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2010-12-19, 08:56 PM
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2010-12-20, 12:56 AM
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http://www.screencastsonline.com/ind...-omnifocus.php Didn't see the Lynda.com screencasts but that might be interesting... But you can't beat the price of free! It's like a quarterback in the National Football League. You can have the strongest arm and throw a football 70 yards; you can have top level physical talent; but if you don't stick your nose in the playbook, you'll never be an elite quarterback. It's the same with OmniFocus. If you don't really set aside some time to learn it at a deeper level, you'll never be able to wrap your head around it. With that being said, I do agree that some things like contexts will not fit everyone. Maybe OmniGroup can come up with a "GTD" mode and a non-GTD mode? I think I saw something like this in the Pocket Informant for iPhone edition. It changed task management just a little to fit the terminology of different systems. I see that the term for Context in Daylite Touch is called "Location" as an example of changing terminology and it makes sense to many people. For hardcore OF users that are accustomed to using the word "Context" instead of Location might feel more comfortable with that. In the UK, you would say "take the lift to the fifth floor." In USA, you would say "take the elevator to the fifth floor." We just speak a little differently. I think a bit more of a "guided" assistant would make sense for GTDers. I believe there was an OF project for doing the weekly review. It was an OmniOutliner file that can be imported into OF. A search of the forums would yield results. But I think this might be easily incorporated into a workflow. Maybe many folks will need to have workflows created for them? When it's time for a weekly review, select the menu command or toolbar button for review and it guides you through the weekly review. Maybe there would be another workflow or perspective for "Today". I was reading a brief sample of "Master your Workday now" and saw a different workflow with "Over the Horizon" which can be switched for Someday/Maybe, "On Deck" as projects that are coming up, and "Now!" which are tasks/projects that need to be done today! It is probably the power of OF and its flexibility in letting you develop your own workflow that makes it so powerful yet so daunting/scary. Some people would like to be led by the hand with assistants/wizards until they are more comfortable with task management. Last edited by wilsonng; 2010-12-20 at 01:03 AM..
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2010-12-24, 07:27 AM
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2010-12-26, 03:24 AM
lol.... I forgot about the cultural differences about numbering the floors. Thanks :-D
I'll bet that if OmniFocus gets customizable columns and tags, it'll be more flexible and adaptable to different task management systems. With this in place, OF will probably be usable to folks who don't really follow the GTD dogma. Many new users to OF may be intimidated by the GTD-oriented nature of OmniFocus and will shy away from it after exhausting the trial period. It appears that folks are clamoring for OF Lite because they just want a task management program that is fast and easy to set up without getting into GTD. GTD by itself is a monster to learn/adapt. I know it took me a good two years before I actually felt comfortable with all the pieces of GTD. I do like Pocket Informant's ability to switch between Toodledoo, Franklin-Covey, and GTD by showing or hiding the relevant categories for their system (context, location, priorities, A1...B1....C1, etc.). Some columns are used by one task management system but not the other. I'm looking forward to the mythical OF 2.0 with its much-sought-after tags and/or customizable columns. Maybe this will appeal to folks who are looking for OF Lite. Users would be able to create/show/hide the relevant columns that applies to their task management system. Maybe OF 2.0 will have some pre-designed task management system templates for folks who like to use other systems like AutoFocus, Do-It-Tomorrow, Franklin-Covey, ToodleDo, and others. Having a system template might help jumpstart newbies into using OF. Otherwise, OF seems to be designed specifically with GTD in mind and it takes a bit of work to adapt it to other systems. It would probably be best to send an e-mail to OmniGroup and make a shout-out for customizable tags and/or customizable columns. Hopefully that will shoot those feature requests even further up their already tall order of feature requests for OF 2.0. Last edited by wilsonng; 2010-12-26 at 03:54 AM..
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2010-12-26, 07:57 AM
I've been considering this issue a lot lately. I really like the idea of GTD, but I'm not that great at keeping up with it: as soon as I have too many things to worry about, I stop putting time into maintaining my system, and everything fails. I know that this is illogical, and putting the time in would actually make things more likely to work out OK, but I can't seem to think that when I'm drowning under deadlines.
Hence, I present a GTD app mockup that forces you to stick with it. Key features:
Comments are welcome. I know this app wouldn't be for everyone, but for me it would be great for helping me keep my task system up to date. Amorya
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2010-12-26, 08:50 AM
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OF is like someone handing you a box of pens, a stack of paper, a filing cabinet, and a pile of file folders and saying, "there you go, GTD". You know it's all the tools you need but setting it up and making it work is up to you. Then you realize you need access to some of this remotely so you buy the iPhone app which adds a stack of index cards and a digital voice recorder. Finally you get the iPad app to bridge the two and it includes a day planner and a handy project review template.
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2010-12-27, 04:01 PM
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2010-12-27, 06:06 PM
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By providing pre-designed templates for different task management systems, it would probably suit folks who want a pre-designed workflow. That's why customizable columns and pre-designed templates may be an answer. But of course we can all agree to disagree..... Otherwise, Things might be better suited for those who want a lightweight task manager.
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2010-12-29, 01:40 PM
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My only gripe, the only one that I have with OF is knowing that Things exists. Had I not ever used Things, I would even welcome the desktop version. However, I have made my mind up and I am staying with OF.It's a powerhouse and everything you do with Things can be done with OF. Things can't boast that!
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