It's genuinely free and it's planned to stay that way. Joel Spolsky's gift to the world (he's one of the good guys). It's already very popular with a lot of software houses in the US but translates well to personal and general business use.
On Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:38:58 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: > > Thanks for the link to Trello, Ken. > > > > Very interesting. Don’t think it replaces MLO for me but it could address > a different requirement on a specific project I am working on. > > > > Annoyingly it doesn’t give any indication of charging structure. Always > makes me very wary. > > > > Richard > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *pottster > *Sent:* 20 May 2012 8:18 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Implementing Horizons of Focus in MLO > > > > I agree with you, using folders or the Outline structure for task status > would be unwieldy. If a project's tasks are heavily process/status oriented > then something like Trello might be more suitable than MLO. > > On Sunday, 20 May 2012 12:50:41 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: > > Why and how do you use folders for organising your work? Surely this > what > context's are for? > > Virtually all my projects last longer than a day/week - for example, at > the > most extreme, I have been working on an IT project that has lasted three > years! And some of the tasks/sub-projects within that (eg writing a > specification) can take more than a week. With this methodology, one is > going to be constantly moving tasks between folders (something that MLO is > still very poor at because you can't open windows on the source and > destination at the same time) and splitting tasks. > > Feels like a bit of nightmare for anybody with anything other than small > scale projects/tasks. > > Or I am missing something. > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kent > > Sent: 19 May 2012 3:29 PM > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > Subject: [MLO] Re: Implementing Horizons of Focus in MLO > > > > I assume by Horizons of Focus, you're referring to the "Master Your > > Workday Now" methodology of Michael Linenberger? > > > > If so, here's how I do it... > > > > My MLO Outline contains these Primary Items, set up as folders (rather > > than tasks): > > 1. Significant Outcomes (weekly focus) > > 2. NOW (this week) > > 3. Inbox > > 4. Over Horizon > > > > Horizons of Focus correlate to those primary items as follows: > > 1. "Significant Outcomes" are not specific tasks, but a focus for > > the > > week. I mark these as "weekly goals" in MLO. > > 2. "NOW" has the projects and tasks that I want to work on in the > > next > > 10 days. Both Tasks and Projects are listed in the 2nd level of the > > outline (under the "NOW" folder). Under each project is the next > > action(s) in the 3rd level of the outline. I STAR those items that I > > commit to doing today. If not starred, they are "would like to do > > today or as soon as possible, but certainly plan to take action within > > 10 days". Limit this section to 25 or fewer items, else becomes > > overwhelming. And limit the "Today" items to 5 or less. > > 3. Inbox has unprocessed items. Some will be moved up to "NOW", > > others to "Over Horizon" as I process/define each one > > 4. Over Horizon has projects and tasks that I won't get to in the > > next > > 10 days. This includes someday/maybe type items. Though I haven't > > done it yet, Michael Linenberger recommends implementing a "start date" > > field and use it to show when you next wish to review an item. > > That way, you're not looking each week at items that don't need to be > > reviewed for a month or a year. > > > > Routine for use: > > 1. WEEKLY: Review "Over Horizon" items to see if any need to be > > moved > > to "Now"; if "Over Horizon" list is long, can use the "start date" > > method to limit the number to review each week. > > 2. DAILY: In MLO outline, review all items in NOW, starring > those > > to > > be done today. > > 3. HOURLY: In MLO Task List, work from a list that shows only > > "Starred" items, as those are the "do today" items. Once those are > > complete, then look at all items in "NOW" and work on those. > > > > -- > > 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/-/xNNGnNSXoPAJ. > 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. 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