Dear Mimi, I really liked your division into the three big pictures, thanks a lot for your comments. Please see my comments below.
1. Instead of calculating the # of tiems that were created/received in NOW in the last week, would it be possible to figure out the total # of new items that were created (either by me or via sharing) in either NOW or LATER. This gives you an idea of the rate at which you're collecting 'more stuff' to deal with in your life.
It's possible, but I think the separation should still remain clear, because later and now are essentially different. Maybe something like this: Entered into my life last week: as NOW: 23 as LATER: 21 (Total 44) 2. I wonder if the # of items that are NOW that came into NOW more
than a week ago is just as interesting as the # of NOW items that came into NOW this week. In other words, show me the items I have in NOW that have been then for a long time.
That's true. How about? Where is my focus now? NOW that appeared in the last week: 23 NOW that are still there from before: 17 Alert for NOW that are there more than two(?) weeks: 5 3. Should we have #s for the total of items in NOW, LATER and DONE? It is a general overview on the current state in general, and that's what they see in their dashboards anyway. I guess it wouldn't hurt to add a snapshot of the current state overall, but it's not as important as having the progress information. What do you think? It seems like the 3 'big pictures' we're trying to provide users is:
1. How much new stuff did I take on in the last week? 2. Where was my focus? How did my focus change? 3. What stuff did I get done last week?
As I said I really liked this, and would like to extend it further. What do you think about: 1. New things added in the last week as NOW as LATER - Here there is a question of whether we should put the NOW that are still NOW, or also the NOW that entered during the last week, but were also DONE last week.Probably, we want to add the things that were added as NOW, no matter their current status, because they are the new things that were added during the last week. 2. Transition of focus in the last week: out of focus - NOW->LATER into focus: LATER ->NOW (old things) - The new things in 1. also came into focus, I am not sure whether it's reasonable to repeat them here 3. Persistence of focus (in accordance with what I have mentioned above): NOW->NOW (in the last week) NOW->NOW (from the weeks before) LATER->LATER Alerts on things that are in focus too long (two weeks?) 4. Achievements: LATER,NOW->DONE: 34 Is it with agreement with your idea of the three big pictures? Thank you, Vera
On Jun 8, 2007, at 11:45 PM, Vera wrote: > > NOW: > #items that were created (received) last week and have the status NOW > #items that were triaged as NOW during the last week and are still > in the status of NOW > total #items that are triaged as NOW currently > the titles of the relevant items > #items that became UNREAD during the last week and are still UNREAD > LATER: > #items that were created last week with the status of LATER > #items that were tickled as LATER during the last week (shows > transition of focus) > the titles of the relevant items > DONE: > #items that were marked as DONE during the last week > the titles of the relevant items >
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