems to be the fastes of the bunch. (but I like that portable firefox option so I'll be sticking that on my USB anyway!). The plugin for the journal list is a real find, thanks. Cheers, Gary On Aug 5, 4:50 pm, youngheart80 younghear...@gmail.com wrote: 1. My answer on that score is Portable Firefox from PortableApps.com. My environment at work is quite locked down - more prison than work place in my opinion - and PortableApps.com is a godsend. It runs directly from a USB drive with no installation required. So, Portable Firefox and my mGSD go on the stick and I always have it with me. 2. I use journal entries for keeping my personal journal - not GTD info. I ended up making a new tiddler that has all of my journal entries listed using the ForEachTiddlerPlugin (http://tiddlywiki.abego- software.de/). 3. Don't think so, though you could just star the project maybe? 4. Hopefully answer to #1 will fix that. 5. That's one way to think of it. I think of Areas like hats or if you've read Covey's 7 Habits, roles. Essentially, both Realms and Areas are other ways to group related projects and actions. So in my case, I have my Realm set to Work, then I have Areas Shop Support (I provide engineering support to the shop - role or hat would be engineer) and Leadership Team (where I am chairman of a committee for improving work-life for the engineering dept.). My contexts of Email, Desk, Phone, Fax, etc. can be shared across Areas (so I can send emails to the shop supervisor as part of Shop Support or emails to my committee as part of Leadership Team) and across Realms (I can send emails to my friends from my home computer). If I know I've only got a limited amount of time/energy I can narrow my list down quickly to the things that give me the most bang for my buck. For me, it meant I didn't have to have contexts that looked like @Work- email or @Home-email. So instead of lots of contexts, I got Realms and Areas to help refine how and when I worked on projects. Check out PortableApps.com. I think you'll find it liberating. Grant On Aug 3, 8:35 pm, Gary Buckley macta...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I've been using Thinking Rock for GTD for a while now and have just picked up (and transferred tasks into) mGSD, a few things either struck me as questions or issues other people may see. 1. The initial hurdle to using mGSD was the fact it wouldn't save changes on my PC at work (the IT dept have restricted internet explorer) but was fine at home (Firefox). This was irritating as d- cubed saved just fine and from what I could tell with a bit of research seemed to be doing the same thing on save. I discovered that if I did a save as... and specified a complete file (rather than the file/folder combo thing) then when I opened that newly saved file I could then use the save changes option. Very odd behaviour and I'd have given in if I weren't so stubborn. 2. I see lots of references to journal tiddlers, what's the idea with them? I like the idea of keeping journal entries in mGSD as it would keep my Work Log and Task List in the same place. But I couldn't see how you reviewed previous journal entries effectively. 3. Is there an option that will force actions to inherit the star if their projects have it? 4. I've just dumped my details into mGSD from Thinking Rock and noticed that IE slowed down a lot, is this a known issue? Running at home firefox hasn't had any problems with speed. 5. I'm used to Projects, Actions and Contexts but Realms and Areas are new to me. I get the impression Areas are like never ending Projects, thus Projects are really sub-projects of Areas. Is this how people use them? Realms are much more obvious as they provide a clear way to shift focus between managing work tasks/home tasks/whatever. I'm really impressed with the quality of the software, nicely done. Cheers, Gary- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
Is there a way to look at all upcoming ticklers within the next week?
I like to have a bit of heads up on my ToDo list about ticklers that
are going to fire soon, not standard I know but it means I don't need
a tickler for today to tell me to be in the office early tomorrow and
another for tomorrow to tell me that I've got a meeting @ 9.00, if my
upcoming ticklers show a meeting for tomorrow then it's nice and
obvious.
Anyway, I found how to list all upcoming ticklers, but this gets big
so I managed to restrict it using the scrolling feature. This gives
me what I need but isn't as elegant as if I could just select fewer
ticklers, I'm guessing there must be a way of using the tickleDate + 7
days (for example) to limit the selection.
