I 100% agree with what Saumil writes, and the GTD market is a huge, huge market for MLO. Compared to the simplicity of using GTD in Web tools like NirvanaHQ, Nozbe (which I understand works similar to "Things" on Mac), and several others, MLO is decidedly much less approachable.
I would like to set MLO up to have the simplicity of dragging a task from the Inbox and dropping on a Project, in the left pane, like Nozbe and NirvanaHQ, and others make very simple. Eventually I found the "F3" functionality that helps with this, but the GTD Inbox processing scenario, of assigning projects to projects and contexts, seems less approachable and requires more clicks than competing products. (It's also much more flexible, but that's not really the point here. I still haven't really found how to set MLO up to work the way I really want it to in this regard, the basic GTD Inbox processing scenario. If there are other threads that people think have excellent info, please post links to them here. A video tutorial, e.g., available on YouTube, would be a superb way of capturing and presenting this information. A review of the GTD-focused competition, for example, Nozbe has a very good set of video tutorials on using it for GTD-style workflow. Unfortunately, this tool does not support outline functionality for projects and subprojects, and the developer insists it never will. On the plus side, the views and filtering in MLO (Windows) are far more powerful than anything else out there. Figuring out how to set them up to support a basic GTD workflow can be a daunting task for a new MLO user who is familiar with other GTD tools. Also, no other tool seems to support "Goals" in the helpful way that MLO does, and very few seem to have the concept of "location" on their roadmap, while MLO already has some useful location-oriented features. Having MLO support and simplify the adoption of MLO for GTD-experienced users who are familiar with simpler GTD tools is a major market opportunity for MLO, and would help ensure the long-term survival and prosperity of MLO. There is a potential MLO customer base of many, many people who would share similar feelings about MLO to what Saumil shared. However, most of them simply silently abandon MLO and move to other tools. Thanks to Saumil for taking the time express his thoughts here instead of silently abandoning MLO. If MLO long-timers can share links to especially helpful posts or web pages on setting up a simple GTD workflow within MLO, that would be tremendously construtive and helpful. I personally would think it unconstructive to debate or question Saumil on what he is asking for. He absolutely represents a market we want MLO to successfully address. James On Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:00:27 AM UTC-8, Saumil Vyas wrote: > > I liked the software a lot and that is why I spent some time and money for > it. Now I feel like I am stuck with no help and nothing is getting done the > way I imagined the MLO would help me out. I am really frustrated with the > whole experience. I am using MLO for over a year. I have Windows desktop > and android pro-versions plus cloud subscription. My cloud subscription is > up for renewal. I feel like I am wasting money. I am thinking to let it go. > > I am pretty much using MLO as a to-do task list with reminders. Keep > snoozing things not done or organized at proper place. I chose MLO because > I saw the potential in the software to do a lot more when I tried before I > bought it. I was hoping to get some tutorials to get me started or give me > some step by step help. > > The help in the software only describe how you can use each function > individually, no totalitarian approach. The program looks very advanced and > like made by a geek with no way to explain how to implement it (no offence > to the developers). I am geek myself and I know the pain. The help shows > what each menu item can do, but there is no work flow for implementation. I > use this extensively for my task lists and that’s it. I want to organize > the way David Allen’s GTD system work. I do see templates and each item has > notes. I need something simpler. Something I can grasp without doing a PhD. > I have learnt complex program like AutoCAD without a book, because I had a > lot of time at hand and spend hours or days on trial and error. Now, I am a > busy executive. I don’t have that kind of time anymore. > > Long story short, what I am looking forward to: > > 1. 1. Work flow to implement and maintain David Allen’s GTD > system (Top priority). > > 2. 2. I saw a few people posted their experience and GTD > implementation all the way back in 2007. I do spend a lot of time reading > through forum postings, yes they help, but not clearly answer what I need. > > 3. 3. Is there a template that really explains how it works, I > can start with? Don’t tell me open the template and go figure out yourself!! > > 4. 4. Am I asking for too much? Am I here to take my frustration > out, may be. Is there a light at the end of tunnel? > > Thanks for reading this and all help. > > Saumil > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/797df380-b78b-4340-b1ad-3d21665eedd5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
