Sorry to bang on about this issue - but how do you other people actually run/plan/manage using your Contexts?
e.g. Do you put blocks of time when you plan to be in each context into a calendar? Or do you just fail to plan them and merely see what sort of mood you are in and sort of jump between contexts when the mood takes you... or what?(!) J On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 4:44:25 PM UTC, J Smith wrote: > > Indeed, but that's a whole load of extra tasks cluttering up the place. > Would work but not elegant. > > J > > On Thursday, 5 November 2015 13:45:50 UTC, Wallace Gilbraith wrote: >> >> I guess you could create a few tasks like 'do context = dull', 'do >> context = boring ', 'do context = tedious', 'do context = fun', and star >> them all. Then you can move them into whatever order you want in your >> Starred list >> >> Wol >> >> >> - sent from my phone - please excuse brevity - >> >> - phone sends from gmail account, but please always mail me at >> ho...@gilbraith.co.uk - >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Dwight Arthur <m...@dwightarthur.us> >> *Sent:* 5 November 2015 13:00:05 GMT+00:00 >> *To:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Is it possible to create a view whereby I drag >> & drop to change the sort order of Contexts? >> >> Hi, John. The times that i have done something similar I have made a high >> priority manual list (return calls, do paperwork, reply to pending emails) >> and when each item comes to the top of my today list i open the associated >> context and do whats there. Inelegant but it works. If i wanted an elegant >> solution i would probably use folders in place of contexts, assign an >> appropriate importance to each folder, let computed score propagate parent >> importance to the children, and then just work off of a list ordered by >> computed score >> -Dwight >> MLO Betazoid on Android SGN4 >> >> On Nov 5, 2015, J Smith <ship...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dwight >>> >>> What I'm trying to create is a temporary list of contexts just *for >>> today's use*. >>> >>> i.e. I have a bunch of stuff to do today. They fall into about say 7 >>> contexts. "Group by Contexts" puts them nicely into groups, but it >>> *also* forces the Contexts to be in alphabetical order. As you say, one >>> solution is to rename the contexts. Yes, that would work. But it's a >>> time-consuming fiddly 'hammer to crack a nut'. I just want a quick >>> temporary fix for today's use only. >>> >>> I guess what I'm wanting is a view that "groups tasks by context but >>> allows the sort the sequence of contexts manually". >>> >>> To explain my requirement: This is mainly a psychological booster. i.e. >>> I might say to myself: >>> >>> If spend 1 hour on "Dull-context-A" and then an hour on >>> "Rather-tedious-context-Z" and 30 mins on "Boring-context-Q" then I can >>> reward myself with some time doing "Context-F-for-fun". >>> >>> This will: >>> A) Help me get cracking on "Dull-context-A" >>> B) Remind me what the heck I'd committed (to myself) to then be doing >>> next. And this would stop be getting distracted. >>> >>> J >>> >>> J >>> >>> P.S. >>> I'd forgotten about F6 - thanks :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, 5 November 2015 04:13:47 UTC, Dwight Arthur wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, John. I'm not sure that I actually see your problem. Contexts are >>>> sorted in ascending alphabetical order based on the native collating >>>> sequence of the device you are using. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 1:13:04 PM UTC-5, J Smith wrote:You >>>> cannot alter the collating sequence using drag and drop or any other tool >>>> that I am aware of. You can, however, modify the context names to controll >>>> how they sort. For example, suppose that your context names are >>>> 01-Errands, >>>> 02-Personal_Admin, 03-Low_Brain_Energy and so on. The tasks would sort >>>> into >>>> the order you seem to have in mind.You could then move errands to last >>>> position by renaming it 04-Errands. >>>> >>>> Here's another way to approach this issue. >>>> - Find the view named Active By Context and bring it up. >>>> - hit F6 to collapse every context >>>> - find the context you want to work on next and hit Ctrl-R to zoom in. >>>> - when you are done witgh this context hit ctrl-alt-R then f6. >>>> - look for your next context and repeat >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> Is it possible to create a view whereby I drag & drop to change the >>>>> sort order of Contexts? >>>>> >>>>> Scenario: >>>>> e.g I want to do Errands, then some Personal_Admin, then some >>>>> Low_Brain_Energy to recharge my brain, then at least one oft the some >>>>> stuff >>>>> I've been putting off (which I "Frog") then some sort of Down-time as a >>>>> reward... You get the picture. >>>>> >>>>> So the thing is that I'm NOT expecting to complete all the items in >>>>> each category, but will need to be pragmatic and move on when I run out >>>>> of >>>>> time. >>>>> >>>>> If I have multiple task within a project and have starred the project, >>>>> I can keep going on the project until time is up. And I can of course put >>>>> whole *projects* into whichever sequential order I choose v easily simply >>>>> by using drag and drop. >>>>> >>>>> However it becomes harder to do the same things with clusters of tasks >>>>> when are only connected by being in the same Context rather than sharing >>>>> a >>>>> parent task. >>>>> >>>>> It becomes a particular problem when I am looking at a *larger number* >>>>> of tasks, which are falling in to a number of contexts, all of which I >>>>> have >>>>> starred as "do today if I can" >>>>> >>>>> See my problem? >>>>> >>>>> 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 mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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/99cb82f7-fb29-4e1f-bc36-ffb52e3e64c5%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/99cb82f7-fb29-4e1f-bc36-ffb52e3e64c5%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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