plus, it would allow to make a task belonging to several projects, as it is often the case.
eg. I have to make identity photos in order to: 1)ask for a new passport 2)subscribe to the Library this is 2 distinct projects. Which one deserve the "photo todo" most ? (at the risk of going twice to the photo-shop, which is lack of efficiency isn't it ?) Le jeudi 15 juillet 2010 17:29:17 UTC+2, jded a écrit : > > Like you, I too have a seperate folder/area for "dated stuff"; > birthdays, anniversaries etc. This is straightforward and de-clutters > things considerably. > > I follow what you describe below and is probably where I will end up > given current MLO funtionality. The filters/views are powerful tools. > > I continue to think that the "logical linking" approach would suit me > the most (it certainly helps that I use that feature a lot in UR) - > tasks show up cleanly and clearly in the tree exactly where I want > them to be. I don't really think it changes the dimensionality of the > system any - it really is nothing more than the extension of the link > in the Notes field idea to a linked item in the tree. The key featute > is that one would edit the underlying task at the location of the link > and not jump back to the underlying task (as one does when one puts a > link in the Notes field). > > > > On Jul 15, 3:22 pm, chuckdevee <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Fletcher that this is a big challenge for a single- > > dimensional hierarchical structure. > > By way of background, my major Outline branches are categorised by > > different areas such as 'Financial Planning', 'Fitness and Health', > > 'work' etc.. and I colour code all the tasks in these main branches so > > that it identifies them better in the To-Do lists. > > However, there are some tasks I have which are dated for the distant > > future (reminders to service a boiler for example, or review insurance > > arrangements). I don't like these cluttering my my Outline and put > > them in a separate branch "Dated To-Dos in the Distant Future". The > > problem is that this category doesn't fit with the same criteria as > > the others as it is defined simply by time - similar to your "Saturday > > Routines" category. > > > > So my suggested solution would be the following. > > To have functionality to:- > > 1) hide branches from the Outline (in the same way that you can hide > > branches from the To-Do views) and > > 2) to be able to save specific Outline views. > > > > In this way, you could for example, create a Saturday Routines sub- > > folder in each of your main branches so that each Saturday Routine > > task is still associated with its relevant area of focus. And you > > could create, save, and recall an Outline View that shows only your > > top-level Folders and the Saturday Routines subfolders in each. You > > would also be able to create views which hide all Saturday Routine > > branches from the Outline if you dodn't want them to clutter up your > > overall outline. The Saved Outline views could be recalled in the same > > way that ToDo views are currently recalled. > > > > This solution seems to me to be consistent with the way MLO currently > > works. Would welcome your thoughts. -- 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/-/cnzmqwaLTKcJ. 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.
