PS: I was surprised when I googled TimeTo. It appears to be the exact same software as Above & Beyond: http://www.1soft.com/aandb.html (!) Too bad they haven't modernized and polished the user interface. That's the worst thing about that software.
On Aug 16, 10:34 am, Timothee <[email protected]> wrote: > +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. 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