+0 Original posters idea would be cool -but not a necessity to me. This is because 1) I have so many tasks, the most important to me is to just be working on something, 2) it takes too much time to accurately estimate and enter task duration -if estimated quickly it's often incorrect- ( so i'd rather do that estimation when I see the task on my list, simply ask myself "do I have time to start this? to finish it?") and 3) To maintain balance in my life, I have a separate schedule which lays out blocks of time where I focus on a particular type of task. (zones of focus if you will) I switch views in MLO to see all those tasks of that particular type. It matters not how the tasks fit my 2-hour block of time -I just need to work on them for 2 hours solid.
Regards, -Tim On Aug 15, 10:52 am, Damian Skeeles <[email protected]> wrote: > When I first got MLO, I actually expected it to automatically plan my > day for me. As I learned how to use it, I realised how complex that > would be in practice. > > Anyway, the idea was that you set the duration of each task. You also > set the place/context, and which hours of which days you're in those > places. > > You then hit "plan", and MLO starts taking your top priority tasks, > and dropping them into your calendar according to duration. For each > next task, it checks which context you'll be in, and drops the next > high priority task for the same context into the calendar. > > If it finds tasks with due dates/times, it tries to fit those in > before the due date. And suddenly you have, very probably, your next > few months planned hour-by-hour. > > If anything, it would show you how long it would be before you > actually get to a particular task - which can act as an incentive to > start working on getting things done! > > Whether this would be useful in practice, I'm not sure. I have > sticking to gtd with my tasks for today, let alone 6 months in the > future. > > -- > Damian Skeeles > +44 7917 443073 > Sent from my Mobile Device - please excuse typos and brevity > > On 15 Aug 2009, at 00:58, danliebke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > +1 > > > I wouldn't want this as the default setting, but I can see how it > > might be a useful option. > > > On Aug 15, 2:51 am, mlg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Andrey and all, > >> Today if I look at my MLO To-Do list for different days, I get an > >> idea > >> of the NUMBER of tasks I have each day, but not really a good idea > >> (visually) of HOW MUCH WORK I have planned for each day, since some > >> tasks require 3-4hrs, while others require 10mins... > >> I think the visual intuitiveness and "visual value" of MLO would be > >> greatly increased if you add an option to make the height (vertical > >> thickness) of tasks proportional to the Time needed to do the task. > >> Similar to how in Outlook calendar you can instantly identify big > >> tasks vs small tasks. > >> Then with a quick glance at MLO I would be able to see where my "big" > >> tasks are, how many "small" tasks I have in the different days, how > >> much aprox TOTAL TIME do I have on any given day or project, etc. > >> I really think this could make a mayor contribution to MLO's visual > >> cues. > > >> Note: a potential challenge for few people might be if you have to > >> deal with both tiny (5mins) and huge (e.g. 20hrs) tasks, since then > >> making MLO tasks "linearly proportional" in height would make the > >> 20hrs task higher than the entire screen... But then it would be > >> possible to have an option to use some sort of "logaritmic scale"... > >> or to allow the user to set a maximum displayed height?? Andrey is a > >> smart guy, I'm sure he can figure it out. I believe the TimeTo > >> sowftware and some others are already displaying tasks like that... > > >> Note2: there could be a botton to toggle between "equal height" items > >> (tasks or projects) display and "time-proportional height" display. > > >> Note3: this would become an amazing feature if projects would > >> automatically add the Time required for each task in the project > >> (whether Min, Max or average Time) so when looking at Projects > >> themselves (filtering out tasks) we could instantly+visually get an > >> idea of how much time we have planned in each project. > > >> I hope this is interesting to all (pls reply if so) and really look > >> forward to seeing this feature soon! > > >> Thx Andrey and team for the great work on MLO! > > >> Mario --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" 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/mylifeorganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
