> <moving stuff from the Inbox to the outline is truly dreadful (what > happened > to the multiple windows on the same file feature which would have made this > so much easier?)> > Control+m
> <AND the parsing method for allocating flags just doesn't work for me - I > need something visual.> > Have the flag column present and right click in space once task created. > <This is turning into a bit of a winge (Brit expression for moan/expression > of frustration)> > I think you'll find it's "whinge" - and yes, it is. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SRhyse > > Sent: 06 September 2011 1:02 AM > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > Subject: [MLO] Re: Managing a task deluge/what happened to the > > calendar? > > > > Though I'd kill for a calendar function in this thing as well, it > > sounds like whatever structure you're trying to put your tasks into in > > the outline is detrimentally complex for the volume you're inputting, > > as well as the way you work. The RTE and parsing mentioned can > > certainly speed that up, as can saved views to jump around in the > > outline, but if the only thing that's serving you well enough to > > manage your workload is the divisions of - > > > > . Do now/today > > . Do this evening > > . Do later this week > > . Talk to my boss about > > . Talk to my colleague about > > > > - you could easily just make folders in MLO named - > > > > . Do now/today > > . Do this evening > > . Do later this week > > . Talk to my boss about > > . Talk to my colleague about > > > > - then plop the tasks in there. If there were a vital few that needed > > some kind of heavy emphasis or something, you'd only have to add a > > flag, start, etc to that, which doesn't take more than a click or > > writing -star in the RTE when entering it. There are shortcut keys > > for going to certain positions and views in the outline as well if you > > needed it to be any quicker, but if your outline's complex enough to > > make that valuable, it's likely just too complex. Your problems seem > > to be more your workload and or what appears to be a recent change in > > it, rather than program features. MLO scales up and down in complexity > > pretty well. Even with most everything turned off, you'd still have > > the advantage of- > > > > a- Capturing everything very quickly via RTE and the global hotkey > > that activates it > > b- Manual sorting, even if you just stuck to the outline > > c- Having everything written down in general for you to review, making > > it harder than not to forget about any of it > > > > Though it would be nice if there were program features to tell you the > > best way to spend any passing moment, at the end of the day, you have > > decide what to do among your alternatives and do it as best you can. > > There are the things you're committed to doing as soon as you can, the > > things you're doing right now, stuff that truthfully has to be done on > > a certain day, and stuff that you can kid yourself you'll be getting > > to before dealing with the list so far, but no amount of prioritizing > > or box checking in a program will allow you to get to a moment sooner. > > You really can't get around the fact that 'the most critical' task for > > you to be doing is never going to be any more accurate than the one > > you think you should be doing, as even with features and help, you're > > just distributing your own analysis and intuition into the program. > > > > On Sep 5, 2:18 pm, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have almost completely abandoned MLO for the moment because I can't > > make > > > it work for me in the context in which I currently find myself - > > namely a > > > frantic go live situation - where I am being deluged with critically > > urgent > > > tasks almost every minute. > > > > > > The problems are a) capturing these tasks; b) identifying the most > > critical > > > and putting these in some sort of order to be done today; and c) not > > > forgetting the other tasks. > > > > > > Maybe I missing something but I just can't find a way of using MLO > > that > > > helps me here and I revert to using an old fashioned spiral bound > > notepad on > > > which I have pages for > > > > > > . Do now/today > > > > > > . Do this evening > > > > > > . Do later this week > > > > > > . Talk to my boss about > > > > > > . Talk to my colleague about > > > > > > When a new task comes along, I just write it on the appropriate page. > > > > > > The problem with MLO in its current form is that you add stuff in the > > > outline and then work out priorities and when you are going to do it. > > All > > > of which takes far too long. What I need here is the ability to > > quickly go > > > to a box/page/place which has a priority/name associated with it > > and put > > > the task there directly. And to then have the ability to drag tasks > > between > > > those boxes It would probably go into the Outline in the 'Inbox' > > or some > > > other designated place for tasks added directly in this way. > > > > > > Which brings me to the 'calendar' - this would be one way of doing > > things - > > > if I could go to a particular date (eg today) and just add a task > > there > > > directly, this would be so helpful. I could then drag tasks > > between days. > > > And even split days into parts (eg critical, urgent, very high > > priority, > > > > > > Incidentally, what has happened to the calendar? > > > > > > Richard > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/l6ssCKKcGOoJ. 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.
