Thanks for the response, turns out I can use Chrome as it doesn't require internet access and that seems to be the fastes of the bunch. (but I like that portable firefox option so I'll be sticking that on my USB anyway!).
The plugin for the journal list is a real find, thanks. Cheers, Gary On Aug 5, 4:50 pm, youngheart80 <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. My answer on that score is Portable Firefox from PortableApps.com. > My environment at work is quite locked down - more prison than work > place in my opinion - and PortableApps.com is a godsend. It runs > directly from a USB drive with no installation required. So, Portable > Firefox and my mGSD go on the stick and I always have it with me. > > 2. I use journal entries for keeping my personal journal - not GTD > info. I ended up making a new tiddler that has all of my journal > entries listed using the ForEachTiddlerPlugin (http://tiddlywiki.abego- > software.de/). > > 3. Don't think so, though you could just star the project maybe? > > 4. Hopefully answer to #1 will fix that. > > 5. That's one way to think of it. I think of Areas like "hats" or if > you've read Covey's 7 Habits, "roles". Essentially, both Realms and > Areas are other ways to group related projects and actions. So in my > case, I have my Realm set to "Work", then I have Areas "Shop > Support" (I provide engineering support to the shop - role or hat > would be "engineer") and "Leadership Team" (where I am chairman of a > committee for improving work-life for the engineering dept.). My > contexts of Email, Desk, Phone, Fax, etc. can be shared across Areas > (so I can send emails to the shop supervisor as part of "Shop Support" > or emails to my committee as part of "Leadership Team") and across > Realms (I can send emails to my friends from my home computer). If I > know I've only got a limited amount of time/energy I can narrow my > list down quickly to the things that give me the most bang for my > buck. > > For me, it meant I didn't have to have contexts that looked like @Work- > email or @Home-email. So instead of lots of contexts, I got Realms > and Areas to help refine how and when I worked on projects. > > Check out PortableApps.com. I think you'll find it liberating. > Grant > > On Aug 3, 8:35 pm, Gary Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, I've been using Thinking Rock for GTD for a while now and have > > just picked up (and transferred tasks into) mGSD, a few things either > > struck me as questions or issues other people may see. > > > 1. The initial hurdle to using mGSD was the fact it wouldn't save > > changes on my PC at work (the IT dept have restricted internet > > explorer) but was fine at home (Firefox). This was irritating as d- > > cubed saved just fine and from what I could tell with a bit of > > research seemed to be doing the same thing on save. I discovered that > > if I did a "save as..." and specified a complete file (rather than the > > file/folder combo thing) then when I opened that newly saved file I > > could then use the "save changes" option. Very odd behaviour and I'd > > have given in if I weren't so stubborn. > > > 2. I see lots of references to "journal" tiddlers, what's the idea > > with them? I like the idea of keeping journal entries in mGSD as it > > would keep my Work Log and Task List in the same place. But I > > couldn't see how you reviewed previous journal entries effectively. > > > 3. Is there an option that will force actions to inherit the star if > > their projects have it? > > > 4. I've just dumped my details into mGSD from Thinking Rock and > > noticed that IE slowed down a lot, is this a known issue? Running at > > home firefox hasn't had any problems with speed. > > > 5. I'm used to Projects, Actions and Contexts but Realms and Areas are > > new to me. I get the impression Areas are like never ending Projects, > > thus Projects are really sub-projects of Areas. Is this how people > > use them? Realms are much more obvious as they provide a clear way to > > shift focus between managing work tasks/home tasks/whatever. > > > I'm really impressed with the quality of the software, nicely done. > > > Cheers, > > Gary- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" 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/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
