Dwight, thank you for the response! It makes a whole lot of sense now. However, you're right; it should just be named Next Actions, and drop the 'by Project' part.
On Friday, January 11, 2013 5:01:01 PM UTC-7, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi, Chris. First, let me acknowledge that I am not a user of “Next > Actions” – I don’t see the use of it, though I recognize that many people > rely on it. > > > > On my system, “Next Actions by Project” shows 16 projects and the next > action for each, and it also shows a group called Project: (none) and shows > for each of my 14 root level folders, the first active task in each folder. > To answer your question, yes this makes sense. If you believe in Next > Actions, then the next thing you should do is somewhere on this list. Since > the next thing you should do might not be a part of a project, then a good > next actions listing should not be limited to projects. The only issue is > that the report name is a little misleading. > > -Dwight > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Chris > *Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2013 5:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [MLO] Next Actions by Project is showing tasks that aren't > projects > > > > So I just created a new MLO data file, input 20 tasks in the RTE box and > didn't assign any contexts or anything. I created 2 folders, moved one task > into each folder and then clicked on the To-Do tab and changed the view > to Next Actions by Project. Strangely, I see 3 tasks listed, even though > I've created no projects. The first task listed in this view just happens > to be whatever the first task in my inbox is (if I drag tasks around in my > inbox so that a different task appears first, then this will be the first > task that shows up in the Next Actions by Project view. The other 2 tasks > just happen to be the only two tasks that I've placed into folders. [See my > screenshot] > > > > Can someone please explain this behavior? Is this expected? I have to > confess, it doesn't make sense to me. > > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EzlKlQ9axsA/UPCLMAtACRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/AClo-CZjsHY/s1600/mlo+projects.jpg> > > > > -- > 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/-/-y-G479JjZYJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > 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/-/kiZ47mSZ5hYJ. 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.
