Hi, I used this methods ages ago while I was trying to tame Outlook for GTD. It had lots of shortcomings. i.e. checking off subtasks, controlling when each subtask was completed and so on. I find "Complete Subtasks in Order" function of MLO more useful and flexible for these rigid chains of tasks.
On Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 12:53:48 PM UTC+3, J Smith wrote: > > > Hi > > Instead of using formal Dependencies in MLO, I have taken to putting > multiple tasks into one line. > > Personally I use this for: > A) Tasks that are *best* done consecutively immediately after each other > e.g."Pick up tap from hardware store ==> go to stationers for pen & paper > ==> supermarket ==> post letter on way home" > > B) I also use this to write up things that MUST be done in that particular > sequence but not necessarily immediately after each other: > e.g. "Install new locks ==> Get new keys cut ==> give new keys to Fred ==> > Tell George Fred has new key" > > Advantages: > - I find it VERY quick to enter > - It stops subsequently me accidentally changing with a hard-wired > sequence that I have worked out > - It makes it visually obvious that there *IS* a connected sequence of > task (rather than a random list that I am looking at) > - Visually it makes the Next Action leap out more (and slightly hides > subsequent tasks) > > Problem: > - If I want to create sub-tasks or add things that make the line become > insanely long, then according to Pottster in this thread > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mylifeorganized/break$20a$20line/mylifeorganized/c4M10RvGvzk/lUj_YfJZDNUJ > there is no way to break a line into two. > > I am interested to know: > a) Whether any of you good people use MLO in this way? > b) However given the vast myriad of things of things that MLO lets you do, > can it *really* be true that MLO with not let us do something as simple as > break a line in two nor join two lines together?(!) > c) And if so, would anyone else here find it useful to be able to do this? > > J > -- 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/922e7356-6697-4e10-9b54-b38777de6bfc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
