Well, I follow GTD as well, so my brain probably works like yours does. But I still think this is a distinct and needed functionality, in some cases. Not to mention that many people likely do not use "pure, canonical" GTD, but rather some form of modified GTD that works for them. Let me give my two use cases as examples.
First case, I have a folder Purchasing, with sub folders for several different stores / types of stores. Some times an item I need could be purchased at more than one store, so I add it to multiple stores. When purchased, I mark it done in that store folder, only later to have to mark it done again in other folders when I come across it shopping in that other store / checking my list in that folder. Yes I know I could put everything in one folder and do it with contexts but this is just simpler. Also, I don't want to mess up my nice, short contexts list with a bunch of different stores. In fact, the whole branch purchasing is greyed out so as not to come up in To-Do List view. Basically, I just look in whatever folder when I am at that particular store, in order to "check my list." Second case, sometimes tasks can fall under multiple branches. Say the next action in a given task is to research some topic. So I have "research x" as a subtask, or step, in some folder / project. But like purchasing, I have another greyed out folder called Research. I throw all kinds of things in here that I need to read up on, and every night I check the folder, pull out a topic, and read about it on my tablet before bed. Again, I just want to keep these things separate and out of the ToDo list, in a separate folder and not arse up my contexts by creating an @Research context. Those are just my workflows, but I'm sure other people may have different ones. I hope my examples are not "attacked." lol And the great things about MLO are it's power and flexibility. To the point of being almost overwhelming for new users at first. Well, I dunno how difficult that would be to implement, but I put my votes in at the uservoice suggestion linked in the post above mine. Maybe if it's not too hard to implement, I might get lucky ahead of some of the more popular suggestions. lol If anyone else agrees with me, please cast your votes over there. I'll include the link again here since this is a mail group and people might not see the previous post (I replied to a post 2 above mine): <http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/3916349-create-links-for-a-task-in-multiple-folders> http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/3916349-create-links-for-a-task-in-multiple-folders TRS-80 On Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:06:14 PM UTC-4, Lisa S wrote: > > I think a lot of MLO is originally drawn from GTD. In GTD you want things > at the action level...and as Daniel says, grouped by Context where context > is however you want to efficiently group your tasks. If "Call the bank" > means report my card stolen AND call about applying for a loan it's really > not the same next action, at least with the way my brain works. The phone > numbers usually are different, the time of day the action could be > completed are different. You don't want to hold up "report my card stolen" > while waiting for a time your spouse can tell you what times you could meet > with a loan officer. It would be easier to create "Call the bank about " > and then hit Ctrl-D and append more info to the title/notes, Ctrl-M, and > put it where you want it. Tasks are "cheap" and then you get the > satisfaction of completing two next actions too :) > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, daniel sekera <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Whereas I would simply put the task(s) under my context @calls because >> that is the task I am doing. I am making calls and as I review my @calls >> list or tab I see I have to apply for a loan and report my credit card >> stolen. >> >> I do understand your point, however I still think nothing beyond contexts >> is really needed, but that is just my opinion, and I respect yours. If we >> each get to do it our own way - fantastic >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:50 PM, robisme (Olivier R) < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> We have here a good example of the interest of having logical >>> links/copies of tasks, which we have already discussed before. >>> This way, we could have a task belonging to several branches of the >>> outline, and for each change of one, the other one would be impacted as >>> well. >>> For exemple, a task "phone the bank" could belong to the project "apply >>> for a loan", and the project "report the loss of my credit card". These >>> projects are distinct but share a same "next action" at one moment. >>> You will say "set a context for "@ phone with bank", but, come on, >>> you'll end up with a very huge amount of contexts, and they are not >>> collapsable/expandable. And some task can be "make identity photos", for >>> such or such projet, what's the sense to have a context "photobooth". >>> >>> Olivier >>> >>> >>> >>> Le mardi 26 mars 2013 23:22:29 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur a écrit : >>>> >>>> If you want to have a task that’s aligned with multiple “areas of >>>> responsibility” or “strategic objectives” it’s best to use contexts as >>>> Lisa >>>> has outlined. If there’s some reason that you need to organize your work >>>> as >>>> projects, and you have a task that aligns with more than one, it won’t be >>>> easy as each task can have only one immediate parent. The best I can >>>> suggest is to put the task in question into some other folder and then >>>> declare explicit dependencies, so that the shared task does not become >>>> active until its prerequisites in both project are satisfied, and when the >>>> shared task completes subsequent tasks in both projects will be activated. >>>> >>>> -Dwight >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> *On Behalf Of *Lisa Stroyan >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:53 PM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Multiproject task >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> All tasks in a project have to be subtasks. With the goal setting you >>>> have a choice of week, month, year. But, you could use contexts for this >>>> feature and set up a context for the project and then tasks can have >>>> multiple contexts. I use a prefix in front of my contexts so that I can >>>> have the meaning different types of information. For example, "@" for >>>> traditional contexts, and "!" For projects. >>>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2013 2:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> is there a way I can assign a task to multiple projects or goals? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> D >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Daniel Sekera >> Parts Director >> MotorWorld Automotive Group >> 150 MotorWorld Drive >> Wilkes-Barre Pa 18702 >> 570.820.6898 >> 570.820.6924 (fax) >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Lisa > > ------------------------------ > Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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