I've come around to favoring having some way to associate OF actions with iCal events, but I don't think the date information in OF corresponds to events in iCal. An action in OF with a due date is an action that has a deadline. An action in OF with a start date is one that I don't have to think about until that date arrives. For me this isn't some sort of GTD orthodoxy thing; it's a simple matter of the date information associated with an action being categorically different than the date information associated with an appointment.
What I'd like to see is "appointment actions" in OF. For these actions, the start and end dates/times would correspond to the start and end of the appointment. There are two reasons I've decided I want this in OF, one clearly legitimate and the other a bit snide:
Of course, adding appointment actions on top of regular actions, action groups, projects, and folders would probably make new users weep.
What I'd like to see is "appointment actions" in OF. For these actions, the start and end dates/times would correspond to the start and end of the appointment. There are two reasons I've decided I want this in OF, one clearly legitimate and the other a bit snide:
- Often an appointment is on the critical path for a project. I do some prep actions for a meeting, then the project stalls until the meeting happens, then I do some follow-up actions. It would be nice to have an appointment action in a sequential project that would automatically take care of these dependencies.
- I hate the appointment entry/editing interface in iCal. If I could just edit all the appointment data in OF and iCal would display it/sync it to my phone, I would be one happy GTingD camper.
Of course, adding appointment actions on top of regular actions, action groups, projects, and folders would probably make new users weep.
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Cheers,
Curt
Cheers,
Curt