Hi Vera, see below.
On Jun 13, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Vera wrote:
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)
Yup, agreed. This looks good.
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
Looks good. Something to think about down the line...we should be
careful of double-counting items. We don't want users to get the
impression that they have more work items than they actually do
because a single item shows up in several categories. But we can
probably gloss over this for now?
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?)
Let's look at the LATER->LATER numbers and see what they yield. I
have a feeling that given the use cases/workflows, it will be quite
common to have items in LATER for long periods of time. David Allen /
GTD isn't terribly concerned with items that never leave LATER.
People should feel guilt-free about recording Someday Maybe items
that may never get to. The process of writing it down is supposed to
make you feel better and clear your mind so that you can focus on
things you have to address NOW.
What about #items in LATER that have neither an alarm date nor an
event date? Basically Someday Maybe items?
4. Achievements:
LATER,NOW->DONE: 34
Is it with agreement with your idea of the three big pictures?
Yup, I think we're basically on the same page.
Mimi
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