I too would like to be notified. Thank you, Roberto Penzo!
On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 2:43:41 AM UTC-4, Roberto Penzo wrote: > > Hi Mandie. > I've done a loto of work to get my Excel works and now I use it usefully. > But I sometimes discover bugs that I fix every time I discover, so I think > it is better for you to wait until it seems that no new bugs arise. > I also have to update the document describing the functions, mainly for me > (hard to remember all the details). > > > Il giorno venerdì 11 agosto 2017 15:24:30 UTC+2, Mandie Kramer ha scritto: >> >> Roberto, I missed your email when you said you finished. I must confess, >> I have no ability to make your work into an app, but I would love to learn >> what you've done. Mind sharing still? >> >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 3:56 AM Robyn Webb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> adding a +1 for a sync between Calendar apps (Google and/or Apple) and >>> MLO. >>> >>> I use android and my Google Calendar is what I use to run my life. >>> >>> However, I like to use MLO for my plans, goals and things to do, >>> including scheduling when I start these things and when they are due. >>> >>> Having 2 apps to do all this just doesn't work. It's inefficient and >>> things get lost between the 2. >>> >>> There is a sync between MLO (desktop) and Outlook, however this comes >>> with all sorts of other problems, mainly because of Outlook. I still can't >>> get the Calendar sync with Google to work reliably. >>> >>> The 2 key calendar & task cloud platforms are Google and iOS. MLO >>> already has a cloud sync and Outlook sync. When can we have a sync for >>> Tasks for Google and iOS? >>> >>> On Monday, 3 July 2017 19:26:02 UTC+10, Damo Skees wrote: >>>> >>>> I've been trying for years, but much as I love MLO, the one thing I >>>> have trouble doing is scheduling my tasks. >>>> >>>> I know that GTD preaches against this, and I know that many >>>> productivity coaches also advise against scheduling tasks. I admit that >>>> I'm >>>> still terrible at completing a task in the calendar even if I do schedule >>>> it, but at least it's there, and it's a motivator. >>>> >>>> There are a few things that keep failing me on MLO / GTD that >>>> scheduling would help: >>>> - Planning - I can't plan a series of tasks for a due date - eg. report >>>> due end of week, and five subtasks across the week. >>>> - Overbooking - every time I get an organisational spurt, I start >>>> planning out several goals for the week - invariably I overbook myself, >>>> fail to complete each day, become demoralised, and just fall further back >>>> as the week progresses >>>> - Reporting - If someone asks me "what are you doing on Thursday", GTD >>>> (and MLO) doesn't give me visibility that I'll be really busy then, >>>> because >>>> I have deliverables on Friday. There's just a collection of tasks between >>>> now and then, with no depiction of how to space them out >>>> - Modifying dates - Probably the reason for not scheduling tasks, is >>>> that you then spend hours re-scheduling them! It's clunky in almost every >>>> to-do app - manually changing a date/time without being able to see the >>>> calendar underneath it. It should really be drag'n'drop. >>>> >>>> What I would really like, is to be able to *have scheduled tasks >>>> appear in my calendar!* >>>> More than that - I would like to be able to *drag'n'drop* them around >>>> in my calendar! >>>> >>>> So the flow would go something like this (and in *Gqueues*, below, it >>>> does): >>>> - I look at my calendar for the week in my native calendar application >>>> (I use MacOS ical / IOS Calendar) >>>> - On it, in a different colour (different Google sub-calendar, for >>>> example), are some tasks I scheduled for a deliverable for end of month >>>> - I check my next 2-3 days, and drag them around to better fit any new >>>> meetings. >>>> - The changes are synced back to MLO, and I check in the main projects >>>> to see what that does to the due dates for each >>>> - I'm looking overbooked, so I postpone an internal project to next >>>> week, and advise my boss >>>> - As the day goes on, I drag, extend, etc. these scheduled tasks in >>>> ical or calendar as things change >>>> - As always, if my boss asks me for the forecast on a project, I can >>>> look at the project view and see all the dates as I currently have them >>>> >>>> The trick is syncing to the native calendar app. Rather than spend huge >>>> effort designing a calendar UI, interaction, etc. - why not just design an >>>> API that talks to CalDAV, iCal, etc which is two-way? >>>> >>>> >>>> I've found three apps that do this so far: >>>> >>>> - Asana <https://asana.com/guide/help/views/calendar> - Big >>>> Heavyweight, but not great in this feature. Tasks can only be given a >>>> date, not a time, so they appear as 'all day'. The ICS feed to iCAL is one >>>> way, so you can view tasks in a particular day, but not move them around - >>>> you have to go back to Asana for that. But they do have their own calendar >>>> view, where you can drag/drop. >>>> - Todoist >>>> <https://support.todoist.com/hc/en-us/articles/208789889-Using-Todoist-with-your-Calendar> >>>> >>>> - Also apparently claim to have implemented calendar view and two-way sync >>>> in the calendar. I've not tested it yet. The two-way sync only works >>>> with Google Calendar >>>> <https://support.todoist.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003128085%5C>, for >>>> others it's one-way >>>> - Gqueues <https://www.gqueues.com/help/calendarIntegration> - This is >>>> the one I'm currently testing. Again, it does permit native two-way sync >>>> in >>>> iCal, and it's very quick as well. >>>> >>>> I've been using GQueues, and the UX is as I'd like. Whether it actually >>>> helps me meet deadlines, is something I'm currently testing. >>>> >>>> >>>> But - MLO is so good in so many other ways. I would really like to have >>>> this feature in MLO - perhaps as a checkbox on a task for 'schedule task', >>>> to flag that it should sync to the calendar. MLO already has cloud sync, >>>> so >>>> perhaps a calendar sync could be built as an API from it? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Damo >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3fe4d524-3079-4da8-98be-52161e1f140a%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3fe4d524-3079-4da8-98be-52161e1f140a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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