I was thinking about this today, as my frustration with new project lists continued. Because projects tend to be sequential in nature, priority sorting is only working to a point. Every time a task is completed, it means I have to go through and re-prioritize everything on the list. And in the meantime, the alphabetical sorting means that the rest of the project is disorganized into the pile, and I have to dig through and pull out what's next, assign a new priority, and so forth. Ordering by date would be nice, if there are a sufficient number of dates between here and the time that the whole thing is due, to cover all of the necessary steps. I tried naming tasks by starting with numbers first, to see if that would help, at least with the alphabetical system, but that broke down the instant I had to insert something new into the middle of the project.
It's a mess. I think there should be an alternate sorting mechanism, since priorities don't get passed down as individual tasks get completed. I think some sort of sequential form of ordering would be much better, so that as tasks are completed, the next thing in line gets advanced automatically, and it's possible both to enter things in a sequential fashion, as well as insert new tasks into the middle of the list, as they become necessary. This may very well become the next Appigo App... some sort of pocket project planning app, that puts things into a visual context that's based on a Gantt chart, but the list can be exported into ToDo. The GTD methodology is great for handling the day to day influx of crap as it floats across the desk, but I don't think it really addresses how to break away from the Inbox and actually address an involved project in its own context. Correspondingly, this is a hole in ToDo. -- Learn more about Todo (task management made simple), 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
