![]() My purpose in writing this post is to get people to step back and think about the complexity of their systems. Obviously adding this feature would not impact me negatively other than if it were worked on prior to a feature I feel is more important. The lists are NOT supposed to be your brain and your brain is NOT supposed to store the information on your lists. Sure I have to decide that "Call(ing) Mom about Christmas" might not be the best use of my time at 2pm but that is exactly what DA promotes in GTD. I used filters in the program I used at the time to show me and while I was at my desk. Now perhaps you might want a context of to clearly define that space. I also had an context for things I could only do there. When I was in the corporate world I had an context that covered my desk and the computer sitting there. ![]() The key, IMO, is saved searches that help you to filter down to what you have available at the time. You'd have the same task checked off on one sheet and not others. Would you actually put one task on multiple sheets in a paper system? Think of the nightmare that would be a weekly review. ![]() Contexts are meant to be an indicator of resources required, not areas of focus.ĭA suggests a GTD system can be as simple as several sheets of paper, using different sheets for different contexts. Multiple contexts are NOT part of GTD, each task should have only one context. ToDo does a better job of allowing you to filter by context and tags at the same time, but filtering by multiple context should also be an option. This causes issues when trying to filter task by two criteria, especially on the iPhone app. I reserve the context function in Toodledo for my Areas of Responsibility. The only reason I use Tags for my Resource Context is because I can't use multiple context. In my opinion multiple context are part of GTD and having this ability will not hurt the usability of Toodledo for anyone else. This is why Multiple Context are part of GTD and several other systems out there designed specifically for GTD use multiple context. I want to see what Work related task I can do that require my computer before I hit the road. ![]() If I know I am going to be leaving the office soon and go on the road. If I wanted to filter my task for a specific location such as I should also be able to filter the task further with the context. These are the first factors that limit your choices about what you can do in the moment." "Context - A few actions can be done anywhere (like drafting ideas about a project with pen and paper), but most require a specific location (at Home, at your Office) or having some productivity tool at hand, such as a phone or a computer. Just want to point out something here to the GTD users. ![]()
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