This is a good description of folders vs. projects. Re: project encoding -- Good point, I need to utilize that more. I can do a similar thing with the task path options, though, so I'm back to trying to decide when to mark a parent task a project. How do you decide if a group of related tasks is "big" enough to merit being a project? (Not that I think there is a right or wrong way, I'm just looking for ideas). It sounds like in your model, projects are pretty big.
In GTD, anything with more than one action would be a project,IIRC. That feels too granular to me with my current use model. OTOH, I'm not breaking my tasks into actions like I should, so maybe it would come in handy there. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 4:24 PM, BOC <[email protected]> wrote: > For me: > > Folders - organizational/containers and could be areas of life - Work, > Personal, Family. At work it could be departments (HR, IT, etc). A > folder organizing recurring tasks. This approach is blended with > contexts. > > Projects - a group of specific tasks. When they're done, the project > is done. To me the beautiful secret of projects is encoding the > project name. > > For example, Michael has four weddings to shoot. They all have the > same basic tasks but they're in different stages. Tagging the parent > task as a project could give you the following in your to-do list due > today. > > [BOC Wedding] - Collect Money > [Lisa Wedding] - Verify Reception Location > [Robisme Wedding] - Upload proofs to website > > > -- > 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. > > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- 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.
