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Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-08-15, 09:38 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,524
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-23, 07:39 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,854
Posted By bigcloits
Youch, pricey! Too rich for my blood. I’m...

Youch, pricey! Too rich for my blood. I’m getting enough things done without that. ;-)
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-19, 03:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,854
Posted By bigcloits
Yes, that’s a major advantage I wasn’t even...

Yes, that’s a major advantage I wasn’t even thinking of when I did it at first!
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-19, 03:37 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,854
Posted By bigcloits
Where we find that, Randy? I’ve never come...

Where we find that, Randy? I’ve never come across it.
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-14, 08:53 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 14,482
Posted By bigcloits
I usually set a sensible start time, so that the...

I usually set a sensible start time, so that the action is out of my face until it makes sense for it to be in my face. That broke the recurring action code for me.

I use a wider interval between...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-14, 08:50 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,854
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-10, 07:04 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,854
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-01-10, 06:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,146
Posted By bigcloits
That’s certainly what me brain crave. Just a...

That’s certainly what me brain crave. Just a simple bread crumb trail. Thanks for weighing in, Dennis.

Paul
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-01-09, 07:23 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,146
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-01-08, 07:14 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,449
Posted By bigcloits
Thanks, Dennis. If you don’t know how to do it,...

Thanks, Dennis. If you don’t know how to do it, and with no other replies in the last day, it probably can’t be done! A mild shame. But I agree, it’s pretty much good enough just to save it as a...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-08, 07:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,083
Posted By bigcloits
If you are, man, you are seriously getting things...

If you are, man, you are seriously getting things done. :-)



The exercise of being a bit brutal with the pruning of the active projects list has proven to be valuable to me in itself. It is...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-07, 09:55 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 13,854
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: OmniFocus 1 for Mac 2009-01-07, 09:19 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,449
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-07, 09:13 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 9,950
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-07, 09:06 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,083
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-05, 07:38 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,083
Posted By bigcloits
I killed my planning mode hierarchy, and it is good

I had a complex project hierarchy — lots o’ folders and subfolders. Last week I flattened that hierarchy almost completely, and I’m rather happy with the results.

I have about two dozen active...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2009-01-05, 07:15 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 68,344
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-29, 07:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,524
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-29, 06:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 13,633
Posted By bigcloits
I don’t believe there is a viable workaround, no....

I don’t believe there is a viable workaround, no. I think that all of the currently do-able cures described here are worse than the disease, at least in terms of mental overhead. How hard is it,...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-08, 06:50 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,524
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-08, 06:27 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,524
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-05, 07:39 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,524
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-02, 11:04 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 30,329
Posted By bigcloits
Yeah, I’m really making good use of that strategy...

Yeah, I’m really making good use of that strategy as well now. Can’t recommend it strongly enough. Also, the combination with Growl is particularly potent: just a gentle nudge when the action...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-02, 10:59 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 20,848
Posted By bigcloits
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...
Forum: Applying OmniFocus 2008-12-01, 07:56 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 20,848
Posted By bigcloits
Smart idea. Thanks, I’ll give that a try. ...

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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