Ok. In the meanwhile I am fixing several bugs. It's a complex sheet... Il giorno giovedì 7 settembre 2017 13:29:20 UTC+2, Mun Thung Lew ha scritto: > > Hi Roberto Penzo, > > I am interested in your excel worksheet to plan tasks. Once you have done > the fine tuning, I hope to be notified, thanks in advance! > > Regards, > LEW > > On Monday, 14 August 2017 14:43:41 UTC+8, 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. >>>> >>>
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