Any ideas? The list script I've got is currently:
{{scroll10{ mgtdList title:'Upcoming Ticklers'
startTag:Tickler
tags:'!Actioned'
view:Tickler
mode:global
newButtonTags:'Tickler Once'
where:'( !tiddler.fields.mgtd_date || !tiddler.ticklerIsActive() )'
sort:'tickleDate'
ignoreRealm:{{config.mGTD.getOptChk('AlertsIgnoreRealm')?'yes':''}}
}}}
Thanks,
Gary
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Saving differences between versions
I'm just getting started after years of using an alternate GTD tool, so far I'm very impressed. I noticed that d-cubed saves in a different way to monkey, is this a plugin that can be applied to any of the TiddlyWiki variants? Cheers, Gary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
New user experience and questions
Hi, I've been using Thinking Rock for GTD for a while now and have just picked up (and transferred tasks into) mGSD, a few things either struck me as questions or issues other people may see. 1. The initial hurdle to using mGSD was the fact it wouldn't save changes on my PC at work (the IT dept have restricted internet explorer) but was fine at home (Firefox). This was irritating as d- cubed saved just fine and from what I could tell with a bit of research seemed to be doing the same thing on save. I discovered that if I did a save as... and specified a complete file (rather than the file/folder combo thing) then when I opened that newly saved file I could then use the save changes option. Very odd behaviour and I'd have given in if I weren't so stubborn. 2. I see lots of references to journal tiddlers, what's the idea with them? I like the idea of keeping journal entries in mGSD as it would keep my Work Log and Task List in the same place. But I couldn't see how you reviewed previous journal entries effectively. 3. Is there an option that will force actions to inherit the star if their projects have it? 4. I've just dumped my details into mGSD from Thinking Rock and noticed that IE slowed down a lot, is this a known issue? Running at home firefox hasn't had any problems with speed. 5. I'm used to Projects, Actions and Contexts but Realms and Areas are new to me. I get the impression Areas are like never ending Projects, thus Projects are really sub-projects of Areas. Is this how people use them? Realms are much more obvious as they provide a clear way to shift focus between managing work tasks/home tasks/whatever. I'm really impressed with the quality of the software, nicely done. Cheers, Gary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
Re: Falling behind on accumulating actions
Create a project for Doing Critiques, add your first do critique action as the next action then queue up all the other critique actions on the one before it. This will mean that you have them all listed as needing done but only the first one will show up in the Next Actions list. Clutter = gone. On Aug 4, 2:59 pm, user4815162342 neilmshel...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks for all of the advice, people. I know that you are trying to be helpful, but I wasn't asking how to deal with my own life problems. I was asking a question about how to use a particular piece of software which this discussion group is set up for supporting. I just figured that explaining my scenario would be the easiest way to describe the issue I'm talking about. So, to be clear now: in the context of this discussion, I am interested in how these sorts of recurring, accumulating actions might be more easily dealt with in the scope of this software. -- Neil On Aug 4, 7:29 am, John Holden j...@holdencrew.com wrote: I've got an answer, but you're not going to like it! It sounds like you are 'time bankrupt'! You have taken on too much and you can't meet your commitments as they fall due. (Don't feel bad - this is really normal!) No matter how much you tinker with a fancy system, you're not going to find the answer - it's like a bankrupt thinking he can make his debt go away by tidying up and re-categorizing his bank statements! Short advice (because you're short on time!) stop messing with mGSD and go do a story critique! Firewall however much time you think it needs and get it done. Don't stop. Remove distractions. Reward yourself when you've finished. These are all GTD techniques - we all need to avoid falling into the trap of allowing our system to become our work! Someone once said, don't confuse the scoreboard with the game. Another possibility is that you are subconsciously using mGSD as a distraction that allows you to procrastinate over getting your story critiques done? Time for more self discipline - focus and get one done. Just one. Don't worry about the backlog - get one done. Then another. Don't try and do ten this week; perhaps just two. Another technique is to 'declare a DMZ' around the backlog and start with a clean slate. It feels better. Each week do this week's story critique and one (or two) from the DMZ. In only four weeks, your DMC will be empty. If you are still time bankrupt (and most of us are), try this: Un-commit (don’t do) something. Spend the time on something else Improved effectiveness Less output; no impact on life Improve your process to eliminate waiting time between tasks Improved efficiency (Same output in less time) Doing things right Improve your method/ process/use technology to get the same output in less time time saved can be spent on something else Improved efficiency Doing things right Do something to a lower standard of output spend some of the time on something else Improved efficiency Less output; same effect Doing things right “Don’t allow perfection to become the enemy of the good” Delegate - Offload commitments to someone else; buy or receive time from someone else (but you may have to repay the favour!) spend your time on something else Improved efficiency Same output; less personal time Doing the right things When you've done at least three story critiques, have a look atwww.43folders.com Merlin Mann is where I got this brutal type of advice from. He pulls no punches, but he's right. Good luck! Stop reading this and go do a story review. (No offence intended) John On 4 Aug 2010, at 13:13, user4815162342 wrote: I've been using mGSD for a couple of weeks, and so far it's been going pretty well. I have what I think is a special use case, but I'm looking for ideas on how to make it easier for me, or to see how other people have solved it. Here's my scenario: I'm a member of a writing group, which requires its members to critique at least one story written by another member once a week. If you miss a week, that's okay, but you have to do two the next week to get caught up. If you miss two weeks, you have to do three to get caught up, etc. Well, I'm embarrassed to say that I'm now behind by more than ten weeks, and I'm trying to catch up. Now, for GTD, I've set up an action for each critique that I have to complete. I have a tickler set up to remind me every week to add another critique action. This means my 'Next Actions' is getting rather long, full of all of these critiques I have to do, which makes it difficult for me to see other actions (many of which have higher priority, which is one reason why I'm more than ten weeks behind). It's also getting harder for me to count how many I have left to do at a single glance. Although this is probably not a common
