Thank you Sigamy, this seems like a pretty good system. It doesn't work so well with Toodledo because it's a bit more of a pain to move things from folder to folder (not a huge pain, but a little one). I thought I might just be able to look at my completed items instead and uncheck the ones I wanted to reuse, but Toodledo hides them after a week unless you buy the Pro version. I hate spending money(!) but I might just have to upgrade because there are other features there that look good too.
Thanks again. I am sure I'll be able to come up with a workable system based on yours. And Appigo will come up with something one of these days! Regards, Anna -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sigamy Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:51 PM To: Appigo Todo Subject: [appigo-todo] Re: Todo and shopping lists Anna, I'm using RTM with Todo. I also wanted a shopping list functionality. I looked at the dedicated apps but I wanted to get it to work with Todo, as I'd already paid for it. My solution is pretty basic, but it is working so far. All I've done is create two lists: "All Groceries" and then "Shopping". In the "All Groceries" list I add all the items that we purchase normally. As time goes on I'll add more. I do this in RTM on the web as it is easier for data entry. I've named items according to categories to ease sorting for example, "Bread-Hamburger Rolls", "Bread-Whole Wheat", "Bread-Hot Dog". When I need to create a shopping list, I simply move items from the All Groceries to the Shopping list. The beauty is that my wife can do this online at home on the computer and then I can sync my iPhone and have the list before I walk into the store. Works well. While shopping I just tap items as complete. Then when I get back to a computer I move the items out of Shopping and back into All Groceries. You could also do that right via Todo, but it is more taps and I don't want to drop my iPhone in the store. I've thought about making empty lists for each store (Home Depot, Sears, etc). I hope this is helpful for you. On Sep 23, 11:34 am, Anna MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is outside Todo's normal focus, but please bear with me. Along > with all my tasks, etc., I use Todo for my grocery lists. I've tried > several shopping list apps -- I even paid for one app, which I don't > do lightly -- and they've all been more trouble than they're worth. It > takes too long to enter each item, whereas Todo's Quick-Add feature > makes it so easy. It's also so nice to be able to enter items via > Toodledo, so if I see a recipe online, say, I can just enter all the > ingredients in Toodledo, in my Shopping folder. > > Even over the few weeks I've been doing this, I have entered and > checked off quite a selection of items. It occurs to me that it would > be very helpful to be able to store these items for reuse so I don't > have to re-enter them next time I need them. What if there was a way > to have a "storage" folder associated with a certain folder? Say I > could specify (by folder or by item) where an item goes after it's > checked off -- to Completed Items or to Storage. All my shopping items > would go to Shopping Storage after being checked off, then next time > I'm heading out I could just go to Shopping Storage and uncheck the > things I need that trip, thus sending them back to the shopping list. > Over time I'd build up a pretty complete list of things I shop for, > and there's all that typing saved, plus an easy way to check for > things I might need to buy. (I suppose the checking/unchecking would > act as a sort of toggle, sending the item to one list or the other.) > > As I said, I realize this isn't the main purpose of Todo... but if it > turned out to be not-too-huge a programming task, there'd be this > whole other avenue of listmaking goodness! > > Thanks for listening, > Anna --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Learn more about Todo, Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Appigo Todo" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
