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Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-02-29, 02:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,426
Posted By mitchm
This would be extremely helpful to me as well....

This would be extremely helpful to me as well. Like Brian, I end up trying to provide some contextual information within a task name since this is not available in context view.
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2012-02-29, 02:15 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,458
Posted By mitchm
Ordering tasks in context view

I'm trying to use OmniFocus after a long hiatus and dreading looking at my sea of tasks. I'm right back into my old problem of not knowing how to prioritize.

In my understanding of GTD, priority...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2011-09-29, 05:14 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,271
Posted By mitchm
Hiding on-hold projects from context views

How can I hide actions that are part of on-hold projects from the context view?

The context views (suppose to be the most useful) are pretty useless when they are filled with a bunch of tasks from...
Forum: OmniFocus for iPhone 2009-07-08, 11:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,991
Posted By mitchm
Create action group / add child action

Is there a way to add a child action to an action that has no children, making the parent into an action group?

I often want to create a hierarchical structure like this:

-Learn to Cook
--...
Forum: OmniFocus for iPhone 2009-07-08, 11:10 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,991
Posted By mitchm
My bad - this is implemented now. There...

My bad - this is implemented now.

There doesn't seem to be a way to add a child to a task that does not already have children though, unless I am missing something. Is that possible?
Forum: OmniFocus for iPhone 2009-07-08, 11:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,991
Posted By mitchm
I really want this feature as well. I make...

I really want this feature as well. I make extensive use of hierarchies. They are one of the primary reasons I chose OmniFocus. However they seem to not be implemented in the iPhone App.

Is...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-06-30, 11:37 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,422
Posted By mitchm
Yikes. Unfortunate to have to resort to such...

Yikes. Unfortunate to have to resort to such methods for such a otherwise sophisticated product.
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-19, 02:27 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
The same argument could be made for not using...

The same argument could be made for not using GTD, or any task system, to begin with - use the force you will know what to do. A Jedi Master does not need to prioritize in a database. I do. My...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-18, 04:18 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
My concern is not the floating point value - that...

My concern is not the floating point value - that doesn't matter - it could be a power of 10 for all I care. My concern is the notion that an absolute priority can not be automatically derived from...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-18, 02:36 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
Your response makes me even less comfortable with...

Your response makes me even less comfortable with the idea. The act of unbunching would defeat any purpose this algorithm had to begin with.

Further, you will be using those priorities to merge...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-18, 08:28 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
I don't think this would work, as the generated...

I don't think this would work, as the generated priority values would ultimately become meaningless, and there would be all kinds of strange clusters in the data.
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-17, 04:46 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
There is a reason there are so many AAA Plumbing...

There is a reason there are so many AAA Plumbing companies, etc. Things listed first get more attention - that seems obvious. In the absence of a sort or if everything in the sort is equal, the...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-09, 04:55 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
That sounds like decent solution, but seems like...

That sounds like decent solution, but seems like kind of a hack - basically you are using perspectives as contexts, which requires a lot more set up. The fact that you are doing it this way makes me...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-09, 02:27 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
Sorry for the repeated posts, but regarding the...

Sorry for the repeated posts, but regarding the "when my boss calls my priorities change" position, that may be true. But it generally wouldn't reorder all of your priorities (e.g. buy a bike and...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-09, 02:19 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
I like a lot of what GTD does, but this is an...

I like a lot of what GTD does, but this is an infuriating position based on wordplay. More 700 Club than Executive Club.

The whole point of a brain dump is to get EVERYTHING out, and then sort...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-09, 02:12 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
Why this dance around "priority". It's a...

Why this dance around "priority". It's a friggin' priority! It may make you feel more GTD to not call i that, but that's what it is.

1) For high priority tasks, add them to your calendar (even...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-09, 10:04 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
Ok, I see that Ken is saying user defined columsn...

Ok, I see that Ken is saying user defined columsn are planned, which would solve problem.

That was of course saying it was targeted some time after 1.1, but we are on 1.6 now :(
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-09, 10:01 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
Tags would be great but priority tags would not...

Tags would be great but priority tags would not allow sorting of tasks the way I describe. Even if you have a P1 - P5 tag, you couldn't sort by them without hacking some script. You'd have to look...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-08, 10:52 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
Worth a mention, but it is not generally helpful...

Worth a mention, but it is not generally helpful for me. I don't want to create a task and then go drag it around relative to 20+ other tasks. I just want to set a rough priority so that I know...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-08, 06:12 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
When you look at a large list of tasks, after...

When you look at a large list of tasks, after narrowing it down by context/effort/duration, you pick one based on priority. Unlike David Allen, I have no problem with prioritizing tasks or using...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-08, 06:06 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 42,025
Posted By mitchm
I read most of it along time ago. As I...

I read most of it along time ago. As I understand it, priority is a important part of GTD as described by David Allen.
Forum: OmniFocus for iPhone 2009-03-08, 05:10 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,907
Posted By mitchm
Viewing all actions or sorted actions

Now that I am using the duration field to track priority, which is working great with the desktop app, I want to do that as well in the iPhone app. Unfortunately I can't sort, change grouping, or...
Forum: OmniFocus for iPhone 2009-03-08, 05:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,603
Posted By mitchm
506 zip files?

My iPhone app info page says "You have 35 projects and 306 actions stored in 506 zip files". That's a lot of zip files and might explain some of the slowness I experience.

Is there a way to...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-08, 03:55 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 33,563
Posted By mitchm
Is it too nebulous to say that getting that lump...

Is it too nebulous to say that getting that lump checked is a high priority item? That won't change.

Mow the lawn - medium priority. That won't change.

Read that self help book - low...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-03-08, 03:51 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 33,563
Posted By mitchm
I completely disagree that priority is too...

I completely disagree that priority is too nebulous to record. While it may be the 4th factor in the GTD decision process, once you are in a context, know your time available, and know you energy...
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