Dwight, If it's true that "that nearly everyone who might benefit has already bought MLO," I don't know how MLO will continue to generate income in the future.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean. On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 9:40:20 AM UTC-7, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi, Ken. > I would be totally thrilled to have MLO implement some tools for task > automation. But I don't think that it should be an extension of the > current filter definition scheme. I believe enhanced filters would be > extremely beneficial to a small group of technically proficient, > obsessively organized people like you and me and maybe Tom. It would > probably be very expensive and time-consuming to build, and I would guess > that nearly everyone who might benefit has already bought MLO, ensuring > that there would be little if any return on this investment. > > I would rather see MLO take these steps: > 1. Build an HTML5 interface to view lists of tasks from your cloud file > and maybe check off the completed ones. This could be used in conjunction > with a Task-by-email facility with parsing enabled to open MLO to use by a > large new base of potential customers. Security of the cloud file would > need very significant enhancement. > > 2. Build an API that would provide access to the powerful task management > capabilities of MLO via a browser app; Market the API to other developers > as a way to bring the most powerful task management tools to other apps > (note-takers, calendars, social media, email, etc.) > > 3. Use the web interface and the API to build integration with > best-of-class task automation tools. If this were happening today I would > suggest integration with IFTTT. > > A well-designed MLO channel would not only allow you to star tasks that > become due, but also flash your desk light red for 3 seconds, call your > mobile phone and read the task note to you (but only if the task has a > yellow flag) and raise the task urgency by 15 points. As well as creating a > task out of every email you receive from an email address in the "customer" > group and closing the @Yardwork context at sunset or if it starts to rain. > > Much more powerful than what would come from enhancing filters, and with > revenue opportunities at each of the three steps so that the vendor can > remain solvent long enough to finish the job. > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 > > On Oct 12, 2015, pottster <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> If you mean have a star applied in the star column, then no. >> >> It is possible to have a star icon applied when a task is due in the icon >> column via automatic formatting but, I suspect, you want the star column so >> that you can use associated views. >> >> Your question does raise a very interesting point though. In MLO we can >> use Conditions to apply formatting and filtering perhaps the next step >> could be using Conditions to apply task attributes such as >> importance/urgency, tags (stars/flags/contexts), project status etc. What >> do other people think? >> >> On Monday, 12 October 2015 08:39:20 UTC+1, Tom wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible for tasks that become due to be automatically starred? >>> >> -- >> 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. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/895ba088-4677-4b5b-ba19-3f2c25b976d2%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/895ba088-4677-4b5b-ba19-3f2c25b976d2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 > -- 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/b6915123-0556-4f6e-a97f-2533725b2a3b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
