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Disorganised	Posted: Mar 04, 2013 From Topic: Any update on multi contexts? Thanks but i don't think so. It just makes the system look ugly. my temporary solution is to have a "Multi" context This message was edited Mar 04, 2013.
Disorganised	Posted: Mar 04, 2013 From Topic: Any update on multi contexts? Hi all I'm sure it's been at least a few years since this was suggested, and i'm surprised it hasn't already because it's so central to the toodledo model I only have a few contexts: -Brain (all thinking, outlook, decisions, blah blah goes here) -Out (everythign that doesn't include work or home. Includes errands etc) -Work -Home -Computer (this includes phone, making calls/emails, online stuff etc) -Multi (this is a temp solution) Despite my contexts being really general, if i want to enter in a task which has multiple subtasks then i can't. The task/project with multiple subtasks is "Sort out uni fees", which includes the contexts "Out"(go to post office to send off forms), "Home"(get birth certificate) and "Computer"(contacts necessary people). It's hardly worth putting that as a folder because then it won't show up on my widget (i have an Android using Ultimate To Do List) with the associated subtasks written clearly underneath them. It's important that it's shown on my widget as follows, and this is only possible if "Sort out uni fees" is a task: Sort out uni fees -Contacts Jim -Go next door and ask to fill in ID forms -Get birth certificate -Visit post office and send off 2 questions: 1) When are multiple contexts going to be implemented? (and please don't suggest tags :D. It shouldn't have to be a workaround for something that should have been implemented in the very beginning. I already use tags for general areas such as education, career, communication, personal, domestic, etc) 2) What's the point of having subtasks if multiple contexts aren't allowed? The parent tasks is more likely than not to have multiple contexts This message was edited Mar 04, 2013.
Disorganised	Posted: Jun 15, 2012 From Topic: The 'thought' context Posted by Salgud: Yours is the reverse of mine, and which I'll consider if I start having more situations where I have many things to discuss with each person. The reverse? This message was edited Jun 15, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Jun 15, 2012 From Topic: The 'thought' context Posted by Canyon Russell: I don't use this mainly because 'decide' is rarely the next action for me. When ever it looks like a 'decide' action is next I ask myself "why haven't I already made this decision?" The answer usually comes down to finding another piece of info, talking to someone else about it, or identifying some risk around the decision that I need to deal with. There are many problems with that approach 1) Some people have to make lots of decisions in a short space of time, so breaking each and every one into step by step actions is just cluttering up the GTD system. 2) Deciding what i want the next uni assignment to be about, for example, i don't need to do any action other than find a quiet place to think. 3) Most decisions are not huge projects, which is what your approach is best suited to. A decision needs to be done and needs to be in the next action section. Even for large projects for which you seem to allude to, that decision can then be broken down into their relavant parts as subtasks when they're known. Posted by Salgud: Haven't thought about a "Think" tag, but I do have a "Talk" tag. It's for tasks where I need to remind myself that I have to talk with someone about something, I use something similar, but it's commonly called the 'Agenda' context (i use 'Contact' context instead). In a similar fashion to your Talk tag, i use the Contact context where each person that i want to mention something to has their own 'task'. There is a task called Rod, a task called Fiona, etc, and in the notes section of each task i put everything that i want to mention to them. This message was edited Jun 15, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Jun 13, 2012 From Topic: The 'thought' context Surely i'm not the only one that uses this. Tasks don't always have to be physical actions that you do (eg take book to library, take bins out, speak to Fiona about this and that, etc). What about when you have to make a decision or to think about something. For example, "Decide topic of next assignment". This isn't something that happens in a particular place or is associated with any particular person - it's an action that happens in our heads. We can take time to do this action on the way to work, at home, down the pub, or wherever. Hence, the 'Thought' or 'Brain' context Anyone else use it? This message was edited Jun 13, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: May 08, 2012 From Topic: Please hire a UI Designer I have to agree. The toodledo UI is one ugly mother! It's also not at all intuitive. It desperately needs cleaning and beautifying
Disorganised	Posted: Mar 05, 2012 From Topic: Discontinuaton notice Posted by Toodledo: If you sign into your account once a year, it will not be deleted. What about those of us using Android apps that sync with Toodledo? Do we have to sign into the web app once a year to keep it active? I hope i'm going to get an automated email well before that happnes
Disorganised	Posted: Mar 03, 2012 From Topic: Toodledo and ADHD Posted by Toodledo: You can work offline with Toodledo using a variety of 3rd party tools, as well as our new mobile website. http://m.toodledo.com Nobody uses the mobile site anymore. Everyone(who's not living in the dark ages) uses apps these days This message was edited Mar 03, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 24, 2012 From Topic: The results of my exhaustive search for a GTD system/app Regarding the lists, i think i've found 2 perfect list apps that allow you to select lists with virtually any data type (eg integer, text, rating, audio, image, map coordinates, contact in phonebook, etc) . They are MyLists and Memento
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 24, 2012 From Topic: Tags Posted by ukz_: The problem with using folder, context, goal or location is that you can't assign multiple entries to each task. (In any case, I am already using folder and context as you may imagine, and I prefer not to use a hack if I can help it). However, alphabetical sorting makes all of this go away for me and I can also then group/classify tags using a prefix. Thanks for the info. I agree with that.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 23, 2012 From Topic: The results of my exhaustive search for a GTD system/app Hi christinarosetti "(any suggestions on this would be very appreciated )" Some good list apps that i know of are Mobisle Notes and Gnote. Both of them allow either plain text and checklists, and a particularly useful part is that they can be easily switched between the 2. Both are very clean and quick to jot down notes. They're very basic, and are most ideal for quick spur of the moment jotting down of lists. For more complex lists and apps that act as a kind of general repository of ideas, then Evernote (as Dave, below, suggests) or Springpad may be ideal. I also went through a ton of ToDo lists apps. I actually started off about 2 years ago with Got To Do, but that's now abandoned. 5 billion apps and about 30 quid later, and i've finally arrived at Ultimate To Do list because 1) Fair price. 2) Excellent custiomisation for my every changing needs 3) Most importantly, good support (a dev that listens to their users and takes on board their suggests is a massive plus. I don't care if an app is perfect - if the support is less than excellent, it won't get my money. Period) Pocket Informant is WAYYYYY too expensive for what it offers. Due Today is not too bad, but there was something that put me off of it and there also was some feature missing (i can't remember what). This message was edited Feb 23, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 22, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' Salgud Different methods work for different people. If that works for you, then good for you This message was edited Feb 22, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 22, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' Posted by Folke X: cabbage, Actually there is a next action there :-) (Guess what: To make a note of how many incidents you had that day) If you put that in your next action, what would you do once it's been completed for that day?
