James, Thanks very much for posting that! I do some things differently than he does, but I always welcome ideas that challenge my thinking on Todo/ GTD, and he had some really good ones.
-- Erich On Jan 4, 9:44 pm, James <[email protected]> wrote: > This may be interesting > > https://docs.google.com/View?id=dg9kk9kc_94dcpg563v&pli=1 > > (I was already doing something similar but have now adopted some of > the author's suggestions) > > On Dec 28 2010, 11:55 am, JC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am a new user of ToDo for the iPhone. > > > I would like to see a discussion about how different folks use the > > feature set of ToDo. > > > Here is what I am currently doing (but interested in hearing others): > > > I have exactly two Lists: Personal, Work. > > I use Context only for things in the lists that must be done at a > > location: Home, Office, Shopping. > > I use Projects for any Task that is "big" and seems to naturally be > > broken into sub-Tasks: Clean Garage (clean/organize tool workbench, > > clean/organize shelves, clean/organize cabinets)... This also includes > > "steps" in a Task that might require some dependent step to be done > > before I can do my next step which is a separate discussion thread I > > have seen recently. > > I use Tags two different ways: 1) to identify long running topics of > > activity: Financial, Strategy, etc.... and 2) as a way to identify > > temporal activities w/o actually setting a due date: Today, This > > Weekend, This Month, This Year, etc. > > > I have only been using ToDo for about 10 days, but currently have > > about 170 tasks entered, following the model above, and it seems to be > > both easy to enter and easy to find focus topics for action. > > > Example: Personal items, while Home, limited to Financial before Year > > End. > > Example: Personal items, while Shopping. > > Example: Work items, no particular context, focused on Strategy items > > with no particular due date. > > > Some other observations: > > > Very few tasks have a Context (ie, I can do a lot of work from home), > > but Context, *is* critical when its "right". > > (ie: I cannot repair my home computer while at Work, but must be @ > > Home). > > > By using Tags as a way to categorize time, I don't have to pick a > > specific day, but can set a "range" of time for a task. > > > By using Tags for long running topics, they tend to be a little like > > projects, but the difference is there are always Tasks coming and > > going within the Tagged topic (e.g. Financial Planning, Landscaping, > > etc.) > > > By breaking "big" tasks into Projects, I can make progress, and I can > > also wait for external dependencies to be accomplished before > > completion (e.g. Paint House -> Request Bids; <external dependency > > waiting for bid responses>; Review Bids; Select Painter; Schedule Job; > > Prepare Landscaping; <external dependency waiting for painter>; > > Paint). Note: I don't enter the external dependencies.. they just > > seem natural in the sub-tasks. > > > Comments welcome. Would also like to see similar write ups with > > other models that folks have come up with. -- Learn more about Todo (task management made simple), Corkulous (collect, organize, and share your ideas), 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
