Hi all. I wish endorse this very interesting topic, as, starting from 15th of August, I am using the free Android app "EGO TIMER" (look at the free version) that exactly does this very fine (and it does this on the Google calendar synced!!), and I realized that THIS IS what I ever needed! The most important point well highlighted by damoski is that I am very commited only when I can place some important tasks to be done, for instance, at the day Tuesday on 3pm for 30minutes, as after and before this I already placed other things (meetings or tasks). I experimented that this is the most committing way to GDT (=Get Things Done): this way I am able to build a very very realistic schedule for my time and I can remember the time details I wanted for the schedule, noto only a generic list of thinks. It is meaningless to have a list of 57 tasks all at the top of the list if I have no feel of the "weight" of each task in terms of time need and if I do not remember the sequence I planned for them and the day and time: It would be similar to say "I wish to meet Ann" but I never took a real appointment with her!
The top of the MLO for me would be: - a MLO 2.0 for Android with custom views on Android device (possibly importing some views from the desktop MLO rel). - a feature to get a task and place on the MLO Calendar view (Google synced!) by navigating on the calendar searching for a free timeslot: on the calendar view I can check other appointments already placed and all the tasks already placed, so as to place tha task only on really free timeslots! Wonderful! I think that the first app that perform this functions will win all the Award Winning of the world. Il giorno mercoledì 2 gennaio 2013 15:57:32 UTC+1, damoski ha scritto: > > Hi, > > I was going to propose a calendar view, until I searched here and checked > Uservoice, and realised it's already the most frequently-requested feature > :-) > > However - I wanted to extend this a little further, by proposing that the > calendar view doesn't just show the deadline dates of the various tasks, > but actually allows you to tentatively schedule some tasks for a certain > day and even timeslot - and, going one step further - would allow you to > view your prioritised ToDo list, and *quickly and easily *drag-and-drop > the tasks into the free slots on your calendar (alongside your calendared > appointments). > > I keep reasoning that if I execute GTD correctly and use MLO correctly, > then I should just be able to keep ticking off the 'next in the list', and > everything will magically get done. However, the reality is that I often > end up scheduling what I know I need to do, in that particular timeslot > that I know I can do it in. At present, I often end up 'double-entering' > (ie. re-writing the existing MLO task as a calendar appointment), to > co-ordinate this. Using MLO flags up what I need to do on a day-by-day > basis, but I'll still manually compile my 'Today' list from that, and then > work on that. > > Currently, I use a 'Today' context, and Starred view, for that, so I can > quickly look at the Starred view on my phone, but every time I look at it, > I still have to make that mental review of "OK, * task 6... was I going to > do that before OR after the 3pm conference call?". Much better, if I can > drop them directly into a calendar view for today, then glance at that. > > Anyway, I've posted this as an idea on Uservoice: > > > http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/3509561-close-the-gap-between-the-todo-list-and-the-schedu > > Cheers! > > > Damian > > -- 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/bac22c21-57b7-4f86-b071-81165e06187c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