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 22, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' cabbage Essentially, i'm using Next Action in the same way as you - that is to keep certain things(tasks or otherwise) in the forefront of your mind
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 17, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' I'm not sure that would work with me. I've tried in the past to have a kind of regimented approach like that, and it fell flat each time. Also, and most importantly, on my (Android) mobile i use a specific app (Ultimate ToDo) where i have the 4x3 widget on my home page. Hence the importance of the Next Action and the need to put tasks(and entire goals) on the front page (it also saves on room to do this because there is only limited space to fit all tasks and goals that i need to keep at the forefront of my mind). This is the more efficient way for me. Using lots of subtasks as you suggest would mean me not being able to see the wood for the trees. Perhaps this puts a new perspective on your viewpoint. I rely 100% on my mobile, so I don't use the web version of Toodledo except on the rare occasion when a sync doesn't go as expected. This message was edited Feb 17, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 17, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' @lythink You're right about the more positive "be more organised". I agree. Mine was a bad example. @Salgud, Folke X I don't think the idea of breaking everythign down into smaller parts works with everyone. Some people (ie me) need to see things at a glance so as to not lose track of the goal. Often goals and philosophies need to be placed into the Next 'Action' section. I need goal highlighted in front of me otherwise it gets forgotten amongst the trivia. This is also true if i break it down into parts - it gets lost amongst the trivia and i lose sight of the overall goal. If i lose sigh of the overall goal, then whats the point of all the little broken down tasks that that goal was split into? They become isolated from their goal. Also, "be more organised" can't be broken down because it applies to all aspects of life. it's a philosophy that affects all tasks and how they're carried out, rather than something that can be broken down into tasks. It would work much more effectively for me if i FIRST see the goal in the Next 'Action' section, and then i can drill down to see the goal split up into it's parts. Having a goal broken down and scattered about all over the place doesn't work for me. Sometimes it feels as if GTD and Tooddledo are better suited to robots than human beings lol This message was edited Feb 17, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 16, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' Thanks for your input. You may have misunderstood regarding the 2nd point. I wasn't referring to repeating tasks. I was referring to tasks which are ongoing indefinitely. Such tasks don't have a date/time to do them. Perhaps the "check buy and sell for bike" was a bad example (i should have mentioned that the magazine is a free magazine which is delivered whenever, so there is no date or regularity about it). Perhaps a better example would be "continue to work on perfecting CV" or "work on poem". Sometimes life gets in the way and i forget, so i need these little reminders. It has no set date/time or regularity about it. it's on ongoing task which cannot be completed. These are the type of tasks that i'm referring to. This message was edited Feb 16, 2012.
Disorganised	Posted: Feb 15, 2012 From Topic: Ideas/philosophies as next 'actions' I use the Next Action status extensively. To me it's not just about actions, but about anything and everything that i want to be aware of now and next. These can include the following: 1) Actions such as "update operating system" 2) Questions to myself such as "should i tell Paul to write the code next week instead?" or "should i change career?" 3) Philosophies such as "Stop being so disorganised" 4) NOT operations such as "stop using facebook" (this is something that i shouldn't do, and so can never truly be completed) Some people may say that the philosophies may belong in the reference section or as goals, but if they're put there then i won't be aware of them - hence they serve no practical purpose there. Questions such as "should i change career?" aren't projects because they're not things that have any definite steps and it's intangible at this time, but it's something that i need to keep in mind to attend to next. If i don't put them in the "next action" section, then they have no immediacy about them. Does anyone else treat non-tasks as tasks in Toodledo like this? How do you deal with them? ===================== Also, i have various tasks which are not one off tasks such as "take the rubbish out", but which are tasks that are done continuously as and when required. One example being "Look for a suitable bike in Buy and Sell Magazine". It's not a tasks which can be executed once and then crossed off the list as completed. it's a task which, effectively, can go on forever (or in this case, at least until i find a bike). I'm considerign of putting such tasks into the "Active" status section. How do people deal with such 'on-going' tasks? This message was edited Feb 15, 2012.

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