[EugeneB]

I think you're on the right track. These days a lot of people have all their tools with them: a phone, a computer, an iPad etc. It means that "tools" context becomes useless.

So the idea of sorting actions into contexts becomes useless in this case. I suggest that you go without contexts and put all your actions on one common list. In this case you can solve "Make doctor's appointment" with your phone or email or whatever tool you prefer that time of the day :)

[Oogiem]

Originally Posted by EugeneB

I think you're on the right track. These days a lot of people have all their tools with them: a phone, a computer, an iPad etc. It means that "tools" context becomes useless.

I disagree with that premise. Just because I have my phone with me all the time does not mean it's not useful to have a separate phone context. Part of the reason is the time, energy and mental bandwidth required to change contexts. It's more efficient if I bundle a bunch of phone calls at once since I'll be in "phone mode"

I live and work in the same place but that means I actually use more contexts than most folks who travel to a worksite. I use contexts to prevent me getting distracted and to save on the get ready and clean-up that happens whenever I switch contexts.

I actually use 2 phone contexts, phone business hours and phone. For me the action would be call doctor's office to make apt. for annual checkup and it would be in the phone business hours context as I can't do it any other time.

[EugeneB]

Oogiem, I see it works for you. You mean for you it is easier to make all the phone calls when you are in a "phone mode"? What is a "phone mode"? How do you know when the person on the other end of the line has the same "business hours" as yours?

[Revearti]

I was struggling with Contexts at first because I was creating too many or confused on where some actions should be filed.

I watched the following video linked from Omni's site. It taught me about using contexts in regards to time/energy/mood versus a specific tool for everything.

A Fresh Take on Contexts - Blog
http://simplicitybliss.com/a-fresh-take-on-contexts

A Fresh Take on Contexts - Video
http://www.omnigroup.com/video/a-fresh-take-on-contexts

A Fresh Take on Contexts - Follow-up
http://simplicitybliss.com/omnifocus-contexts-evolved