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How exactly do you manage your GTD lists with this scheme. I went ahead and upgraded my OmniOutline to the PRO version and then I installed kGTD. It works quite well. I am trying to replace Microsoft Entourage with kGTD/OmniOutliner, Mail and iCal and this seemed like the best GTD utility to use. However, after getting my Projects moved over I have hundreds of lists that I just haven’t been able to figure out where they go? And for that matter where do tasks go that are single items (ie. Calls)? Any suggestions on how you currently work would be appreciated.

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Daniel — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:53:54 +0000

I’m sorry; I guess I’d forgotten to include a link to that screenshot. Here:
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Daniel — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:25:14 +0000

I use an approach more similar to George Sudarkoff’s, and I don’t tend to spend a lot of time using Spotlight tags for things either. Instead, I have five smart folders on my desktop (see a screenshot):

Inbox
In Progress
Upcoming
Read/Review
On Hold

… all with similarly named color labels. I’m a kinkless user and often create shortcuts within any given project within OmniOutliner Pro itself to any project support materials (txt files, folders, etc.) that I have. Thus, I have no need whatsoever for managing contexts within Finder itself – that’s what I have kinkless for, and it’s a bit more reassuring to find everything in one list-like place than scattered about my operating system.

That said, enough experimentation has led me to find that the five smart folders works perfectly to complement my kinkless set up. The smart inbox allows me a reminder of all the files floating randomly around my computer until I get a chance to file them properly; “In Progress” and “Upcoming” remind me of current projects and give me a direct link to them, while “On Hold” is for projects that I’m not attached to, but also don’t want to drop off the face of the planet until the next lazy Saturday afternoon that I just spend randomly clicking about my computer. Lastly, “Read/Review” is pretty self-explanatory, and awfully useful, I’ve found, for the completely bored moments when I don’t want to use my computer in any more constructive way.

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Daniel — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:25:00 +0000

Inbox
In Progress
Upcoming
Read/Review
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By: Oyvind

Oyvind — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:37:45 +0000

Hi Ketket,

I think there must be something wrong with your setup, as this doesn’t work at all like you described at my Mac.

Could you mail me some screenshots if I mail you my e-mail address?

By: Oyvind

Oyvind — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:37:00 +0000

Hi Ketket,

I think there must be something wrong with your setup, as this doesn’t work at all like you described at my Mac.

Could you mail me some screenshots if I mail you my e-mail address?

By: Ketket

Ketket — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:35:03 +0000

I don’t really get how this is useful. Once you create and save a smart folder you get a really annoying file extension that you cannot hide. The extension is .savedsearch, and it is so long that many times I can’t even see the whole name of the folder name itself. I just think it’s so clunky.

Then when you open the smart folder, instead of showing you all the files in a nice clean atmosphere, it shows all the editable search criteria, which takes up room and doesn’t let me “Get things Done!”.

Anyways, THEN, I click on a file in the window and it doesn’t show me a preview screen like a normal window.

So, therefore it’s annoying and I don’t like it, and it doesn’t work well for me.

This is rendering me sooooo frustrated, as the Tag feature becomes so useless…

By: Ketket

Ketket — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:35:00 +0000

Anyways, THEN, I click on a file in the window and it doesn’t show me a preview screen like a normal window.

So, therefore it’s annoying and I don’t like it, and it doesn’t work well for me.

This is rendering me sooooo frustrated, as the Tag feature becomes so useless…

By: George Sudarkoff

George Sudarkoff — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:54:21 +0000

I use similar aproach, only I tag files with either @action, @waiting or @someday keywords and I use Quicksilver to help me with tagging.

By: George Sudarkoff

George Sudarkoff — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:54:00 +0000

I use similar aproach, only I tag files with either @action, @waiting or @someday keywords and I use Quicksilver to help me with tagging.

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Ed-Tech Insider — Sun, 08 May 2005 04:20:05 +0000

Mac OS X – Tiger: Spotlight and Tagging

This week I made the move to the latest version of Mac OS X. Apple calls this version Tiger and it has quite a few new features. One that I have been playing a bit with and finding very useful is their new desktop search utility, Spotlight. Spotlight a…

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 07 May 2005 03:27:39 +0000

Doesn’t work for me on Tiger Server. Spotlight comments never show up in smart folder searches. In fact a lot of smart folder searches don’t find the corrrect results. Is this just a Server problem?

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 07 May 2005 03:27:00 +0000

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More cool Tiger feats with Automator

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