Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-08-15, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 14,145
update
By February or March of 2009, my GTD habit was slipping, and I think the halo effect was the number one cause. The halo effect just grew and grew, like the Blob, until I was no longer bothering to...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-23, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,569
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-19, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,569
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-19, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,569
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-14, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 15,619
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-14, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,569
Maybe both goals can be achieved, somewhat. I...
Maybe both goals can be achieved, somewhat. I killed my hierarchy recently, so I have an amazingly simple/flat list of projects compared to before. But, to make that effective, I also rely heavily...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-10, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,569
That was definitely my experience, too. And...
That was definitely my experience, too. And therefore ...
I wonder ... (no-bad-ideas brainstorming mode here!) ... I wonder if it would be effective to begin in OF with a list of projects only...
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Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac
2009-01-10, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,497
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Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac
2009-01-09, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,497
where o where is a project in the hierarchy?
So an on-hold project appears for review and I think “that should really be a someday/maybe project” ... but wait, is it maybe already in that folder? How can I tell? I can’t tell. Precious...
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Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac
2009-01-08, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,866
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-08, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,700
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-07, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,569
help me help someone implement GTD piecemeal
I’d like to help a friend of mine with some tips on how to implement GTD incrementally. He is an entrepreneur and father of a young child with some health problems. He’s a classic case of someone...
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Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac
2009-01-07, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,866
show only projects due for review
I can’t think of way to display ONLY projects due or overdue for review.
Of course it’s easy to sort by next review, collapse all, and then only expand the categories “due last week” and “due...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-07, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,476
Here’s a specific response to your question...
Here’s a specific response to your question Jennifer, just something quite particular that jumped out at me yesterday as I was creating a new project and defining its first couple actions.
I knew...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-07, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,700
Yes, that’s still how it feels!
A couple...
Yes, that’s still how it feels!
A couple days on, I’m finding some mild hunger for hierarchy is developing. Nothing compared to the hardcore hierarchy I had before, but some craving. It’s still...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-05, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,700
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2009-01-05, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 69,869
I evolved something almost exactly like that. I...
I evolved something almost exactly like that. I call my review checklist my “morning meta”, and it’s actually a nicely typeset .pdf — it’s typographic strength is somehow emboldening to me, makes my...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-29, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 14,145
Thanks, SO! What a rare sentiment in a forum. ...
Thanks, SO! What a rare sentiment in a forum. Usually people are too busy flaming to offer compliments on writing skills. I’m touched and, as always, impressed by the congeniality of the OF user...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-29, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,423
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-08, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 14,145
bigcloits
I don’t think it’s a bad thing, just an awkward thing. I agree that the new ideas that arise as you work are valuable, and probably the only way many of them can happen.
But that’s the...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-08, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 14,145
Thanks. I felt clever when I thought of it. ...
Thanks. I felt clever when I thought of it. It’s nice to feel clever for a moment.
I think I would find myself ignoring that just as readily as I ignore the voice in my head that is trying...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-05, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 14,145
the action “halo effect”
One action ... becomes 12 tangents.
It amazes me how often I act on something that’s due with the intention of returning to OF soon to choose something else to do that’s due ... but I get...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-02, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 31,511
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-02, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 21,868
Amen. I love OF ... I think. But some days it’s...
Amen. I love OF ... I think. But some days it’s hard to tell, and I’m amazed and a little shocked at how I still routinely end up that quintessential OF dead end where I can’t see something that I...
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Forum: Applying OmniFocus
2008-12-01, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 21,868
Smart idea. Thanks, I’ll give that a try.
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Smart idea. Thanks, I’ll give that a try.
I’m sure you’re right. It’s probably more of a subtle UI question — something about the UI makes me squeamish about using the notes extensively.
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