Wow, that's great...even better...I agree with the utility of Waiting for as a communication status. And, I agree with Davor, Waiting For <Contact> somehow indicated somewhere, in the detail view perhaps. Andre
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:14:35 -0700, "Mimi Yin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I've had trouble figuring out exactly where 'Waiting for' lives in > information model. I too have thought of it as a triage status. I > wonder though if it's not really a part of the 'communication > status' family. > > Read, Unread, Needs reply, Waiting for. > > That way, 'Waiting for' items can have their own triage status. > 'Waiting for' something NOW versus 'Waiting for' something LATER > versus a completed 'Waiting for', DONE. > > Now the question is, how do we integrated 'Whom we're waiting for' > into the model? > > Mimi > > On Jul 10, 2007, at 5:09 AM, Andre Mueninghoff wrote: > > > Hi Davor, > > > > You may be thinking of the GTD triage status of "'Waiting for'". My > > interpretation is that it is a type of Later. If I mark an item with > > "'Waiting for'", in theory I know what I'm 'Waiting for' to be able > > to take > > the next action step, Later. If and when custom triage status and > > sections become available, I will implement 'Waiting for' immediately. > > IMO, since Chandler is designed with GTD as one of its conceptual > > sources, I think 'Waiting for' should be an OOTB triage status. > > This could > > also draw more user adoption of those using GTD. > > > > Enjoy, Andre > > > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:05:36 -0700, "Davor Cubranic" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On Thursday 05 July 2007 04:57:43 Mimi Yin wrote: > >>> Would it make sense to add a 4th triage status for something along > >>> the lines of Archive? > >> > >> Isn't there a triage status in GTD named "Get to it"? (It's been a > >> while > >> since I skimmed the book.) Although, I guess it works sort of like > >> Chandler's "Later" without an alarm. Plus there is the "Reference > >> file", which sounds like the "Archive" status for contacts that you > >> mentioned. > >> > >> Davor > >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > >> > >> Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list > >> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > > > Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list > > http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
