[chris101]

I'm not sure if this is a question or just an observation - but i'm genuinely interested in what others' think.

Like many, i'm a mac person at home, a windows person at work, and an iPhone person everywhere else. What this means is that apart from those times when i'm doing general planning and reviewing at home, i'm pretty much using the iPhone app as a stand-alone application. When i first start using OmniFocus and the number of projects and actions was relatively small the whole system seemed to work well.

However, as the number of projects and tasks has grown, i'm finding it hard to feel on top of this material when using my phone at work. I constantly feel like i'm missing something because i can neither see my projects or contexts in a single view nor can i search for specific things that i know are in the system, somewhere.

Apart from simply printing everything out before i leave for work, i'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do. I'd love some suggestion for getting back on top of this material?

[jbkendrick]

@Chris101 - I like you and many others was in the same situation. For a year I used a web-based GTD app, but I was always envying those Mac folks who could use OF.

I finally bit the bullet and purchased a MacBook (cheapest alluminum) so I could have my complete OF system at work. I am not advocating that for everyone, but with 100's of projects and over 2,000 tasks in my database, mostly work related, it was a very worthwhile investment. Don't get me wrong, the iPhone app is great and I use it at meetings and when traveling, but at my desk, I need all of the customized perspectives and scripts, that have made OF so powerful for me.

Plus - its cool to see the looks when folks come into my office and see the glowing Apple in an all Windows shop. John

[Zack42]

Same here. I bought a MSI Wind netbook for under $400 and hacked on OSX. Now I have a very portable OSX netbook to do heavy weight OF work during the day when necessary.

http://forums.msiwind.net/

[Toadling]

I agree with jbkendrick and Zack42: as nice as the iPhone app is for ubiquitous access to your tasks, I still far prefer using the desktop app whenever possible.

My recommendation would be to try using a Mac laptop at work. I know some companies are more strict on that than others, so YMMV. But you can't beat having all your best software tools at hand. My productivity certainly improved.

-Dennis

[Brian]

I saw a really good movie from Pixar this weekend, and the bit I like the best is when the friendly dog, apropos of nothing, just randomly shouts
"SQUIRREL!"

Makes me laugh every time. Oh, hey, what am I doing in this thread? Must have gotten confused.

<wanders off>

[chris101]

thanks for the suggestions, guys.

i do have a MacBook and have occasionally taken it in to work but lugging it around seems more hassle than it's worth - given that our IT department won't provide network access to Macs because of 'security concerns'.

hadn't thought of the netbook approach though, so thanks for the tip.

@Brian (and following the link to Ken's post): sorry, i wasn't suggesting/requesting/demanding a windows omnifocus app (or even a web-based version) but more a way of putting the iPhone application to better use. i really just wanted to know about others' attempts to manage large numbers of projects primarily out of the iPhone.